Obituaries

Dec 12, 2015

Ivan Tazwell Cothron 58, died, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born Sept. 7, 1957 at Liberal, KS, the son of Edgar Ivan and Wilma Lucille (Hart) Cothron. He graduated with honors from Boys Ranch in Amarillo, TX. While attending school at the Boys Ranch, he was in the choir and rodeo. He had...

Dec 7, 2015

Kitty Lou Brack 73, died, Monday, December 7, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born Jan. 24, 1942 in Stafford, KS the daughter of John B. and Erma (Headding) Kendall. She graduated from St. John High School in St. John, Kansas in 1960. After high school she attended Pratt Community College in Pratt, KS for...

Dec 7, 2015

Overend Otis “Cookie” Cook, age 94, died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Moore County Hospital in Dumas, TX. He was born December 9, 1920 in Grand Cane, LA the son of Clyde and Fannie Belle (Pharis) Cook.He moved to Liberal in 1946 after serving in the Army Air Force, during WWII from Oct. 8, 1940 to October 14, 1945. He...

Dec 6, 2015

Jose D. Vega, age 71, died Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born July 1, 1944 in Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Pedro and Maria (del Refugio Quezada) Vega.He had been a resident of Liberal since 1993.He worked in the oil fields as a derrick hand.He was a member of the Primera Iglesia...

Dec 5, 2015

Jesus Mendoza Mendoza, 71, of Beaver, OK, died Saturday December 5, 2015 at the Beaver County Nursing, Beaver, OK.He was born at Babonollaba Satebo Chihuahua, Mexico to Filimon Mendoza and Conscpcion Mendoza. He married Josefa Mendoza June 1989 at Delicias Chihuahua, Mexico.He worked for National Beef. He was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Liberal.Survivors include:Brothers: Rafael Mendoza and...

Dec 4, 2015

Neil J. Hibbert, age 90, died Friday, December 4, 20145 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born November 7, 1925 in Blackwell, OK the son of Floyd Raymond and Esther (Carmichael) Hibbert.He graduated from Braman High School, Braman, OK, in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army, during WWII, from 1944 to 1946. He graduated from...

Dec 3, 2015

Thanh Cong Dao, age 60, died December 3, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born March 11, 1955 in My Tho, Viet Nam, the son of Van The and Thi Ba (Dao) Nguyen. He served in the South Viet Nam Air Force as a co-pilot. He arrived in the United States in 1977. He obtained his...

Dec 1, 2015

Joan Long Ringer, age 85, died Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal Kansas.She was born February 22, 1930 the daughter of George Maxwell and Rose Aloyse (Stricklin) Long. She was a proud life long resident of Liberal, KS She graduated from Liberal High School in 1947. On February 23, 1947 she married Charles Edward Ringer...

Nov 23, 2015

Roy L. Whiteley, 86, died November 23, 2015 at Good Samaritan Center, Liberal, KS.He was born March 27, 1929 at Summers, Arkansas, the son of Floyd and Laura (Hale) Whiteley.He was a retired truck driver with Yellow Freight. He had driven truck since he was 14 years old, first driving for Graves Truck Line and later for Nash Finch and...

Nov 20, 2015

Ruby Louise Smallwood, age 92, died Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 19, 1923 in Newlin, TX, the daughter John Nelson and LaVeda (Monroe) Helm. She was a resident of Liberal for 68 years.She was a homemaker and had worked at the Ben Franklin and Woolworth Stores in Liberal. On...

Nov 13, 2015

Alan Jay Carlile 57, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.He was born July 9, 1958 in Satanta, KS the son of George and Yvonne (Campbell) Carlile. He has been a longtime resident of Liberal graduating from Liberal High School in 1977. He had been employed at National Beef, Baker Service Tool and most recently...

Nov 12, 2015

Shirley Ann Griffith, 65, died November 12, 2015 at Via Christi St. Frances Hospital in Wichita, KS.She was born August 26, 1950 at Greenwood, AR, the daughter of Boyd H. and Ola Marie (King) Holifield. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1968 and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at St. Mary’s of the Plains College in Dodge City,...

Nov 8, 2015

Lucille Louise (Lucy) Goos, 93, of Liberal, KS, died Sunday, November 8, 2015, at the Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS.She was born, January 20, 1922 in Hooker, OK, to Henry Ehrhardt and Mabel Spady Ehrhardt. She graduated Hooker High School in 1940.On November 7, 1942 she married Cecil Goos in Liberal, KS.She worked at Epworth Hospital and South West...

Nov 7, 2015

November 7, 2015, Mary A. White, age 97, passed from this world to her heavenly home . She was born June 17, 1918 in Logan County, KS to George Jones and Mattie Garrett Jones. On February 10, 1947 she married Arthur C White of Anthony KS, in Los Angeles CA. Soon after, they moved back to her father's farm. In...

Nov 4, 2015

Nov 3, 2015

Mary Carol (Queen) Biggerstaff, 89, passed away on Nov. 3, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center after a short illness.She was born June 26, 1926 to Jerome and Gladys Fain in Guymon, Okla.Her whole name means “joyful song” and that is what she was to everyone who knew her, a joyful song.After 8th grade, she moved to Liberal. There, she helped...

Oct 31, 2015

Stephen Anthony Rogacki, 72, of Liberal, KS, died Saturday, October 31, 2015 at the Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. He was born August 3, 1943 at Marysville, KS to Stephen P. and Velma (Volle) Rogacki. His family moved to Colorado and he graduated in 1960 from St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs, CO. He then went on to get...

Oct 31, 2015

James S. “Jim” Head, 80, died Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.James Sylvester Head was born December 7, 1934 in rural Colbert County, Alabama. He was reared in Littleville, AL and in 1953, he graduated from Russellville High School in Russellville, AL.He served as a submariner in the US Navy during the Cold War on...

Oct 23, 2015

Gerald Hugh Hoover, age 88, died Friday, October 23, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal.He was born Feb, 6, 1927 in Tyrone, OK, the son of Joseph Clayton Hoover and Hattie Elsie Coats..He was a 1945 graduate of Eureka High School Baker, OK and attended OSU, Stillwater, OK majoring in Business and accountingGerald was employed by Mullin’s Furniture as...

Oct 23, 2015

Dorothy Jean Bartel 82, died, Friday, October 23, 2015 In Corpus Christi, Tex. She was born July 27, 1933 in Booker, TX the daughter of Joe and Vlasta (Pulpan) Purer. She had been a longtime resident of the Booker, Texas area moving to Corpus Christi, TX earlier this year to be close her son. She graduated from Booker High School,...