Obituaries

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,...

Oct 19, 2015

Mabel Pauline Foster 93, died Monday, October 19, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born April 2, 1922 in Beaver County, OK the daughter of Henry and Vinny (Casady) Lubbers. She graduated in 1940 from Turpin High School in Turpin, OK. She was a lifetime resident of Turpin, OK.She was a member of the Turpin United Methodist...

Oct 18, 2015

Ardelia Louise “Cookie” Dinkens Coleman, 52, died Sunday, October 18, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS.She was born September 1, 1963, the daughter of Lucies and Geneva (Aldridge) Dinkens. She was a longtime resident of Liberal. Ardelia attended the Colvin Adult Learning Center, in Liberal, KS and earned her G.E.D. She later attended Seward County Community College’s Nursing Program.She...

Oct 18, 2015

Stella Mary Vasquez, age 70 died, Sunday, October 18, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS..She was born August 28, 1945 in Denver Colo. the daughter of Jose Aurelio and Rosa (Lujan) Aragon. She was a homemaker. On April 9, 1966 she married Raymond S. Vasquez at Brighton, CO. He survives. Other survivors include.1 Daughter Diana Robledo Liberal, KS 6...

Oct 14, 2015

Maria Cordilia Maynes Woodward, 63, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born March 8, 1952 in Clayton, NM, the daughter of Jim and Petrita (Gonzales) Maynes. She has been a resident of Liberal for the past 35 years. She was employed as a Nurse Aide at Southwest Medical Center for many...

Oct 13, 2015

Nicolas ValenzuelaNicolas Valenzuela Franco, 62, of Liberal, KS died Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at his residence. He was born September 10, 1953 in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Seferino Valenzuela and Aurora Franco.He had worked for Berry Bay LTD Construction. He married Alicia Mendoza in April of 1990. She survives.Other survivors include2 Sons, Nicolas Jr. Valenzuela Mendoza and wife...

Oct 12, 2015

Dusty Wayne Fowler, 36, of Turpin, OK, went to be with the Lord Monday, October 12, 2015, at Southwest Medical Center, in Liberal, KS. He was born November 20, 1978, in Liberal, KS, the son of Kent Fowler and Julie Rae Roberts. He grew up in Elkhart, KS, and graduated high school in 1997. He attended college at Dodge City...

Oct 9, 2015

Norma Jean Thornton 87, died, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KSShe was born May 21, 1928 in Duncan, OK the daughter of Ona and Claudia Wilkinson. She attended Duncan High School in Duncan, OK and graduated from Cameron College in Lawton, OK.She has been a longtime Liberal Resident. She was employed as a secretary for...