
Angie Abbott
May 24, 2011
Liberal KS ˜˜ Angie Abbott, 82, Liberal, KS, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at her home. ˜ She was born July 8, 1928 at Logan, OK, the daughter of James P. & Augusta P. Getz Sanger. ˜˜ She graduated Beaver High School.˜ Moving to Liberal, she worked at Black Drug,˜ worked in home care for many years and later retired...

Virgil W. Dean
Apr 21, 2011
Prue, OK ˜Virgil W. Dean,˜ 79. Prue, OK, a former Beaver resident, died Monday, April 18, 2011 at his home. ˜ He was born October 1, 1931 at Elmwood, OK, the son of Cyrus O. & Gladys M. Hoogendooron Dean. ˜ He graduated Beaver High School in 1949. Virgil was a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the U...

Ola I. Howie
Apr 19, 2011
Liberal˜ KS ˜ Ola I. Howie, 74, Liberal, KS, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. ˜ She was born June 10, 1936 at Guymon, OK, the daughter of Robert E. & Edith M. Deaton Grant. ˜˜ She graduated Eureka High˜ School in 1954 and worked for Southwestern Bell for eleven years. ˜ Ola was...

James Franklin Reffitt
Apr 18, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ James Franklin Reffitt, Sr., 58, Liberal, KS, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. ˜ He was born July 16, 1952 at McPherson, KS, the son of Joseph F., Sr. & Esther V. Calvin Reffitt. ˜ He attended Liberal schools and was an auto mechanic for many years, also was a painter for...

Byron Doyle Kirk Volden
Apr 11, 2011
Liberal KS ˜˜ Byron Doyle Kirk Volden, 45, Liberal, KS, died Friday, April 8, 2011, at his home. ˜ He was born July 8, 1965 at Liberal, KS, the son of Alfred D. & Jeanell M. Creason Kirk. ˜ He graduated the Southwestern Heights High School in 1983, served his country in the U S Navy. Byron worked as manager...

Roger L. Brown
Apr 5, 2011
Liberal KS ˜˜ Roger L. Brown,˜ 76, Liberal, KS, died Monday, April 4, 2011 at his home. ˜˜ He was born October 2, 1934 at Yakima, WA.˜ He graduated high school and served in the U S Army. ˜˜ He was a resident of Liberal for twenty five years, working for Liberal Office Machines as printer and salesman. ˜ He...

Bonnie R. Smith
Mar 28, 2011
Turpin OK ˜ Bonnie R. Smith, 89, Turpin, OK, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Share Medical Center, Alva, OK. ˜ She was born November 17, 1921 in Beaver County, OK. the daughter of Omer A. & Jennie M Stripe Minton. ˜ She attended Harmony School and graduated Greenough High School˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ in 1939 and attended Panhandle State University, Goodwell, OK...

Wilma Jo "Jody" Salley
Mar 25, 2011
Liberal KS ˜˜ Wilma Jo "Jody" Salley, 66, Liberal, KS, died Wednesday, March 223, 2011 a her home, following a short illness. ˜˜ She was born October 28, 1944 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of Phillip & Mabel R. Bennett Schultz. ˜ She graduated Liberal High School and worked at Flower Basket, Dollar General and American Payday Loan Co.˜ Jody...

Charles J. Swank
Mar 17, 2011
Liberal, KS ˜˜ Charles J, Swank, 82, Liberal, KS, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at Satanta District Hospital, Satanta, KS. ˜˜ He was born June 1, 1928 at Fall River, KS, the son of Ezekal & Irene Leonard Swank. ˜ He graduated high school˜ and attended college for two years. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in...

Royce R. Young
Mar 15, 2011
Turpin OK˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ ˜˜ Royce Young, 67, Turpin, OK, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at his home, following and extended illness. ˜ He was born May 30, 1943 in Liberal, KS, the son of˜ Dolph J. & Twyla M. Parmelee Young. ˜ He graduated Turpin High School in 1961, received Certificate from Indianapolis Diesel Mechanic School and attended college at Alva,...

G. Elizabeth "Lizz" Heidbreder
Mar 9, 2011
Mesa AZ ˜˜ Former Liberal resident,˜ G. Elizabeth "Lizz" Heidbreder passed away on Friday, February 25, 2011, surrounded by her family.˜ She was born on October 23, 1919 to Swedish immigrants Carl W. & Gerda N. Janson in Des Moines, IA, the youngest of six children. ˜˜ After high school graduation, Lizz moved to Kansas City to work.˜ She was˜...

Etta Mae Cole
Mar 2, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ Etta Mae Cole, 80, Liberal, KS, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. ˜˜ She was born April 12, 1930 at Belin, OK,˜ the daughter of Estal & Margueret E. Metschler Lyda. ˜ She graduated Liberal High School and was secretary at J & R Sand Co. for fifteen years, retired in 1994....

Edgar "Ed" Brown
Feb 22, 2011
Tyrone OK ˜Edgar "Ed" Brown, 80,˜ died Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. ˜ He was born August 24, 1930 at Rosell, NM, the son of˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ Jesse & Opal Moore Brown. ˜ He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in the U S Army. Ed owned and operated the B & B Pest Control...

Henry Lovato
Feb 22, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ Henry Lovato, 67, Liberal, KS, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. ˜˜ He was born January 26, 1944 at Roy, NM, the son of Benjamin & Manuela Ortega Lovato. ˜ A former resident of Pueblo, CO,˜˜˜ he came to Liberal in 1982 and was employed at USD #480 as custodian of Southlawn...

Nellie C. Kuykendall
Feb 17, 2011
Turpin OK ˜ Nellie C. Kuykendall, 96, Turpin, OK, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at the Satanta District Hospital, Satanta, KS. ˜˜ She was born October 7, 1914 at Lorena, OK, the daughter of Marvin A. & Liddia C. Campbell Hopke. ˜˜ She graduated Turpin High school in 1933.˜ She had worked at several local cafes in Liberal, and later...

Carol Jean Regier
Feb 14, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ ˜ Carol Jean Regier, 82, Liberal, KS, died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. ˜ She was born December 15, 1928 in Stevens County, KS, the daughter of Robert J. & Eva L. Rossell Fisher. ˜She attended Rose Valley˜ a one room grade school,˜ graduating Liberal High School in 1947. She married Milferd...

Lawrence Wayne Miller
Feb 8, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ Lawrence Wayne Miller, 92, was born April 17, 1918 in Liberal, KS to Samuel A. & Susie Little Miller. ˜˜ He graduated from Liberal High School in 1935.˜ He attended Ft. Hays State College and the University of Minnesota graduating in 1940.˜ He returned to Liberal where he was a funeral director and embalmer in Kansas and...

Alfred W. Mitchell, Sr.
Jan 26, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ Alfred W. Mitchell, Sr., 74, Liberal, KS, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at his home. ˜˜ He was born July 18, 1936 at Walnut Grove, AR, the son of Walter & Emma Johnson Mitchell. ˜ He came to Liberal in 1963 and worked as a mechanic for Hood Chevrolet, later working for Yellow Freight Systems, Becker Trucking...

Ann Geckles
Jan 26, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ Ann Geckles, 89, Liberal, KS, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Larned Health Care Center, Larned, KS. ˜ She was born September 27, 1921 at Bison, KS, the daughter of George & Matilda M. Seuser Wagner. ˜˜ She graduated high school at Bison, KS in 1940 as salutatorian of˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ her class.˜ During World war II, she˜ taught...

Edythe Poteet
Jan 22, 2011
Liberal KS ˜ Edythe G Poteet, 83, Liberal, KS, died Friday, January 21, 2011, Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. ˜˜ She was born April 30, 1927 in Seward County, KS, the daughter of Ira G. & Edythe M. Stricklin Ives. ˜ She attended school in Liberal and was an officer at the South Port of Entry for twenty-two years...