Obituaries

Wesley Patricia Ann

Wesley Patricia Ann

May 21, 2021

Patricia Ann Wesley, age 80, died on Friday, May 21, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born on April 3, 1941 the daughter of Harry Rhodes Barnes and Fyrne Lucille Barnes in Liberal, Kansas. Patricia graduated in 1960 from Liberal High School and went on to Emporia State University. On April 12, 1975 she married Robert Riffe Wesley and...

Jimmy Madison Kees

Jimmy Madison Kees

May 10, 2021

Jimmy M. Kees, age 89, died on Monday, May 10, 2021 at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 24, 1932 son of Johnny and Irene (Cabaniss) Kees in Dallas County, Texas. Jimmy graduated High School in 1950 from Dumas, Texas. He served in the Army from 1952 through 1954. On September 9, 1956 he...

Guadalupe Mireya Lopez

Guadalupe Mireya Lopez

May 8, 2021

Guadalupe Mireya Lopez, age 48, died on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 31, 1972 daughter of Efren Lopez and Consuelo (Soto) Lopez in Delicias, Chihuahua. Guadalupe graduated from high school in 1990 from Tècnica 3: Escula Secundaria Tècina no. 3. She graduated from college in 1993 from Colegio nacional...

Thelma Faye Dowdy

Thelma Faye Dowdy

Apr 26, 2021

Thelma Faye Dowdy, age 83, died April 26, 2021 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 6, 1937 the daughter of John Vassar and Martha Leola Galbert in Vernon, Texas. Thelma received most of her education in Liberal, Kansas. She was employed as a waitress and an over the road truck driver in her...

Anna Irene Newport

Anna Irene Newport

Apr 23, 2021

Anna Irene Newport, age 57, died April 23, 2021 at her home in Turpin, Oklahoma. She was born on September 23, 1963 the daughter of Ralph LeRoy Lofland and Bess Carlene Crossley in Wichita Kansas. She was raised by her loving adoptive family. Anna reconnected with her biological family in 2014. Anna graduated Liberal High School in 1981 and attended...

Paul F. Blaser

Paul F. Blaser

Apr 20, 2021

Paul F. Blaser, age 93, passed away at his home in rural Tyrone, Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 surrounded by his family. Paul was born to Jacob Frederick Blaser and Marie Antionette “Nettie” (Reuszer) Blaser on May 11, 1927 in Rosendale, Andrew County, Missouri. He was the youngest of four children. He had three sisters: Gertrude, Naomi and Mildred....

Larry Dean Busby

Larry Dean Busby

Apr 13, 2021

Larry Dean Busby, age 68, died on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on February 6, 1953 the son of Leonard C. Busby and Gladys Koehn in Liberal, Kansas. Larry graduated from Liberal High School in 1971. He married his love of 41 years, Debra Underwood in 1980 in Liberal, Kansas. Together...

Jorge Almeida

Jorge Almeida

Apr 6, 2021

Jorge Almeida, age 69, died April 6, 2021 at the University Medical Center of El Paso in El Paso, Texas. He was born April 24, 1951 the son of Gilberto and Maria Ponce de Leon Almeida in Mexico. Jorge studied in Mexico City. He worked at National Beef Packing Co. for 17 years and owned Video-Mex Almeida & Almeida Imports....

Audrey Mae Phelps-Baker

Audrey Mae Phelps-Baker

Apr 4, 2021

Audrey Mae Phelps-Baker, age 84, died, Sunday, April 4, 2021.She was born on March 15, 1937 the daughter of Andrew and Myrtis Phelps in Philadelphia, Mississippi.Audrey is survived by two daughters, Sherry Conner and Freda DavisHer brother, Willie Max PhelpHer sister, Helen Phelps-WilsonNine Grandchildren andFifteen Great Grandchildren.She is preceded in death by her husband Fred Baker, Both parents Andrew and...

Casimira "Cassie" Andrade

Casimira "Cassie" Andrade

Apr 4, 2021

Casimira “Cassie” Andrade, age 93, died April 4, 2021 at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born on May 23, 1927 in El Chico, Jalisco, Mexico. She was the daughter of Michael G. and Lucadia R. Andrade. Cassie married Lawrence G. Lara on December 28, 1949 in Dodge City, KS. Together they raised one son, Larry Lee Lara,...

Barbara Weaver Knowlton

Barbara Weaver Knowlton

Mar 28, 2021

Barbara Weaver Knowlton, 95, died Sunday March 28, 2021 in Topeka, Kansas.She was born July 14, 1925 in Columbus, Ohio, to the Rev. Canon Harold James and Margaret Weaver.She married Gilbert Lee Knowlton on December 1, 1951 in Torrington, Wyoming. He preceded her in death in 1998.A longtime resident of Liberal she was involved with her church St. Andrews Episcopal...

Jerry Joe Rader

Jerry Joe Rader

Mar 27, 2021

Jerry Joe Rader, age 84, passed away Saturday morning, March 27, 2021, at Homestead Estates Home Plus in Liberal, Kansas.Jerry was born December 7, 1936 at home in Hooker, Oklahoma the son of Donald and Irene Rader. The family moved to Liberal when he was very young but old enough to remember they moved the whole house with the family...

Kazuko "Kay" Troll

Kazuko "Kay" Troll

Mar 19, 2021

Kazuko “Kay” Troll, age 88, died Friday, March 19, 2021 at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on March 6, 1933 the only child of Tokajiro and Fusa Usui in Fukuoko, Japan. Kay received her education in Japan and in 1952 immigrated to America to establish her independence and became a citizen in 1964, living most of...

Dorothy Rebecca Armstrong

Dorothy Rebecca Armstrong

Mar 14, 2021

Dorothy R. Armstrong, age 86, died Sunday, March 14, 2021 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas.She was born on April 10, 1934 the daughter of Von Speed and Cellanda Bertha (Ewalt) Carroll in Clayton, New Mexico.She married the love of her life, JD Armstrong Sr. on June 24, 1949 in Clayton, New Mexico. The were married 58 years...

Faye Maxine Munsell

Faye Maxine Munsell

Mar 9, 2021

Faye Maxine Munsell, age 99, died Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on June 12, 1921 daughter of Jessie and Alwida Brenton in Mooreland, Oklahoma. Life EventsMaxine married the love of her life, Noble Lyman Munsell, on September 2, 1929 in Mooreland, Oklahoma. They were married 44 years until his death on...

Vera J. Browne

Vera J. Browne

Mar 9, 2021

Vera J. Browne age 85, died Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 30, 1935 the daughter of Chester and Iris (Mendenhall) Southern in Hooker, Oklahoma. Vera graduated from Eureka High School in Baker, Oklahoma and went on to become an accountant for the grocery industry. She married Jerry Browne on...

Dorothy May Brown

Dorothy May Brown

Feb 27, 2021

Dorothy May Brown, age 90, died Saturday, February 27, 2021 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, Kansas. Dorothy, an only child, was born and lived her first years in Tyrone, Oklahoma. About the age of 15 her family moved to San Juan in South Texas. They returned to Hooker, Oklahoma and eventually moved to Liberal, where she graduated high school...

Phyllis Jean Carlisle

Phyllis Jean Carlisle

Feb 25, 2021

Phyllis Jean Carlisle, age 89, died Thursday, February 25, 2021 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas.She was born on April 1, 1931, the daughter of Paul J. and Clara J. Eggers Urbanek in Hutchinson, Kansas.Phyllis grew up in Holyrood, Kansas and graduated high school from there in 1949.She spent her time reading psychic books and saw the spirits of...

Bailey B. Welker

Bailey B. Welker

Feb 23, 2021

Bailey B. Welker, age 72, died Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.He was born on June 24, 1948 the son of Gerald D. Welker and Katie K. Friesen Welker in Dodge City, Kansas.Bailey received his education in Meade, Kansas.He was in the Army and served in Korea during the Vietnam Era.On June 3, 2000,...

Theodore James Buttry

Theodore James Buttry

Feb 12, 2021

Theodore James Buttry, age 38, died Friday, February 12, 2021 at his home in Liberal, Kansas.He was born on September 29, 1982 the son of Joseph Wayne Buttry and Anita Darleen Keeling Buttry in Liberal.Theodore received his GED in 2001 in Liberal and worked as a Tire Tech for Best 1 Tire. On January 11, 2019 he married Angela. Together...

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