Obituaries

Laressa Irene Guild

Laressa Irene Guild

Jun 18, 2018

Laressa Irene Guild, 85, died, Monday, June 18, 2018 in Wichita, KS at home, with her family by her side. She was born December 9, 1932 in El Dorado, OK to Jerry Lee Sample and Eunice Bartee Sample. She graduated from Medicine Lodge High School, Medicine Lodge, KS in 1950. She married Donald Edward Guild on October 28, 1950 in...

Taylor Mackenzie Segrist

Taylor Mackenzie Segrist

Jun 16, 2018

Taylor “T” Mackenzie Seigrist, 25, died Saturday, June 16, 2018 at his home in Liberal, KS.He was born to Mark Seigrist and Tracy Jordan Johnson, July 18, 1992 at Lawrence, KS.He graduated with the class of 2010 of Liberal High School. He worked for Liberal Kenworth.He was proud to serve as an EMT.Survivors:Mother,Tracy and her husband Stacy Johnson, Liberal, KS...

Emery Raymond Chaffin

Emery Raymond Chaffin

Jun 2, 2018

Emery Raymond Chaffin, 94, died Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Wheatridge Park Care Center.He was born February 21, 1924 in Liberal, KS to George Washington Chaffin and Ida Bessie Packer Chaffin.He graduated Liberal High School in 1943. He then attended Ottawa Baptist College for 3 years before entering the United States Army in 1948 and was granted an Honorable discharged...

Merle Wilfred Staats

Merle Wilfred Staats

May 16, 2018

Merle Wilfred Staats, age 96, died Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at Homestead Estates Home Plus in Liberal, KS. He was born January 23, 1922 in Hutchinson, KS, the son of Gasper Gordon and Mary J. (Casteel) Staats. He grew up on a farm near Woodward, OK, where he attended school and graduated from High School. He attended Business College at...

Geraldyne Bloom

Geraldyne Bloom

May 15, 2018

Mrs. Norman Bloom (Geraldyne (Jeri) Langhofer)Geraldyne was born October 7, 1928, to Fred and Pansy Hazel Langhofer and spent many of her fondest years on their family ranch Southeast of Kismet, KS. Geraldyne spoke often about the many memories of riding horses for hours alongside her Dad, Fred. Geraldyne died on May 15, 2018 at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal,...

LaNell Kay Gregg Forward

LaNell Kay Gregg Forward

May 13, 2018

LaNell Kay Gregg Forward, 55, died Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS.she was born in Beaver, OK, March 20, 1963 to Bobbie Leon Greeg and Vivian Dee Gemes Gregg.She graduated Beaver High School in 1981.On January 3, 2018 she married Steve Forward in the Lonestar Church, Hugoton, KS.La Nell worked for the Madden Oil Company as...

Transito Medina-Lopez

Transito Medina-Lopez

May 8, 2018

Transito Medina-Lopez, 81, of Liberal, Died Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KSHe was born to Vicente Medina and Maura Lopez Medina in Cortazar, Guanajato, Mexico on July 11, 1936. He married Ramona Miranda Razo December 10, 1959 in Mexico, she survives. He worked for Molinos y Campesinos as a truck driver.Suvivors: Wife Ramona Miranda Razo 4...

Erma Virginia Holcomb

Erma Virginia Holcomb

Apr 30, 2018

Erma Virginia Holcomb, age 91, died Monday, April 30, 2018, at the South West Medical Center in Liberal. She was born September 8, 1926 in Burlington, Iowa the daughter of George and Mary MaLena (Brown) Rice. She married Delbert Otto Holcomb in Burlington, Iowa. He preceded her in death in 2001.They were married for 55 years. She was a very...

Rickey Dale  Brown

Rickey Dale Brown

Apr 30, 2018

Rickey Dale Brown, 64, died Monday, April 30, 2018 at SWMC in Liberal. He was born on August 24, 1953, the son of Kyle Robert and Patsy (Swisher) Brown in Garden City, KS.On August 31, 2011, he married DeAnna Brown in Meade, KS. She survives. Rickey was a member of the NRA, and worked for Halliburton in offshore drilling. Survivors...

Toby Hicks

Toby Hicks

Apr 29, 2018

William Toby Hicks, 48 , died Sunday, April 29, 2018 at his residence in Liberal. He was born on March 18, 1970 in Marietta, OK, the son of William Tinsley “Tim” Hicks and Rilda Renick. He graduated from Marietta High School in 1988, after helping his football team win the state championship. He attended Oklahoma State University, where he graduated...

Ralph Lavon Hitchcock

Ralph Lavon Hitchcock

Apr 28, 2018

Ralph Lavon Hitchcock, age 85, died April 28, 2018 at Minneola Long Term Care Unit in Minneola, KS. He was born May 25, 1932 in Haviland, KS, the son of Story and Jane Hitchcock.He graduated from Haviland High School in 1950. On August 14, 1953 he married Mary L. Reed in Dodge City, KS. She died June 28, 1993.He served...

Margaret Caroline Prentice

Margaret Caroline Prentice

Apr 27, 2018

Margaret Caroline Prentice, 85, died on Friday, April 27, 2018, at Brookdale Liberal Springs. She was born on May 19, 1932 in Lyndon, Kansas, the daughter of Carl Peter and Leona (Toulouse) Eklund. She graduated from High School in 1950 in Phillips, TX. She graduated in 1976 from Frank Phillips Junior College, with a degree in nursing. On January 6,...

Sharon Kay Wilson

Sharon Kay Wilson

Apr 22, 2018

Sharon Kay “Sherry” Wilson, age 71, died April 22, 2018 at the Morton County Senior Living Community in Elkhart, KS. She was born August 17, 1946, at Goodland, KS, the daughter of Roy William and Gwendola (Baker) Robinson. She graduated from Arapahoe High School in Arapahoe, CO in 1964. She graduated from Platte Valley Bible College in Scottsbluff, NE, on...

Gerald  John "Jerry" Richmeier

Gerald John "Jerry" Richmeier

Apr 21, 2018

Gerald John “Jerry” Richmeier, age 80, died April 21, 2018 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born February 15, 1938 in Quinter, KS, the son of Balthazar and Angela (Von Lintel) Richmeier.In 1956 he enlisted in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1959.He attended Quinter High School. He married Connie A. Page on September 16,...

Hermiona Sherretts

Hermiona Sherretts

Apr 21, 2018

Hermiona “ Mina” Sherretts, 88, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at her residence in Liberal.She was born on April 1, 1930, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Paul and Jennie (Martin) Beckwith.She graduated from Topeka High School in 1948. She worked as a waitress, a clerk at Woolworth and as an abstract specialist at the American Title & Abstract. On...

Albert G. Thayer

Albert G. Thayer

Apr 17, 2018

Albert Gaile Thayer, age 81, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at his residence in Canyon, TX. He was born March 1, 1937 in Pueblo, CO, the son of Harry and Ruth Adeline (Smith) Carter. He graduated from Hoisington High School at Hoisington, KS in 1955. He attended the Seward County Community College Vocational Technical School. He married Lila Leona Harris...

Betty  Jean Adams

Betty Jean Adams

Apr 16, 2018

Betty Jean (Lawrence) Adams passed away Monday, April 16, 2018 in Buffalo, Oklahoma. She was born March 13, 1929 in Aline, Oklahoma. In 1954, she married Fred Adams in Aline, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death in 2009.Jean’s hobbies included tending to her flowers, ceramics, gardening, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.She had many “occupations” throughout her life...

Jack Benson Newhouse

Jack Benson Newhouse

Apr 8, 2018

Jack Benson (J.B.) Newhouse, 76, a resident of Edmond, OK, formerly a longtime resident of Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle, passed away on April 8, 2018.Visitation with the family will be 12:30 -1:30 pm on Thursday, April 12th, 2018 at Turpin Mennonite Church, Turpin, OK with Jack’s celebration of life service at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Liberal...

Romona Jean Adams

Romona Jean Adams

Apr 7, 2018

Romona Jean Adams, 75, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018 surrounded by family at her home in Hugoton after a long struggle with cancer.She was born to Sidney A. Thomas and Emmagene Heger Thomas, October 26, 1942 in Liberal, KS.She graduated Hugoton High School in 1960, Panhandle State University in 1964, and Kansas State University in 1969.She married Forrest E....

 Xavier Lemus

Xavier Lemus

Apr 7, 2018

Xavier Lemus, age 62, died April 7, 2018 as the results of a motor vehicle accident in Meade County, KS. He was born July 30, 1955, in Mexico the son of Ramon and Rosario (Ruiz) Lemus. He married Maria Carmen Castillo-Mier in 1976. She died on April 7, 2018, in the same accident. He worked at National Beef Packing Company.He...