Obituaries

Luther Garcia

Luther Garcia

Aug 8, 2021

Luther Garcia, age 87, died Sunday, August 8, 2021, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on December 15, 1933, the son of Balomere Garcia and Adela Ramos in Coolidge, Kansas. Luther served in the Marines from March 1952 – July 1955 and served in the Korean War. He worked as a grain elevator operator for the Coop...

Noel Adrian Gardea-Hernandez

Noel Adrian Gardea-Hernandez

Jul 31, 2021

Noel Adrian Gardea-Hernandez, age 26, died Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He was born on April 8, 1995, son of Ernesto Gardea and Mauricia Hernandez in Liberal, Kansas. Noel completed the 11th grade in Liberal, Kansas. On October 4, 2014, he married Iris Guadalupe Vallejo-Lopez. They had two sons, Adrian Elias and Thiago Emiliano. Noel worked as...

Gene Hugh Sharp

Gene Hugh Sharp

Jul 27, 2021

Gene Sharp, age 92, died Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at his residence of 60 years in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 20, 1929, East St. Louis, Illinois the son of Olin Arthur Sharp and Lois (Dorman). Gene’s father was a traveling salesman working for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. from 1924-1935. In 1935 when his father lost his...

Joyce Elaine Hines

Joyce Elaine Hines

Jul 27, 2021

Joyce Elaine (Cole) Hines, passed away at home in Liberal, Kansas on July 27, 2021. She was born o March 30, 1938, to George William and Mildred Louise (McHenry) Cole in Iola, Kansas, she was the third child of five born to her parents and made her entrance within minutes after the birth of her fraternal twin Jerry Elwin. Iola...

Lonnie E. Pittser

Lonnie E. Pittser

Jul 25, 2021

Lonnie E. Pittser, age 82, died on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on July 11, 1939, the son of Earl Eston Pittser and Bridget Marie Zorn in Barton County Kansas. Lonnie married Mary Ann Sallee on October 14, 1961, in Liberal, Kansas. Together they raised one son, Buddy and two...

Roger Moffett

Roger Moffett

Jul 25, 2021

Roger Moffett, age 80, died Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Brenham, Texas after a brief illness. He was born on November 4, 1940, the son of Fred Vivian and Betty Evelyn Moffett in Concordia, Kansas. Roger was an only child. Roger grew up in Phillipsburg, Kansas and graduated from Phillipsburg High School and Fort Hays State University. He served in...

Cristina Romero

Cristina Romero

Jul 25, 2021

Cristina Romero, age 78, died Sunday, July 25, 2021, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 24, 1943, the daughter of Ricardo Estrada and Natividad Carrasco in San Francisco del Oro Chihuahua, Mexico. Cristina was married to Edmundo Romero and together they had five sons, Javier, Ricardo, Ruben, Rogelio, and Hector and one daughter, Marisela. She...

Lorene Reever

Lorene Reever

Jul 23, 2021

Lorene Reever, age 75, died Friday, July 23, 2021, in Hobbs, New Mexico. She was born June 27, 1946, the daughter of Forest Trahern and Leona Isaccs Trahern in Liberal, Kansas. Lorene graduated Liberal High School in Liberal, Kansas in 1964. She was very hard working starting her first job at Dairy Queen while she was in high school. She...

Nancy Jane Bowman

Nancy Jane Bowman

Jul 19, 2021

Nancy Jane Bowman, age 81, died July 19, 2021, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 30, 1940, daughter of Henry Ray Bergdall and Maggie Swartz Bergdall in Winfield, Kansas. Nancy grew up in Winfield graduating high school from there in 1958 and finishing college from Southwestern College of Winfield in 1963 with a Home Economics...

Norma Jean Isaacs

Norma Jean Isaacs

Jul 15, 2021

Norma Jean Isaacs, age 91. Died July 15, 2021, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 22, 1929, the daughter of Carl Wettstein and Hazel Massoni Wettstein in Stevens County, Kansas. Norma graduated from Liberal High School in 1947. She married Elmer Isaacs on June 29, 1949. Elmer preceded her in death on May 26,...

Alice Marguerete Reid

Alice Marguerete Reid

Jul 9, 2021

Alice Marguerete Reid, age 96, died Friday, July 09, 2021, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 29, 1924, the daughter of John and Ida (Leibundgut) Engel in Duncan, Nebraska. Alice grew up on a farm two miles west of Duncan and graduated from Duncan High School in 1942. On August 26, 1950, she married...

Faye Mildred Ormiston

Faye Mildred Ormiston

Jul 8, 2021

Faye Mildred Ormiston, age 95, died on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas. She was born on October 26, 1925, daughter of Cornelius L. and Therasia Ediger in Corn Oklahoma. Mildred graduated from Turpin High School in Turpin, Oklahoma. On February 26, 1950, she married Francis W. Ormiston at the Turpin Mennonite Church in Turpin, Oklahoma. Francis proceeded her...

Ollie B Bounds

Ollie B Bounds

Jul 1, 2021

Ollie “Mama” B Bounds, age 100, died Thursday, July 1, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 19, 1920, the daughter of Elijah L Major and Emma Evans Major in Hillsboro, Texas. Ollie received her education in Hillsboro. She married George M Bounds on July 19, 1936, in Hillsboro. They were married 63...

Carl L. Schartz

Carl L. Schartz

Jun 28, 2021

Carl L. Schartz, 67, passed away on June 28, 2021, at his home in Corinth, Texas after an extended battle with lung cancer. Carl was born on May 27, 1954, in Dodge City, Kansas to Mark and Betty Schartz. He grew up on the family farms in Ellinwood and Cimarron, Kansas. He graduated from Cimmaron High School in 1972. Carl...

Michael "Mike" Scott McGinley

Michael "Mike" Scott McGinley

Jun 2, 2021

Michael “Mike” Scott McGinley, age 49, died Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Kismet, Kansas. He was born on March 19, 1972, son of William Scott and Sandra Jean McGinley in Dodge City, Kansas. Mike graduated Great Bend High School in 1990 and later attended KSU in Manhattan, Kansas. Mike was an active member of the community and belonged to many...

John Burnett Walker

John Burnett Walker

Jun 1, 2021

John Burnett Walker, age 75, died Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on September 16, 1945, the son of Herbert and Marie (Burnett) Walker in Alamogordo, New Mexico. John graduated from Capitan, New Mexico High School in 1964. He continued his education at Brown Institute of Electronics, Mpls, Minnesota graduating in...

Juan "Alex" Mendoza-Mendoza

Juan "Alex" Mendoza-Mendoza

May 27, 2021

Juan A Mendoza “Alex” un padre querido y hijo, inesperadamente murio a los 27 años. Alex es sobrevivido por sus padres, Jose y Angela Mendoza; su esposa, Juana Jose; su hija, Ashley Mendoza; sus hermanas, Emiliana y Adelina Mendoza; su hermano, George Mendoza. Alex ya no esta con nosotros pero se va a reencontrar con su hermana, Carmen Mendoza; y...

Phyllis Kaye Thomas

Phyllis Kaye Thomas

May 27, 2021

Phyllis Kaye Thomas of Liberal passed away Thursday, May 27, 2021 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas. She was 75 years old. She was born to Frank Jr and LaVern Janice (Gregg) Thomas on April 19, 1946 in Liberal, Kansas. She was a member of Bethel Friends Church of rural Hugoton, and later Liberal Friends Church. Phyllis graduated from Hugoton...

Teresa Franco Vazquez

Teresa Franco Vazquez

May 27, 2021

Teresa Franco Vazquez, age 74, died May 27, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 10, 1946, daughter of Pedro Vazquez and Carmen Gonzales in Meoqui, Chihuahua Mexico. On November 27, 1973 Teresa married Ignacio Franco in Estación Consuelo, Mexico. She was a devoted wife of 47 years and loving mother of three daughters,...

Wayne Edward Gray

Wayne Edward Gray

May 22, 2021

Wayne Edward Gray, age 73, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021 in Liberal, Kansas. On July 18th, 1947, Herbert and Izetta (Swiger) Gray were speeding to the Perryton, Texas hospital. Expecting their first baby the young couple made it...almost. When the old car hit the railroad tracks on the north side of Perryton a little too hard, Wayne Edward Gray...

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