Obituaries

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....

Tracy Max Mendenhall

Tracy Max Mendenhall

Feb 28, 2022

Tracy Max Mendenhall, 64, died Monday, February 28, 2022, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born May 8, 1957, to Gary Max Mendenhall and Lois Jean Hart in Liberal, Kansas. He attended school at Turpin and Baker, Oklahoma. Tracy loved doing chores on the farm and listening to all types of music. He lived at the Center...

Norman Richard McVey

Norman Richard McVey

Feb 26, 2022

Norman Richard McVey, 77, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022. He was born June 27, 1944, in Liberal, Kansas to John and Florence McVey. Norman married Bonnie Lock on August 15, 1970 and had 3 children. Norman graduated from Kismet High School and then attended Hays University. After his time in college, he entered the Army, were he proudly served...

Sylvia Francis Moreno

Sylvia Francis Moreno

Feb 24, 2022

Sylvia Francis Moreno, 66, died Thursday, February 24, 2022 at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on May 18, 1955 in Ulysses, Kansas, the daughter of Merejildo and Mollie (Cruz) Padilla. Sylvia was a member of the Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ulysses. She had a loving, open and forgiving heart for everyone. She loved her...

Minnie 'Sue" Belle Ediger

Minnie 'Sue" Belle Ediger

Feb 16, 2022

Minnie Belle (Sue) Ediger, Age 89, of Liberal, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born in Ringwood, Oklahoma on September 6, 1932, the daughter of Charles F. and Mildred (Combs) Surls. Minnie Graduated from Fallbrook High School in Fallbrook, California. She attended Nazarene Bible College in Pasadena, California, which is now known as...

Herminia Quintana De Rubio

Herminia Quintana De Rubio

Feb 14, 2022

Herminia Quintana de Rubio, age 66, died Monday February 14, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal Kansas. Herminia was born on April 25, 1955, in Chihuahua, Mexico to Gaspar and Juana (Chavez) Quintana. She married Ramon Rubio Olivas in Mexico in 1974. She worked for Kentucky Fried Chicken in food preparation and service. Herminia loved to travel, and really...

Ramona (Mona) Maria Almeida

Ramona (Mona) Maria Almeida

Feb 11, 2022

Ramona (“Mona”) Marie Almeida passed away peacefully at BSA Hospital in Amarillo, TX, on February 11, 2022. She was born in Fort Morgan, CO, on April 14, 1952, to Robert Mendoza & Antonia Saucedo. Mona spent her early years enjoying life as a kid and often accompanied her stepfather to “work" as a laborer in the fields picking cotton or...

Schenena Jean Porter

Schenena Jean Porter

Jan 30, 2022

Schenena ‘Nena’ Jean Porter, 71, died Sunday, January 30, 2022 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. She was born on May 2, 1950 in Stroud, Oklahoma, the daughter of Hulen Payne “Corky” and Wilma Jean Jones. Schenena graduated from Liberal High School. On November 18, 1967 she married Melvin Carl Porter in Liberal. He preceded her in death on June...

Carlos Adrian Granados

Carlos Adrian Granados

Jan 29, 2022

Carlos Adrian Granados, 41, died Saturday, January 29, 2022 in Liberal, Kansas He was born on November 23, 1980 in Liberal Kansas, the son of Manuel Granados and Teresa De Jesus Mendoza. Carlos worked in construction, doing home remodeling. Carlos loved to sing and dance. He enjoyed being funny and to make people laugh. He is survived by his daughter,...

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