All Obituaries

Sherry Marie Winkler, 54, of Holcomb, KS formerly of Plains, KS passed away on Thursday October 14, 2021 at the St. Catherine's Hospital in Garden City, KS.     She was born on December 7, 1966 to Roy and Edna (Kieser) Freeman at Tulsa, OK. Sherry was a hard worker and had worked with many jobs throughout her life including being an IT Para at Southwestern Heights High School, an office administrator at ADM Grain, and being an associate at Bass Pro. Sherry enjoyed gardening,...

 Jeanell Marie Kulow, 79, of Liberal, passed away on October 14, 2021 in Liberal, KS.      She was born January 8, 1942 to Joseph and Alma (Jones) Creason in Beaver, Ok. She attended school in Liberal, graduating from Liberal High School in 1960. In addition to retiring from working as a Mail Handler at the Post Office for twenty-five years, she also owned and operated the City Cab Company for many years, was an over the road owner operator for almost ten years and...

Norman C. Smith Jr., 64, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021.   He was born on December 31, 1956 to Norman and Bernice Smith at home in Ft. Myers, FL. Norman was one of eight children; his siblings were Doyle, Clifford, Dwayne, David, Darrel, Donna and Denise. While growing up in Florida he enjoyed wrestling Alligators and gathering Venomous Snakes with his brothers.   Norman had worked as a General Contractor for Nabholz Construction of Conway Ark. He was a...

James E. Wheeler was born to M.E. and Murray (Hart) Wheeler, the fourth of five children in Erick, Oklahoma. James was a proud tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. James spent his early childhood in Erick, Sentinel and Clayton, Oklahoma before the family moved to Sanford, Texas where he grew up. He received his education and graduated from Phillips High School in Borger, Texas; Marin Community College in Kentfield, California where he played basketball and West Texas State...

Philip Dale Love, 69, a long time resident of Tyrone, OK passed away on September 28, 2021.      He was born on February 14, 1952 to Robert and Pauline (Broughton) Love in Shawnee, OK. He attended Tyrone schools. He had never met a stranger, he was the type of person to do anything for the people around him. He was a care giver for many people in his life including his parents, he had a great care for both people and animals. He enjoyed sharing his love of God and...

Tyler Wayne "Shrek" Boland, 32, of Beaver, OK formerly of Liberal passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City, MO.     He was born on May 4, 1989 to Mary Boland at Liberal, KS. Tyler was a graduate of Liberal High School; Class of 2007. While at LHS he enjoyed participating in Wrestling & Football. Tyler worked as a Salesman for IBT in Liberal. He loved the outdoors where he would spend may days with his friends and family....

  Alfred Lee "Papa" Warren, 76, of Liberal, passed away after a long battle with cancer with his family by his side on Tuesday September 21, 2021 at his home in Liberal, KS .     He was born on July 8, 1945 to Alfred and Vada Mae Warren at Enid, OK. On August 26, 1966 he married Betty Jarrell at Juarez, Mexico. Alfred was a lifelong Truck Driver hauling loads for 54 years; he retired from Air Products in 2017 after 29 years. He was a devoted family man, he loved...

Jamey Jay Cobb, 58, of Liberal, passed away on Monday September 20, 2021 near Liberal, KS due to a motor vehicle accident.     He was born on May 5, 1963 to Garvin and Karen (Fox) Cobb at Liberal, KS. He was a graduate of Southwestern Heights High School; class of 1981. On May 12, 1988 he married Elizabeth "Betty" Naab at Liberal, KS. Jamey grew up in Plains, KS and enjoyed playing sports while in school. Jamey worked as a Truck Driver for the Seward Co Bridge Road...

Betty Jo Heitschmidt, 93, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at Wheatridge Care Park in Liberal, KS. She was born on April 26, 1928 to Warren and Leola (Frank) Swan on their farm north of Liberal, KS. On November 24, 1946 she married Donald Heitschmidt; he preceded her in death on January 11, 2010 after 64 years of marriage. When she was five her family moved to a farm southeast of Liberal in Beaver County, OK. She attended Union Grade School which was one mile south...

  Mickel Randolph " Randy" Grisham, 62, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday September 12, 2021 at Wheatridge Care Park in Liberal.   He was born on March 12, 1959 to Billy and Willa Grisham at Borger, TX. He was a member of the Mosaic community. Randy had a talent for remembering everyone's name and where they were from; especially his home state of Texas. He enjoyed collecting coins along with watching Westerns and Cop shows. He was also a fan of the Denver...