Obituaries

Verda Hoffman

Verda Hoffman

Oct 18, 2016

Verda Elizabeth Hoffman, 95, died Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born April 11, 1921, at Raymore, MO, the daughter of William Henry and Mabel Mae (Bagshaw) Turpin. She has been a resident of Liberal since the age of 5. She had attended Liberal High School in Liberal, KS. She was a...

Refugio "Cuco" Rodriguez

Refugio "Cuco" Rodriguez

Oct 15, 2016

Refugio Rodriguez, 80 of Liberal died Saturday October 15, 2016 at Via St. Christy Hospital St. Francis, Wichita, KS. He was born January 20, 1936 to Refugio Rodriguez Fierro and Maria Chavez in CD Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico.On June 18, 1960 he married Micaela Medrano Moreno in Rosales, Chihuahua, Mexico. They lived in Liberal for 30 years. He worked at National...

Martin "Bud" Banning

Martin "Bud" Banning

Oct 14, 2016

Martin E. “Bud” Banning 88, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born Nov. 28, 1927 in Chautauqua County, KS, the son of Lonzo A. and Veora A. (Jackson) Banning. He was a longtime resident of the Tyrone Area. He was employed in Pipeline Construction for the Oil and Gas industry. On September...

Royce Van Angell

Royce Van Angell

Oct 13, 2016

Royce Van Angell 80, died Thursday, October 13, 2016, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas.He was born June 9, 1936 in Liberal, the son of Charlie Francis and Thelma Adele (Edwards) Angell. He graduated in 1954 from Plains High School, and 1967 from Kansas University. He married Judith Diane Black on May 3, 1959. She survives. They lived in...

Elvie May Quint

Elvie May Quint

Oct 8, 2016

Elvie May Quint, age 86, died October 8, 2016 at Homestead Estates Home Plus in Liberal, KS. She was born June 14, 1930 in Grant County, KS, the daughter of Stanley Ed and Thelma (Grant) Brollier. She graduated from Sublette High School, Sublette, KS in 1948. She had been a resident of Liberal for the past 63 years.She a homemaker...

Gladys Nadine Blasi

Gladys Nadine Blasi

Oct 2, 2016

Gladys Nadine Blasi died on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at Glendale Adventist Hospital in Glendale, California after a brief illness. She was 93. She was born Gladys Lambert on July 22, 1923 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the youngest of the five children of John and Alma Lambert. Her father was both a farmer and an ordained and practicing minister of the...

Rigoberto "Rigo" Arias

Rigoberto "Rigo" Arias

Oct 1, 2016

Rigoberto (Rigo) Arias Jr., 24 of Liberal, Kansas died October 1, 2016 at the Bay Front Medical Center, St. Petersburg Florida. He was born May 24, 1992 in Boise City, OK to Rigoberto Arias Sr. and Rosaura Andazola.He Graduated from Liberal High School in 2010. He went to Tulsa Welding School and received an Associate Degree in Welding, in 2011....

Elven Ray Stoddard

Elven Ray Stoddard

Sep 23, 2016

Elven Ray Stoddard, age 70, died September 23, 2016 at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, MO. He was born February 15, 1946 in Hugoton, KS, the son of Paul (Pete) and Julia (Edwards) Stoddard. He graduated from Moscow High School in 1964. He worked for Halliburton, Rosel Well Service, Liberal Truck Service and owner/operator of Big E’s RV Center.He...

Wilda Grace Knudsen

Wilda Grace Knudsen

Sep 21, 2016

Wilda Grace “Grandma K” Knudsen, 86, died Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born August 18, 1930 in Pleasanton, CA, the daughter of A.W. “Bill” and Martha (Koopman) Mortensen. She has been a resident of Liberal, KS since 1984 and has been employed at OBGYN of SW Kansas. She graduated in 1947 from...

Donald Dean  Hartshorn

Donald Dean Hartshorn

Sep 15, 2016

Donald Hartshorn, 81, died Sep. 15th, 2016 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born on Mar. 20, 1935 in Holly, CO, to Wallace and Edna (Stwalley) Hartshorn. He was a resident of Liberal since 1969. He was a member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ. Family was very important to him. On Feb. 15th, 1969 he...

Ella Mae Pennington

Ella Mae Pennington

Sep 15, 2016

Ella Mae Ellis Pennington, 88, died Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born March 9, 1928 in Stevens County, the daughter of Earl John and Lola May (Thomas) Ellis. She graduated in 1945 from Haviland High School Haviland, KS and she had attended Seward County Community College. She had been employed at the...

Ednetta  (Nettie) Crotts

Ednetta (Nettie) Crotts

Sep 9, 2016

Ednetta (Nettie) Springer Gilmore Brown Crotts died, Friday, September 9th, 2016 at Wheatridge Park Care Center. She was born May 26th, 1918 in Hoisington, KS to Frank and Marie Klas Springer. She married Lawrence Crotts, December 22nd, 1958 in Hebron, NE, he preceded her in death on May 23rd, 1993. Nettie moved to Olmitz, KS, at the age of 5,...

Jerry Dale Loveland

Jerry Dale Loveland

Sep 6, 2016

Jerry Dale Loveland,78 of Taylor passed away, Tuesday, September 6, 2016.Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Providence Funeral Home.Celebration of Life Services will be held at Highway 95 Church of Christ at 9:00 a.m. Friday, September 9, 2016.Burial will take place at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Restlawn Cemetery in...

Peggy Joyce Holt

Peggy Joyce Holt

Aug 30, 2016

Peggy Holt left this world at her home in Wichita, KS. on August 30, 2016 surrounded by her three loving daughters. Peggy lived in Rural Seward County until moving to Liberal in October of 1984. She moved to Wichita in 2002 to be near her family. She was born on February 12, 1928 to Riffe and Hazel (Lowry) Wesley in...

Pete L. Schauf

Pete L. Schauf

Aug 30, 2016

Peter LeRoy “Pete” Schauf, 77, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Meade District Hospital in Meade, KS.He was born August 4, 1939 in Conway Springs, KS, the son of Leo and Pauline (Becker) Schauf. In 1957, he moved briefly to Great Bend and then moved to Liberal in February, 1958. He had worked as a truck driver for Magabar Mud...

Mike  Ray King

Mike Ray King

Aug 28, 2016

Michael Ray “Mike” King, 66, died Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born January 11, 1950 in Greenfield, Missouri the son of Morris Rowe and Thetia (Freeze) King. He graduated from High School in Dadeville, MO in 1968. After graduation he was drafted in 1969 into the US Army and was honorably discharged...

Susan Kathleen Rindels

Susan Kathleen Rindels

Aug 13, 2016

Susan Kathleen Rindels, 60, died peacefully at her home Saturday, August 13, 2016 in Hugoton, KS.She was born July 4, 1956, at Luling, TX, the daughter of Horace and Genell (Hyde) Goats.She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1974 and then attended college at Kansas Wesleyan.She was the co-owner of Steamatic of Southwest Kansas and a homemaker. Susan was a...

LeRoy Joseph Ruder

LeRoy Joseph Ruder

Aug 12, 2016

LeRoy Joseph Ruder, age 78, passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born May 16, 1938 to Anton and Anna (Wasinger) Ruder in Hays, KS.He attended Sunnyside School all eight years and was a 1956 graduate of St. Joseph’s Military Academy in Hays. After graduation, he enlisted in the Army and...

Edna  Christine Woodward

Edna Christine Woodward

Aug 8, 2016

Edna Christine “Chris” Woodward 65, died August 8, 2016 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS.She was born July 8, 1951 at Liberal, Kansas the daughter of Lonney & Claudette (Crosby) Caffey. She was a lifetime resident of Liberal and graduated from Liberal High School. She was employed by the City of Liberal as the treasurer for 33 years....

Guadalupe Tonche

Guadalupe Tonche

Aug 7, 2016

Guadalupe Tonche, 67, died August 7, 2016 at her residence in Liberal, Kansas. She was born in Chihuahua, Mexico on October 9, 1948 to Francisco Pastrana and Elvira (Sanchez) Pastrana. On April 20, 1981, she married Toribio Tonche. He proceeded her in death. As a member of the Liberal Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses, her faith was very important to...

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