Obituaries

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,...

Debra Dawn Patterson

Debra Dawn Patterson

Jan 29, 2022

Debra Dawn Patterson, Age 49, of Liberal, Kansas, Died Saturday January 29, 2022, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, Debra was born December 17, 1972, in Liberal, Kansas, to Dale and Debra Patterson. She was raised and later adopted by her grandparents, Johnny, and Ruby (Whited) Alsdurf. She Graduated from Liberal High School. Debra is survived...

Walter Paul Ediger

Walter Paul Ediger

Jan 26, 2022

Walter Paul Ediger, 90, died Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on April 17, 1931, to Albert and Marie (Fransen) Ediger in Beaver, Oklahoma. Walt graduated from High School in Turpin, Oklahoma in 1950. He served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1953 during the Korean Conflict. He married Minnie...

Keith Edwin Glunt

Keith Edwin Glunt

Jan 23, 2022

Keith Edwin Glunt, 74, went home to the loving arms of Jesus on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at the Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on June 2, 1947, the son of Oral E. and Anna Belle (Wheeler) Glunt in Dodge City, Kansas. Keith grew up living on the family farm near Jetmore, Kansas. Keith first met...

Maria Celia Cruz

Maria Celia Cruz

Jan 16, 2022

Maria Celia Cruz, age 76, died Sunday, January 16, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 25, 1945, the daughter of Jose Carmen Hernandez and Evangelyna Garcia in Zacatecas, Mexico. Maria was married to Arnulfo P. Cruz for 58 years. Maria lived a full life as a loving mother, grandmother, and a great homemaker....

Larry R. Wolfram

Larry R. Wolfram

Jan 14, 2022

Larry R. Wolfram, age 71, passed from this life to his heavenly home on Friday, January 14, 2022, from advanced lung cancer and pneumonia. He fought valiantly through two bouts of cancer from 2009-2010 and 2017-2022 and was with his immediate family at the end. Even when the lung cancer returned in 2017, Larry continued to work and travel while...

Jimmie Farr

Jimmie Farr

Jan 11, 2022

Jimmie Farr, age 75, died on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on October 8, 1946, the son of Darcy “Bud” Willard Farr and Alliene (Bowling) Farr in Binger, Oklahoma. Jimmie graduated in 1964 from Binger High School in Binger, Oklahoma and went on to earn his Associates Degree. He married Sharon Ann...

Darrell J.H. 'Jay" Hay

Darrell J.H. 'Jay" Hay

Jan 8, 2022

Darrell J.H. ‘Jay’ Hay, 78, died on January 8, 2022 at Wheatridge Care Park in Liberal Kansas. Services are pending, and full obituary will run in a latter edition of the Leader and Times. Per Jay’s wishes, in lieu of flowers, he requested that you make a memorial donation to the First Baptist Church, The Liberal Bee Jays, or Kids,...

Darrell 'Jay' J.H. Hay

Darrell 'Jay' J.H. Hay

Jan 8, 2022

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Darrel J.H. Hay on January 8, 2022 at the age of 78. Jay, the youngest of 8 siblings, was born in Hollis, Oklahoma to Garrel and Versie Hay on June 8, 1943. He was a graduate of Hollis High School, and it was there that he...

Nestor Laverne Winkler

Nestor Laverne Winkler

Jan 4, 2022

Nestor Laverne Winkler, age 79, died Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on June 15, 1942, the son of Nestor C. and Aileen (Harris) Winkler. Nestor was also known as N.L. and Laverne, depending on how you knew him. He was a life-time farmer. At the age of 17, he took over...

Debra Heim

Debra Heim

Jan 1, 2022

Debra Heim, age 67, died Saturday, January 1, 2022, at her residence in Tyrone, Oklahoma. She was born on October 5, 1954, the daughter of Kyle and Patsy (Swisher) Brown in Garden City, Kansas. Debra was the mother of Kyle Patrick Heim and Cinnamon Nichole Heim. She worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for Park Lane Care Center in Scott...

Raymond Vasquez

Raymond Vasquez

Dec 21, 2021

Raymond Vasquez, age 82, died Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on December 25, 1938, the son of Cresencio Vasquez Garcia and Margarita Kellogg Samaniego in Ojinaga, Mexico. Raymond was a Red Hat at National Beef, he worked there for 28 years. He helped build National Beef. On April 9, 1966, he married...

Shirley Mae Gover

Shirley Mae Gover

Dec 20, 2021

Shirley Mae Gover, age 86, passed away peacefully Monday morning, December 20, 2021, at the Ozark Nursing and Care Center, in Ozark, Missouri. She was born October 28, 1935, in Hooker, Oklahoma, to Harvey and Erna Anna Marie Finfrock. She grew up in Hooker, Oklahoma and then lived most of her adult life in Liberal, Kansas. Shirley graduated from Hooker,...

Frances Anne Rice

Frances Anne Rice

Dec 17, 2021

Frances Anne Rice passed away from this life at the age of 104 years young, on Friday, December 17, 2021, at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 27, 1917, in Sherman, Texas to William and Bertha (Grammer) Taylor. She married David Alvin Rice on July 9, 1938, and resided in Odessa, Texas where they enjoyed a...

Carolyn "Carol" L. Warren

Carolyn "Carol" L. Warren

Dec 15, 2021

Carolyn “Carol” L. Warren was born Carolyn LaWanda Burnette - yes, a famous name but no relation... she was born 3 days after Christmas (12/28/1942) to Velma Lenora Pierson & John W. Burnette. She became the baby girl of a very large family in rural Monticello, Arkansas, Drew County. Carol, age 78, passed away Wednesday morning at 8:30 am at...

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