Obituaries

Mary Jane Hoskinson

Mary Jane Hoskinson

Jan 29, 2011

Mary Jane Hoskinson, 87, of Versailles, MO died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles, MO.She was born, Oct. 14, 1923, near Ulysses, Kan., the daughter of Wilford and Gladys (Fuller) Hoskinson.She was raised on the family farm near Ulysses. After graduating from high school, she worked at Liberal Air Force base from 1943 to 1946.She...

Goldie Rae Dearing

Goldie Rae Dearing

Jan 26, 2011

Goldie Rae Dearing, 97, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS.She was born March 30, 1913 in Higgins, TX, the daughter of Charles and Laura (Price) Deckman. She graduated from Bishop High School, Ellis County, OK in 1931. She was valedictorian of her class.She lived in Guymon and Straight, OK for 63 years. She has been...

Agnes "Nancy" Cole

Agnes "Nancy" Cole

Jan 19, 2011

Agnes “Nancy” Y. E. Cole, 84, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center, Liberal, KS.Agnes Young Elizabeth Thompson was born on June 20, 1926 at West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, the daughter of Rev. Charles and Janet (Anderson) Thompson.She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.She was formerly a Licensed Practical Nurse working in Texas. After moving to...

Mae Gustin

Mae Gustin

Jan 17, 2011

Mae Gustin, 84, died Monday, January 17, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. She was born October 10, 1926 in Hollis, Oklahoma the daughter of Daniel and Lela (Tice) Ford. She was a Merchant Marine in the 1950s.Mae owned and operated The Ice Cream Parlor in Eureka Springs, Ark and then was a hostess at the Liberal Inn for...

Leola Mildred Swan

Leola Mildred Swan

Jan 16, 2011

Leola Mildred Swan, 103, died January 16, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. She was born September 4, 1907 in No Man’s Land the daughter of Arthur and Amy (Nelson) Frank. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1926. She resided on a farm Southeast of Liberal for 68 years.On January 17, 1926 she married Warren Swan at Garden City,...

James I. "Jim" Flanigan

James I. "Jim" Flanigan

Jan 15, 2011

James I. “Jim” Flanigan 77, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hugoton, KS.He was born April 18, 1933, in Thorntown, IN, the son of Leo O. and Blanche (Dukes) Flanigan. Jim was a graduate of Colfax High School, Colfax, IN and graduated from Minnesota Bible College. He served in the Unites States Army after the...

Manuel Navarro-Pena

Manuel Navarro-Pena

Jan 13, 2011

Manuel Navarro-Pena, 79, died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at his residence in Liberal, KS.He was born April 18, 1931 in Santa Barbara, Chih., Mexico, the son of Esteban and Matiana (Pena) Navarro. In the 1950, he married Amanda Villalobos in Mexico. She died Jan 9, 1997.He was a retired farmer and a member of St. Antony Catholic Church.He is survived...

Raquel Vargas Floyd

Raquel Vargas Floyd

Jan 11, 2011

Raquel Vargas Floyd 64 died, Tuesday January 11, 2011 at her home.She was born Oct. 19, 1946 at Leon Mexico the daughter of Enrique and Bertha (Romo) Vargas. She has been a longtime Liberal resident graduating from Liberal High School. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.She is survived by.Companion Donald Warren 4 Brothers...

Margaret Y. Catlin

Margaret Y. Catlin

Jan 8, 2011

Margaret Yvonne (Bell) Catlin passed away January 8, 2011. Born in 1916 in Hall Summitt, Kansas to Arthur and Blanche (Dolloff) Bell, she married Harold Malcolm Catlin in 1933. A longtime member of the Liberal community, she was active in many organizations including the First United Methodist Church, the Mother Singers, the Community Concert Series, the American Red Cross, the...

Jo Ann Cline

Jo Ann Cline

Jan 7, 2011

Jo Ann Cline 64, died, January 7, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born November 30, 1946 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of James “Dick” and Mabel (Van Sickle) Kapp.She was a 1965 graduate of Hugoton High School and was the 1963 Stevens Co. Sorghum Queen.She married Roger Cline on Dec. 22, 1964 at Hugoton, KS.She was...

Mary Jane Holterman

Mary Jane Holterman

Jan 2, 2011

Mary Jane Holterman, 61, died Jan. 2, 2011 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born Sept. 5, 1949 in Russell to Jay W. and Florence E. (Whitman) McCurry. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1968. A longtime resident of Liberal, she was a receptionist at Citizens State Bank. Mary enjoyed reading and online poker. She was on...

Hayden Knudsen

Hayden Knudsen

Dec 22, 2010

Hayden Michael Knudsen was stillborn Dec. 22, 2010 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal to Joel Christopher and Elizabeth Grace (Nurick) Knudsen. He was born at 4:59 pm, weighing 9 lbs 3 oz and measuring 22 inches long.Survivors include:Parents: Joel and Elizabeth Knudsen Liberal, KSGrandparents: Doug and Crystal Knudsen Liberal, KS John and Susie Nurick Yukon, OKGreat Grandparents: Jeri Atchley Turpin,...

Una Stout

Una Stout

Dec 19, 2010

Una Stout was born Dec. 17, 1914 and died Dec. 19, 2010, two days after her 96th birthday, at Morton County Care Center, Elkhart, KS. She was born in Hooker, Ok to Gilbert Stanton and Sallie Ann (Mitchell) Wiggains. She graduated from Hooker High School and attended college at Panhandle State. Una and her husband, the love of her life,...

Juan De Dios Juarez Valenzuela

Juan De Dios Juarez Valenzuela

Dec 3, 2010

Juan De Dios Juarez Valenzuela, 78, died Friday, December 3, 2010 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on March 8, 1932 at La Quemada, Cuahutemoc Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Alfredo and Cruz (Valenzuela) Juarez. The owned the Ranch Los Juarez. In 1950 he married Maria del Refugio Villegas. She died February 9, 1984. Other survivors...

Eugene "Gene" Taylor

Eugene "Gene" Taylor

Dec 1, 2010

Eugene Edward “Gene” Taylor, age 64, died December 1, 2010 at his residence in Liberal, KS.He was born August 18, 1946, in Springfield, Il., the son of Preston E. and Pauline (Saap) Taylor. He has been a resident of Liberal for 35 years. He worked as a mechanic, farmer, carpenter and electrician.In 1966, he married Louise Holliman, they were divorced....

Gilford Livingston

Gilford Livingston

Nov 24, 2010

Gilford “G” “Scooter” Livingston III, 28, died Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. KS.He was born June 21, 1982 at Liberal, KS, the son of Gilford Jr. & Iverria (Mitchell) Livingston. He graduated from Liberal High School in 2001 and attended one semester of college at Hutchinson Community College. He was a track coach for Liberal...

Daniel "Dan" Hoeffner

Daniel "Dan" Hoeffner

Nov 23, 2010

TYRONE, OK – Daniel “Dan” Hoeffner, 66, passed away Nov. 23, 2010 at his daughter’s home in Turpin, Ok. He was born Feb. 4, 1944 in Campo, Colo to Edmund and Ethel (Rodarmel) Hoeffner. Dan graduated from Campo High School in 1962. He had been a mechanic for S & H Tractor Guymon, OK and was a shop foreman Sublette...

Eva W. French

Eva W. French

Nov 22, 2010

Eva Wiggains French Surrounded by family, Eva Wiggains French, 85, of Grove, Oklahoma, joined her Heavenly Father on Monday, November 22, 2010, in Grove, Oklahoma. Funeral services are set for Saturday, November 27, in Liberal, Kansas. Eva was born on September 9, 1925 at her parent’s farm in Hooker, Oklahoma, where she grew up the youngest of ten children. At...

Jane D. Moore

Jane D. Moore

Nov 13, 2010

Jane D. Moore, age 94, died Saturday, November 13, 2010 at Lone Tree Retirement Center in Meade, Kansas.She was born April 6, 1916 in Chanute, Kansas the daughter of Ernest W. and Winifred D. (Alexander) Moore. Her family moved to Liberal in 1928, where Jane attended the Liberal Schools, and then attended Ward Belmont in Nashville, Tennessee. She moved to...

Lee Thongvanh

Lee Thongvanh

Nov 12, 2010

Liberal, KSLee Thongvanh, 60, died Friday Nov. 12, 2010 as a result of a car accident in Texas County, Oklahoma. She was born Nov 1, 1950 in Laos. She was employed at Seaboard Foods in Guymon, OK.She married Thomgphoune Thongvanh. He preceded her in death. Survivors include1 Son Syphai Thongvanh Amarillo, Texas 2 Daughters Bouasay Jones Amarillo, Texas                         Kheckham...