Obituaries

Joan Freeman

Joan Freeman

Jun 26, 2022

Joan Freeman, age 90, died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 5, 1932, in Nash, Oklahoma to Daniel and Eva (Zimmerman) Yoder. In Kiowa County, Oklahoma she married the love of her life Albert Freeman on April 7, 1951. Together she and Albert had three children. Joan and Albert raised...

Clifford Leon Onions

Clifford Leon Onions

Jun 26, 2022

Leon Onions, 93, died Sunday, June 26, 2022 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born Clifford Leon on August 13, 1928 to John W (Bill) Onions and Freda (Eldridge) Onions in Liberal, Kansas. He married Frances Louise Long on April 1, 1977 in Washington, Pennsylvania. She preceded him in death in 2001. He graduated from Liberal...

Arminda Ortega Aranda

Arminda Ortega Aranda

May 28, 2022

Arminda Ortega Aranda, age 72, died Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 22, 1949, to Raymond Ortega and Paula Hernandez in Alpine, Texas. On March 13, 1970, Arminda married Gilberto R. Aranda in Ulysses, Kansas. He preceded her on June 22, 2014. She worked as a custodian for the Grant County Library and...

Maria Arredondo

Maria Arredondo

May 22, 2022

Maria Arredondo, age 76, died Sunday, May 22, 2022, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 1, 1945, the daughter of Florentino Saenz Michel and Paula Nuńez Barraza in Durango, Mexico. Maria married Joaquin Arredondo on April 4, 1964, in Durango, Mexico. Together they raised three sons, Jesus, Joaquin and Jaime. She loved to spend most...

Vivian E. Armstrong

Vivian E. Armstrong

May 20, 2022

Vivian E. Armstrong was born on a small farm near Solomon, Kan., in 1928. She was the youngest of three children born to Charles and Nina Herman. Vivian was very close to her older sister Frances and oldest brother Earl. As adults whenever Vivian would get back together with big sister Frances, it caused an erupting of positive emotions —...

Anna Marie Howell

Anna Marie Howell

May 8, 2022

Anna Marie Howell, age 79, died Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 13, 1942, to Milton “Mutt” Allen and Anna May (Marsh) Allen in Great Bend, Kansas. Anna graduated high school from Meade, Kansas before she married James “Dickie” Howell in 1959. She was a housewife and mother to her...

Guerrero G. Michel

Guerrero G. Michel

May 4, 2022

Guerrero G. Michel, age72, died Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on June 1, 1949, the son of Jorge Michel and Celia Guillen in Durango, Mexico. Guerrero married Maria V. Soto on February 20, 1977, in Durango, Mexico. Together they raised two sons, Jesus and Guerrero Jr. and two daughters, Victoria and...

John L. Haynes

John L. Haynes

May 2, 2022

John L. Haynes, age 82, died Monday, May 2, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 14, 1940, the son of Alvin Harvey Haynes and Edna Marie Haynes (Bates) in Nowata County Oklahoma. John graduated high school from Nowatta, Oklahoma. He raised one son, Rebb Haynes and one daughter, Sharmyn Calhoun. He married...

Steven Wayne Colvin

Steven Wayne Colvin

Apr 28, 2022

Steven Wayne Colvin, age 68, died Thursday, April 28, 2022, at Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon, Oklahoma. He was born on August 31, 1953, to Bill Colvin and Edith (Melton) Colvin in Kingman, Kansas. Steven worked at National Beef and lived in Liberal, Kansas for many years. He later moved to Oklahoma to be closer to his family. Steven is...

LaRue Brune Kiser

LaRue Brune Kiser

Apr 22, 2022

LaRue Brune Kiser, age 94, died April 22, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on September 7, 1927, the daughter of Oscar Brune and Ruth (Gebhard) Brune in Optima, Oklahoma. LaRue graduated high school from Guymon, Oklahoma in 1945. She received her associate degree in business from Panhandle A&M currently Oklahoma Panhandle State University...

Rafael Rodriguez-Moya

Rafael Rodriguez-Moya

Apr 16, 2022

Rafael Rodriguez-Moya, age 22, died Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Mansfield, Texas. He was born on May 6, 1999, the son of Rafael Rodriguez and Claudia Rodriguez (Moya) in Liberal, Kansas. Rafael was married to Heybi Zelaya, together they had two children. He worked in Concrete Construction for 6 years, first with Leyson Construction in Liberal, Kansas and then with...

Barbara Ann Holt Gant

Barbara Ann Holt Gant

Apr 5, 2022

Barbara Ann Holt Gant, 91, left on her next great adventure on April 5, 2022. She came into this world on November 19, 1930, the only daughter of John Robert Holt and Beaulah Mahalie McWilliams in Orange County Texas. She grew up in Southern Texas and graduated from High School at age 16 in Nacogdoches, Texas. She went to college...

Betty Ruth Wilkerson

Betty Ruth Wilkerson

Apr 5, 2022

Betty Ruth Wilkerson, age 93, died Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on December 22, 1928, to Vernon Lewis and Ruth Lewis (Handley) on the family homestead north of Guymon, Oklahoma in Texas County. Betty married Loyde Myrl Wilkerson on December 30, 1945, in Garden City, Kansas. He preceded her in death on November 9, 2014,...

Stacy Thi Tran

Stacy Thi Tran

Apr 2, 2022

Stacy Thi Tran, age 57, died Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Mansfield Methodist Hospital in Mansfield, Texas. She was born on June 3, 1967, the daughter of Cung Tran and Kiem Thi Nguyen in Da Nang, Vietnam. Stacy grew up and received her education in Vietnam. After migrating to the United States, she lived in San Diego, California for...

Kenneth Newton Powell

Kenneth Newton Powell

Mar 30, 2022

Kenneth Newton Powell, age 92, passed away in the afternoon of Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on August 2, 1929, the son of William Sherley Powell and Ethel Viana Powell (Cromer) on the family homestead near Anna, Texas. Kenneth was the seventh of ten children. He spent his last years...

Miguel Longoria

Miguel Longoria

Mar 22, 2022

Miguel Longoria, age 62, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on December 23, 1959, the son of Ruben Longoria Sr. and Maria de los Angeles Ortiz (Longoria) in Lubbock, Texas. Miguel worked in the oilfield as a Chain Hand for many years. Survived by Brothers, Jorge Longoria of Ft. Lupton, Colorado and...

Maria Castro

Maria Castro

Mar 19, 2022

Maria Castro, age 77, died Saturday, March 19, 2022, at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 15, 1944, the daughter of Francisco Guerra Eslava and Mercedes Aispuro in Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico. Maria married Alvaro Castro in 2007 in Liberal, Kansas. She was a wonderful mother to three sons, Rafael Cambroń, Hugo Cambroń, and Leonardo Cambroń and...

Ladislao Flores

Ladislao Flores

Mar 14, 2022

Ladislao Flores, age 76, died Monday, March 14, 2022, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on June 27, 1945, the son of Victorino Flores Cornejo and Electeria Flores Arevala in El Salvador. Survived by Two sons, Cruz Flores and wife, Silvia Jose Santos Arevala Flores Three daughters, Irma Elizabeth Flores Maria Blanco Arevala Flores Mariana Arevala Flores Preceded in death...

Carmen Casas

Carmen Casas

Mar 10, 2022

Carmen Casas, age 56, died Thursday, March 10, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas She was born on July 16, 1965, the daughter of Gregorio Garcia and Delfina Sierra in Juárez, Mexico. Carmen married Jose Santos Casas on August 20, 1985, in Ciudad Juárez. She was a homemaker and the mother of three daughters, Claudia Jimenez, Sara Casas,...

Maria Juana Alvarez

Maria Juana Alvarez

Mar 9, 2022

Maria Juana Alvarez, age 40, died Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on January 2, 1982, the daughter of Epifania Nuńez in Amatepec, Mexico. Maria married Miguel Alvarez on May 29, 2011, in Liberal, Kansas. She was a homemaker and mother of two sons, Miguel and Edwin, and two daughters, Dayrelin and Yarely....

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