Obituaries

Gabriel Martinez Jr.

Gabriel Martinez Jr.

Oct 4, 2021

Gabriel Martinez Jr., age 77, died on Monday, October 4, 2021, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on August 15, 1944, the son of Gabriel Martinez Sr. and Eva (Saldivar) Martinez in Georgia West, Texas. Gabriel married Micaela Jasso in Liberal Kansas. He was the father of five daughters, Elisa, Hilda, Michelle, Leslie, and Gabrielle. Gabriel worked...

Elias F Garza

Elias F Garza

Oct 4, 2021

Elias Garza, age 46, died Monday, October 4, 2021, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on June 12, 1975, the son of Jose L. Garza and Lidia Flores-Garza in Ulysses, Kansas. Elias loved spending quality time with his family. He enjoyed fishing, doing mechanical work, and tinkering with wood, he was a good builder. He also enjoyed...

Bertha Vela de Rueda

Bertha Vela de Rueda

Oct 2, 2021

Bertha Vela de Rueda, age 61, passed away Saturday night, October 2, 2021, at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on March 25, 1960, in Nicolas Romero, Durango, Mexico. The daughter of Francisco Vela Zuñiga and Teresa Cobarruvias Muñoz. Bertha was very kind hearted, caring, funny, and cheerful, to say the least. She was very outgoing and spoke...

Michael Logan Starkey

Michael Logan Starkey

Oct 1, 2021

Michael Logan Starkey, 66, died Friday, October 1, 2021, in Liberal, Kansas. He was born August 6, 1955 in Guymon, Oklahoma he was the son of Victor Logan Starkey and Julia Zelma Woods. He attended Guymon High School in Guymon, Oklahoma graduating in 1973. After High School, Michael enlisted in the United States Army. He was stationed at Fitzsimmons Army...

Maria Lucila "Lucy" Chavez

Maria Lucila "Lucy" Chavez

Sep 30, 2021

Maria Lucila “Lucy” Chavez, age 82, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning, September 30, 2021, at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born October 31, 1938, in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, a daughter of the late Jeronimo Chavez and Ana Josefa Morales. Lucy was a great storyteller, always entertaining her family and friends with the many stories of her life growing...

Catherine Marcelle Huebner

Catherine Marcelle Huebner

Sep 26, 2021

Catherine Marcelle Huebner, age 84, died Sunday, September 26, 2021, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Marcelle was the daughter of Buster and Minnie (Silvey) Walk, born on December 21, 1936, which happened to be the anniversary and birthdays of both parents. Marcelle grew up in Leoti, Kansas, and was a graduate of Leoti High School. After graduation, she...

James "Jim" A. Carlile

James "Jim" A. Carlile

Sep 23, 2021

James “Jim” A. Carlile, age 73, died Thursday, September 23, 2021, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born September 23, 1948, the son of Bernard Carlile and Betty Segar in Liberal, Kansas. Jim graduated Liberal High School in 1966. He served in Vietnam in the Navy. On September 17, 1989, Jim married Theresa F. Waybright. Jim worked for...

Betty Jeanne Dickey

Betty Jeanne Dickey

Sep 22, 2021

Betty Jeanne Dickey, age 97, died Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on March 26, 1924, in Las Vegas, Nevada the daughter of Harvey Cooper and Thelma (Morris) Cooper. Betty Jeanne graduated high school from Woodrow Wilson High School, Long Beach, California in 1941. She was a Plant Manager for the Southern...

Gerald Lee Kurth

Gerald Lee Kurth

Sep 20, 2021

Gerald “Jerry” Lee Kurth, age 79, died Monday, September 20, 2021, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on December 23, 1941, the son of Alva Kurth and Beulah Mae Elmore in Los Angles, California. Jerry attended 2 years at the Roswell Military Academy and graduated Liberal High School in 1959 and then graduated 2 years of Technical...

Steven Wayne Savely

Steven Wayne Savely

Sep 14, 2021

Steven Wayne Savely, age 59, died Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at McAlester Regional Health Center in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was born February 6, 1962, in Beaver, Oklahoma to Donnie and Kathleen Savely. Steve grew up in the Beaver County, Oklahoma area and graduated from Turpin High School. On November 25, 1989, he married Belinda Glick and together they had a...

Andres Osbaldo Ortiz Jr.

Andres Osbaldo Ortiz Jr.

Sep 13, 2021

Andres Osbaldo Ortiz Jr., age 38, died Monday, September 13, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on September 5, 1983, the son of Andres Osbaldo Ortiz Sr. and Maria Angeles Andrade in Spearman, Texas. Andres married Sarai Marroquin on June 26, 2006, in Kent Washington. He was the father of Orlando Andres Ortiz and Sienna...

Horst Gunther Wilson

Horst Gunther Wilson

Sep 11, 2021

Horst Gunther Wilson, 79, of Liberal peacefully passed away at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas, on Saturday, September 11, 2021, with the love of his life by his side. He was born on September 3, 1942, to Elisabeth (Kraus-Staudinger) and Howard R. Wilson in Lemberg, Poland. At the age of 9, he and his family traveled by boat...

Juan Dominguez Garcia

Juan Dominguez Garcia

Sep 6, 2021

Juan Dominguez Garcia, age 72, died Monday, September 6, 2021 at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 11, 1949, the son of Ascencion Dominguez and Margarita Garcia in Delicias, Chihuahua. Juan was born and raised in Mexico, and moved to Liberal, Kansas where he lived for 30 years. On September 28, 1983, he married Lucila in...

Donald Edwin Seibel

Donald Edwin Seibel

Sep 3, 2021

Dr. Donald Edwin Seibel, age 89, died Friday, September 3, 2021 at Banner Ocotillo Medical Center in Chandler, Arizona. He was born on August 10, 1932, the son of Edwin Seibel and Ana Gashler Seibel. Don graduated from Ellis High School in 1950 in Ellis, Kansas. He attended Fort Hays State University for 2 years, then transferring to Kansas State...

Leona Evelyn Loepp

Leona Evelyn Loepp

Aug 27, 2021

Leona Evelyn Loepp, age 107, died peacefully Friday, August 27, 2021, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on March 2, 1914, the daughter of Tobias T. Dirks and Katie Zielke Dirks in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Leona graduated Greenough High School and attended Panhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College (PAMC) in Goodwell, Oklahoma. She received a provisional teaching...

Melvin Lewis Tatum Sr.

Melvin Lewis Tatum Sr.

Aug 27, 2021

“God’s Miracle Man” Elder Melvin Lewis Tatum Sr., 73, was born on July 26, 1948, to Melvin and Peggy (Thomas) Tatum in Mexia, TX, and received his “Eternal Reward” on August 28, 2021. Melvin attended school in Odessa and Tulia, TX. He was an OUTSTANDING math student and received numerous AWARDS for his ACHIEVEMENTS! Because of his personality, character, and...

Harley Dean Kruse

Harley Dean Kruse

Aug 23, 2021

On Monday, August 23, 2021, Harley Dean Kruse, loving husband and father of 5 children, passed away at the age of 86 at Wheatridge Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on August 20th, 1935 to Chester Arthur Kruse and Martha Caroline Scheib in Ellsworth, Kansas. Harley graduated high school from Geneseo, Kansas. Harley and family moved to Liberal...

Billy Duane Smith

Billy Duane Smith

Aug 14, 2021

Billy Duane Smith, age 78, died Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on March 7, 1943, the son of William Elliot Smith and Versia Jewell Likens in Liberal, Kansas. Billy married Shirley Palmer on February 22, 1973, in Hooker, Oklahoma. Together they had one son, Roger. Billy served in the US...

Dorothy Althea Hamlin

Dorothy Althea Hamlin

Aug 14, 2021

Dorothy Althea Hamlin, 99, died Saturday, August 14, 2021 at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born July 30, 1922 in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Eva and Guy Daniels. She was raised on her family farm outside Hooker, OK. Althea grew up in an era when not all children had the opportunity to attend high school. She always...

Franka Joy Post

Franka Joy Post

Aug 9, 2021

Franka Joy Post, age 41, died August 9, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on November 4, 1979, the daughter of Frank and Veda Joy (Young) King. Franka graduated from Turpin High School in 1998 and from University of Central Oklahoma in 2002. She married Dustin Floyd Post on June 6, 2015, in Trinchera Ranch,...

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