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Steven "Steve" Bartel
Jun 9, 2015
Steven “Steve” Bartel, 60, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at his residence in Turpin, OK.He was born November 25, 1954 in Perryton, Texas, the son of Van and Dorothy (Purer) Bartel. He graduated in 1973 from Balko High School in Balko, Oklahoma. He had also attended Vo-Tech School in Kansas City.He enjoyed cars and especially “Mopar” and would meet with...
Randy G. Kiblin
Jun 7, 2015
Randy George Kiblin, 57, died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Southwest Medical Center, in Liberal, KS.He was born January 24, 1958, to Thomas Alva and Marguerite (Lloyd) Kiblin, at Buffalo, NY.He received a degree in special education, and was employed by USD #480 as a 6th grade teacher at Sunflower Intermediate School.He married Theresa Alfa Malonjao, on January 22, 2008,...
William "Bill" Bauer
Jun 6, 2015
William Eugene “Bill” Bauer, 90, died Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Leavenworth, KS. He was born Feb. 5, 1925 in Rural Plains, KS, the son of Joseph and Beatrice (Ward) Bauer. Bill was a resident of Liberal for 58 years, moving to California and Leavenworth to be close to family. He was employed by Tradewinds Industries for 22 years. He...
Delano Wayne Honaker
Jun 4, 2015
Delano Wayne Honaker, 48, of Hugoton, KS, died Thursday, June 4, 2015, at the Satanta District Hospital, Satanta, KS. He was born October 3, 1966, at Tulsa, OK, to Henry Liburn and Betty Jean (David) Honaker. He graduated from Hugoton High School in 1985, and from Salina Area Technical College, in 1987. He was a self-employed caregiver, and a lifetime...
James "Bush" A. Bushaw
May 26, 2015
James A. “Bush” Bushaw, age 64, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at the Robert Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita, KS.James Allen Bushaw was born May 25, 1951 at Manchester, IA, the son of Floyd and Berniece (Keppler) Bushaw.He was served in the United States Army during Vietnam War as a paratrooper. He was inducted Sept. 9, 1970 and honorably...
Carole Anne Kennedy Naylor
May 25, 2015
Carole Anne (Kennedy) Naylor, 68, died May 25, 2015, at Homestead Health & Rehabilitation, in Garden City, KS. She was born June 19, 1946, in Liberal, KS, to Robert Lott and Irene (Hiebert) Kennedy. She was a lifetime resident of Liberal, moving to Garden City in 2006.She graduated from Liberal High School, and in 1974, graduated from Liberal Area Vocational...
Catherine Amerin
May 25, 2015
Catherine Marie Nelson Amerin , 89, died Monday, May 25, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born Oct. 25, 1925 in Plains, KS the daughter of Vincent and Hester (Dickerson) Nelson. She is a graduate from Liberal High School and has been a longtime resident of Liberal.She was employed in Naval Ship Yard in California and also...
Avanell Sherrill Mitchell
May 24, 2015
Avanell Sherrill Mitchell, 90, died, Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born June 25, 1924 on a farm at Boyd, Oklahoma in Beaver County, the daughter of Henry and Oma (Myers) Law. Her first eight years of school were in a one room school house, then 3 years at Bethany High School,...
Violette "Letta" Mae Balloun
May 24, 2015
Violette Mae “Letta” (Eichman) Balloun, age 90, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society, Liberal, KS.She was born February 2, 1925 at Russell, KS, the daughter of Ruben and Ella Nora (Reinhardt) Eichman. She was a graduate of Russell High School where she was active on the Debate team and won numerous awards at the state level. She...
Mary Ellen Maschmeier
May 21, 2015
Mary Ellen (Jennings) MaschmeierOn a cold winter’s day, December 27, 1925, Mary Ellen Jennings made her appearance to parents Ray and Emma Wood Jennings near Hickok, Kansas. The second of five children, Mary Ellen attended school in Satanta and Wichita, Kansas, and graduated high school at the age of 16 in Perryton, Texas. She returned to Perryton after attending business...
Merwyn Lee Massa
May 17, 2015
Merwyn Lee Massa 68, died May 17, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita, KS. He was born June 25, 1946 in Liberal, KS the son of Joseph Bethel and Lovetta Rose (Hocket) Massa. Merwyn was a lifelong resident of Liberal, Ks and graduated from Liberal High School in 1964. He worked with his father and brother at Massa Painting...
Duane H. Burt
May 15, 2015
Duane H. Burt, 83, died Friday, May 15, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, KS. He was born November 1, 1931 near May Day in Washington County, KS, the son of Lloyd and Ola (Rose) Burt. Duane was a veteran having served from 1951 - 53 in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. On October 20,...
Ida Ruth Kinser
May 8, 2015
Hugoton, KS Ida Ruth Kinser, 83, died Friday, May 8, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born April 27, 1932 in Stevens County Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Grace Gregg Bevan.Ida’s family moved to Center, CO when she was six because of the dust bowl. She graduated from Center High School on May 28, 1950. On...
Glen C."Curtie" Bridenstine
May 7, 2015
Glen C. “Curtie” Bridenstine, 88, died May 7, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.He was born April 29, 1927 at Hobart, OK, the son of Vernis and Ida (Wilhoit) Bridenstine. He graduated from high school in Albuquerque, NM.He was a life long farmer in the Oklahoma panhandle’s Beaver and Texas counties. He was a member of Trinity Faith...
Virgil E. "Mac" McWilliams
Apr 30, 2015
Hooker, OKDr. Virgil E. “Mac” McWilliams, Jr. 84, died April 30, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born April 9, 1931 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, the son of Virgil E. and Viola (Shorter) McWilliams.He graduated from Fairfax Oklahoma High School in 1944, he then went to Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater, OK and graduated in 1954 with a...
Ronald Dale Ediger
Apr 28, 2015
Ronald Dale Ediger, 72, died Tuesday April 28, 2015 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born October 5, 1942 in Beaver, OK, the son of Paul and Sara (Dick) Ediger. He graduated in 1960 from Turpin High School, Turpin, OK and then attended Bethel College, North Newton, KS. He joined 1W Alternative Service in Evanston, IL where he...
Floyd Eugene Tedford
Apr 19, 2015
LIBERAL, KSFloyd Eugene Tedford, age 78, died April 19, 2015 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born on June 17, 1936 in Medicine Lodge, KS, the son of Carl Jasper and Lilly Marie (Crellin) Tedford.He graduated from Liberal High School in 1954. He graduated from Emporia State University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He...
Gary Leon Heger
Apr 16, 2015
HUGOTON, KS Gary Leon Heger Gary Leon Heger, 77, passed from this earth surrounded by his family on April 16, 2015 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS. He was born in his home, July 18, 1937 to Otto and Versia Heger of Hugoton, KS. He attended Fairview Grade School and graduated from Hugoton High School in 1955. On...
Morris Lynn Kapp
Apr 10, 2015
Morris Lynn Kapp, 82, was born December 10, 1932 in Moscow, KS and passed from this life on April 10, 2015 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK. Morris resided in Oklahoma City, OK in the 1950’s with his wife Marilyn Ann Kapp and three of their children before moving his family to Liberal, KS and having two...
Irene Pepper
Apr 6, 2015
Irene L. Pepper, age 73, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born July 25, 1941 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Adam Jake and Caroline Mary (Dreitz) Roth. She was a lifelong resident of Liberal, KS, and attended Liberal schools and graduated from Liberal High School in 1959. She began her working career...
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