Obituaries

Emmaloid Clancy

Emmaloid Clancy

Feb 19, 2011

Emmaloid Clancy 88, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS.She was born Aug. 8, 1922 at Paris, TX the daughter of Edgar Edwin and Winnie (Rine) McSpadden. She had been a Liberal resident over 60 years.She graduated in 1940 from Texola, OK. She was a homemaker.She was a member of the First Southern Baptist...

Billy W. Griggs

Billy W. Griggs

Feb 13, 2011

Billy W. “Bill” Griggs, 79, died Sunday Feb. 13, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born March 20, 1931 in Dora, Texas the son of Charles A. and Nadine (Perry) Griggs. He has been a resident of Liberal for the past 35 years. In 1975, he and his wife started Liberal Gasket Manufacturing Inc and he...

Avis Ausmus

Avis Ausmus

Feb 10, 2011

Avis Ausmus, 88, died Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 at Beaver County Nursing Home, Beaver, OK.She was born Dec. 31, 1922 in Texas County, OK, the daughter of Elmer and Nettie (Copland) Shores. She was a 1941 graduate of Guymon High School, Guymon, OK. On January 17, 1942, she married Charley C. Ausmus at Liberal, KS. He died on Dec. 30,...

Debra "Debbie" Sue Carlile Osier

Debra "Debbie" Sue Carlile Osier

Feb 6, 2011

Debra “Debbie” Sue Carlile Osier 58, died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born July 16, 1952 in Seward County, Kansas the daughter of Bernard and Betty (Seger) Carlile. She was as longtime resident of Liberal but had also lived in Wyoming.She graduated in 1970 from Campbell County High School in Gillette, WY.She had...

Margaret R. Davidson

Margaret R. Davidson

Jan 30, 2011

Margaret R. Davidson 62, died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born March 4, 1948 in South Port, England the daughter of Arthur and Isabella (Owen) Brewer.She graduated high school in England and completed one year at Seward County Community College.She has been a resident of Liberal for 24 years. She worked at McDonald’s...

Mary Jane Hoskinson

Mary Jane Hoskinson

Jan 29, 2011

Mary Jane Hoskinson, 87, of Versailles, MO died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles, MO.She was born, Oct. 14, 1923, near Ulysses, Kan., the daughter of Wilford and Gladys (Fuller) Hoskinson.She was raised on the family farm near Ulysses. After graduating from high school, she worked at Liberal Air Force base from 1943 to 1946.She...

Goldie Rae Dearing

Goldie Rae Dearing

Jan 26, 2011

Goldie Rae Dearing, 97, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS.She was born March 30, 1913 in Higgins, TX, the daughter of Charles and Laura (Price) Deckman. She graduated from Bishop High School, Ellis County, OK in 1931. She was valedictorian of her class.She lived in Guymon and Straight, OK for 63 years. She has been...

Agnes "Nancy" Cole

Agnes "Nancy" Cole

Jan 19, 2011

Agnes “Nancy” Y. E. Cole, 84, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center, Liberal, KS.Agnes Young Elizabeth Thompson was born on June 20, 1926 at West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, the daughter of Rev. Charles and Janet (Anderson) Thompson.She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.She was formerly a Licensed Practical Nurse working in Texas. After moving to...

Mae Gustin

Mae Gustin

Jan 17, 2011

Mae Gustin, 84, died Monday, January 17, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal, KS. She was born October 10, 1926 in Hollis, Oklahoma the daughter of Daniel and Lela (Tice) Ford. She was a Merchant Marine in the 1950s.Mae owned and operated The Ice Cream Parlor in Eureka Springs, Ark and then was a hostess at the Liberal Inn for...

Leola Mildred Swan

Leola Mildred Swan

Jan 16, 2011

Leola Mildred Swan, 103, died January 16, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. She was born September 4, 1907 in No Man’s Land the daughter of Arthur and Amy (Nelson) Frank. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1926. She resided on a farm Southeast of Liberal for 68 years.On January 17, 1926 she married Warren Swan at Garden City,...

James I. "Jim" Flanigan

James I. "Jim" Flanigan

Jan 15, 2011

James I. “Jim” Flanigan 77, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hugoton, KS.He was born April 18, 1933, in Thorntown, IN, the son of Leo O. and Blanche (Dukes) Flanigan. Jim was a graduate of Colfax High School, Colfax, IN and graduated from Minnesota Bible College. He served in the Unites States Army after the...

Manuel Navarro-Pena

Manuel Navarro-Pena

Jan 13, 2011

Manuel Navarro-Pena, 79, died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at his residence in Liberal, KS.He was born April 18, 1931 in Santa Barbara, Chih., Mexico, the son of Esteban and Matiana (Pena) Navarro. In the 1950, he married Amanda Villalobos in Mexico. She died Jan 9, 1997.He was a retired farmer and a member of St. Antony Catholic Church.He is survived...

Raquel Vargas Floyd

Raquel Vargas Floyd

Jan 11, 2011

Raquel Vargas Floyd 64 died, Tuesday January 11, 2011 at her home.She was born Oct. 19, 1946 at Leon Mexico the daughter of Enrique and Bertha (Romo) Vargas. She has been a longtime Liberal resident graduating from Liberal High School. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.She is survived by.Companion Donald Warren 4 Brothers...

Margaret Y. Catlin

Margaret Y. Catlin

Jan 8, 2011

Margaret Yvonne (Bell) Catlin passed away January 8, 2011. Born in 1916 in Hall Summitt, Kansas to Arthur and Blanche (Dolloff) Bell, she married Harold Malcolm Catlin in 1933. A longtime member of the Liberal community, she was active in many organizations including the First United Methodist Church, the Mother Singers, the Community Concert Series, the American Red Cross, the...

Jo Ann Cline

Jo Ann Cline

Jan 7, 2011

Jo Ann Cline 64, died, January 7, 2011 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.She was born November 30, 1946 at Liberal, KS, the daughter of James “Dick” and Mabel (Van Sickle) Kapp.She was a 1965 graduate of Hugoton High School and was the 1963 Stevens Co. Sorghum Queen.She married Roger Cline on Dec. 22, 1964 at Hugoton, KS.She was...

Mary Jane Holterman

Mary Jane Holterman

Jan 2, 2011

Mary Jane Holterman, 61, died Jan. 2, 2011 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born Sept. 5, 1949 in Russell to Jay W. and Florence E. (Whitman) McCurry. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1968. A longtime resident of Liberal, she was a receptionist at Citizens State Bank. Mary enjoyed reading and online poker. She was on...

Hayden Knudsen

Hayden Knudsen

Dec 22, 2010

Hayden Michael Knudsen was stillborn Dec. 22, 2010 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal to Joel Christopher and Elizabeth Grace (Nurick) Knudsen. He was born at 4:59 pm, weighing 9 lbs 3 oz and measuring 22 inches long.Survivors include:Parents: Joel and Elizabeth Knudsen Liberal, KSGrandparents: Doug and Crystal Knudsen Liberal, KS John and Susie Nurick Yukon, OKGreat Grandparents: Jeri Atchley Turpin,...

Una Stout

Una Stout

Dec 19, 2010

Una Stout was born Dec. 17, 1914 and died Dec. 19, 2010, two days after her 96th birthday, at Morton County Care Center, Elkhart, KS. She was born in Hooker, Ok to Gilbert Stanton and Sallie Ann (Mitchell) Wiggains. She graduated from Hooker High School and attended college at Panhandle State. Una and her husband, the love of her life,...

Juan De Dios Juarez Valenzuela

Juan De Dios Juarez Valenzuela

Dec 3, 2010

Juan De Dios Juarez Valenzuela, 78, died Friday, December 3, 2010 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on March 8, 1932 at La Quemada, Cuahutemoc Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Alfredo and Cruz (Valenzuela) Juarez. The owned the Ranch Los Juarez. In 1950 he married Maria del Refugio Villegas. She died February 9, 1984. Other survivors...

Eugene "Gene" Taylor

Eugene "Gene" Taylor

Dec 1, 2010

Eugene Edward “Gene” Taylor, age 64, died December 1, 2010 at his residence in Liberal, KS.He was born August 18, 1946, in Springfield, Il., the son of Preston E. and Pauline (Saap) Taylor. He has been a resident of Liberal for 35 years. He worked as a mechanic, farmer, carpenter and electrician.In 1966, he married Louise Holliman, they were divorced....

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