Obituaries

Marie Esperanza Cuellar

Marie Esperanza Cuellar

Mar 24, 2015

Liberal, KSMaria Esperanza Cuellar 77, died, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS.She was born July 16, 1937 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico the daughter of Juan & Delfina (Alonso) Contreras. She was a resident of Mexico for 50 years and lived in Liberal for the past 20 years. She was a homemaker and was a member...

Reese Rutledge

Reese Rutledge

Mar 20, 2015

Reese Cameron Rutledge, 56, son of Verne and Ruby (Snavely) Rutledge, was born June 4, 1958, and passed away March 20, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in the presence of his family.He was a typical farmer’s son who learned early on the principles of farming and dealing with cattle, and also the joy of horseback riding, hunting and fishing. He...

Chris D Macy

Chris D Macy

Mar 20, 2015

Chris Douglas Macy, 60, died after a sudden illness on March 20, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.He was born April 7, 1954 at New Castle, Wyoming, the oldest child of Robert and Ruby (Gray) Macy. He grew up in Rock Springs, WY and graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1972. Chris had lived in Liberal, KS...

Steven Ray Koehn

Steven Ray Koehn

Mar 15, 2015

Liberal, KSSteven Ray Koehn, 67, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at his residence in Liberal. He was born March 23, 1947 in Liberal, KS, the son of Milford D. and Mae A. (Graber) Koehn.He graduated from Liberal High School. In his early years he worked for Beech Aircraft. He was self-employed entrepreneur. He was a member of the First United...

Elaine Caroline Fitzgerald

Elaine Caroline Fitzgerald

Mar 14, 2015

Elaine Caroline (Saari) Fitzgerald, died peacefully, with her family at her side on March 14, 2015 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, KS. Elaine was the daughter of Richard and Evelyn Saari, she was born on February 26, 1962 in Nashua, New Hampshire. She was raised in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where she graduated from Merrimack High School in 1980....

Emily Kayte Bremenkamp

Emily Kayte Bremenkamp

Feb 23, 2015

Emily Kayte Bremenkamp, 15, of Liberal, died Monday, February 23, 2015, at Children’s Mercy Hospital, in Kansas City, MO.She was born January 7, 2000, at Hays, KS, the daughter of Jerry Raymond and Michelle Renee (Smith) Bremenkamp.She attended McArthur Elementary, Cottonwood Intermediate and West Middle Schools. Emily was currently a freshman at Liberal High School.She was a very talented member...

Edwin Eugene "Gene" Eagan

Edwin Eugene "Gene" Eagan

Feb 22, 2015

Edwin Eugene “Gene” Eagan 79, died, Sunday at his residence in Liberal, KS, He was born Nov. 2, 1935 at Englewood, CO. the son of Charles Edwin and Dora Gladys (Ward) Eagan. He graduated from Forgan High School in Forgan, OK. In 1953 he joined the US Air Force and was stationed at James Connaley Air Force Base in Waco,...

Vera Helen Gatz Peery

Vera Helen Gatz Peery

Feb 12, 2015

Vera Helen Gatz Peery died peacefully at her home in Liberal on February 12, 2015 at the age of 93. She was born to David and Lena (Trefzer) Gatz on September 16, 1921 and raised on the farm in Falls City, Nebraska. She was the second of 3 siblings. On March 27, 1946, she married C. E. “Bud” Peery at...

Lester Eugene Glenn

Lester Eugene Glenn

Feb 11, 2015

Turpin, OKLester Eugene Glenn, 88, died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Help for Health Hospice Home in Riverton, Wyoming. He was born October 2, 1926 at Okeene, Oklahoma, the son of Theodore Elling and Cora Edna (Maxwell) Glenn. He graduated from Loyal, OK High School.On June 17, 1950 he married Mildred “Millie” Ruby DeShazer at Raton, NM. She preceded him...

Randall Dale Janzen

Randall Dale Janzen

Feb 10, 2015

Randall Dale Janzen, age 64, died February 10, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born August 19, 1950 in Newton, KS, the son of Arthur and Helen (Schmidt) Janzen. He graduated from Newton High School in 1968. He graduated from El Dorado JUCO in 1970 and He graduated from Emporia State University with a Bachelor’s degree...

Margaret Colvin Moore

Margaret Colvin Moore

Feb 7, 2015

MOORE, MARGARET COLVINMarch 9, 1919 – February 7, 2015Margaret Moore, 95, died February 7, 2015 in Liberal, KS. Margaret was born on March 9, 1919 in Liberal and was the daughter of Ralph and Kathryn “Kitty” (Jordan) Colvin, long-time residents of Liberal. Margaret and her sister, Kathryn “Kay” Colvin, grew up in Liberal, attending Garfield Elementary School and Liberal High...

Dennis "Denny" Harnden

Dennis "Denny" Harnden

Feb 4, 2015

Dennis “Denny” Harnden went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born March 25, 1928 at Hugoton, KS the son of Francis and Hazel (Graham) Harnden. He graduated in 1947 from Liberal High School. Denny was a farmer north of Liberal, KS until he and his family moved to Colorado Springs,...

Timothy Lee Becker

Timothy Lee Becker

Feb 2, 2015

Turpin, OK Timothy Lee “Tim” Becker, age 64, died Monday, February 2, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born January 20, 1951 at Exeter, Nebraska, the son of Gerald Thomas and Margaret Mary (O’Connor) Becker. He was a 1969 graduate of Exeter High School and then earned a Bachelor degree in education at Peru State College...

Betty Jane Baskin

Betty Jane Baskin

Feb 1, 2015

Betty Jane Baskin, age 88, died Sunday, February 1, 2015, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born September 15, 1926 in Meade, KS, the daughter of Allan and Rhoda (Basinger) Seger. She attended school in Plains, KS. She had resided in Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado and Oklahoma. She worked for Wal-Mart, as a people greeter and for the...

Lois J McMullen

Lois J McMullen

Jan 22, 2015

Lois Jane McMullen, age 95, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at Emeritus-Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS. She was born Oct. 28, 1919 in Stafford County, KS, the daughter of George and Alice (Miller) Bailey. She was raised in Hutchinson, KS and has resided in Liberal, KS for the past 61 years. She was employed in the food service industry in...

Helen Bailey

Helen Bailey

Jan 20, 2015

Helen Beatrice Bailey 82, died, Tuesday at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.She was born March 23, 1932 in Grove, Oklahoma the daughter of Henry B. and Margaret M. (Fields) Francis. She graduated in 1950 from Grove High School in Grove, OK. Following her graduation from High School she attended Business School. She was employed at Mid Kansas Bank for...

Adriana Rangel

Adriana Rangel

Jan 16, 2015

Liberal, KSAdriana Rangel, 28, died Friday, January 16, 2015 in Texas County, Oklahoma. She was born January 26, 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Lorenzo and Herlinda (Arroyo) Rangel.She graduated from Southwestern Heights High School in 2005. She attended Seward County Community College and graduated with an Associate’s Degree in 2007. She also attended Fort Hays State University,...

Oletha P Moody

Oletha P Moody

Jan 12, 2015

LIBERAL, KSOletha P. Moody, age 86, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She born at the farm home in Beaver County, OK on August 13, 1928, the daughter of Glen and Leola (Ingraham) Monroe. She attended Greenough High School, in Beaver County, OK, graduating in 1946. She married Raymond Becker on July 26,...

Donald R. Owens

Donald R. Owens

Jan 8, 2015

Donald R. Owens Jr., 54, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ. Donald Ray Owens, Jr. was born September 12, 1960 in Nevada, Missouri, the son of Donald Ray and Linda (Baker) Owens.He graduated from Nevada High School in 1978.Don joined Seaboard Foods nearly 15 years ago in March 2000, and served as Seaboard Foods Director...

Juan Carlos Perez

Juan Carlos Perez

Jan 8, 2015

LIBERAL, KS Juan Carlos Perez, 18, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.He was born September 9, 1996 at Liberal, KS, the son of Luis and Blanca (Montes) Perez.He was a senior at Liberal High School and was planning to graduate in May 2015. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.He is...

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