After a long and amazing life, Victoria Aurora Jiminez, age 96, died on Monday, January 27, 2025, at her residence in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born on March 23, 1928, to Delfino S. Sandoval and Altagracia (Casados) Quintana in Gallegos, New Mexico. On February 18, 1950, she was united in marriage to Donaciano “Don” G. Jiminez, who preceded her on June 6, 2005. Victoria was a devoted m...

Librado Hernandez, age 85, died Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on January 10, 1940, in San Antonio, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Victor and Ricarda (Armendariz) Hernandez. Librado grew up in Mexico and married Felisa Galindo. He played bass guitar for Los Humildes del Alamo. He loved music, dancing and spending time with his family, es...

Linda Jo Caldwell, age 73, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2025, at her home in rural Grant County, Kansas. She was born on January 26, 1952, in Stilwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Joe M. and Modene M. (Miller) Watie. Linda graduated from Ulysses High School. Linda attended floral design in Denver, Coloardo, and later owned Feathers to Flowers. She married Randy Caldwell on February 14,...

Ardis Loraine (Westphal) Branstine passed away at her home in Liberal, Kansas on Sunday January 26, 2025, following a long illness. Ardis was born on September 26, 1937, in State Center, Iowa, to Ferdinand and Myrtle Westphal. She grew up surrounded by her two siblings, many cousins, aunts , uncles, and farm animals that she occasionally adopted as pets, such as Gertrude the goose. While sti...

Dennis Neifert, 64, of Liberal, passed away on Monday January 27, 2025 at his home. He was born on March 10, 1960 to Keith and Audrey (Porter) Neifert at Beloit, KS. On January 12, 2019 he married Carrie Booth at the Liberal.He was a graduate of Waconda East High School near Glen Elder KS; class of 1978. Dennis worked for over 20 years with Haliburton and later became Consultant. He never ...

Crystal Marie Hatfield, 42, of Liberal, passed away on Tuesday January 28, 2025 at her home. She was born on February 2, 1982 to Robert and Patsy (Walden) Hatfield at Liberal, KS. Crystal had worked as a CNA for Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Liberal. She enjoyed crafting, decorating for the holidays, listening to crime podcasts and spending time with her family. Crystal is survived by h...

Roberto Maldonado Villegas, 82, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday January 29, 2025 at Southwest Medical Center. He was born on February 16, 1942 to Andres and Milburga (Villegas) Maldonado at Coapango, Gro Mexico. On January 16, 1971 he married Maria Macias at the Cd. Cuahutemoc, Chihuahua Mexico. Roberto worked at Seaboard Farms in Guymon, OK for more than 25 years. He was a hard w...

Hedy Jean Hull , 67, of Liberal, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday February 5, 2023 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She was born on March 15, 1955 to Lowell and Norma (Calhoun) Short at Great Bend, KS. Hedy married Craig Hull on April 17, 1981; they later divorced. Hedy was a graduate of Liberal High School; class of 1973. Over the years Hedy had worked at Beech Aircraft, was a ...

Bruce Robert Looney, age 67, passed away early Tuesday morning, January 28, 2025, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. He was born January 24, 1958, at Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Robert and Ella Alice Ruby (Bates) Looney. As a young boy he attended the Sunnyside Elementary School and the Dodge City Junior High. He later moved to Ensign where he attended the Ensign High ...

Estevan Morales, age 48, known by his friends and family as Steven or Quico, passed away Monday, January 27, 2025, at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born on December 7, 1976, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Erasmo and Manuela (Vasquez) Morales. Steven was the youngest of nine siblings. He graduated from Ulysses High School in 1996. He worked as a skilled heavy equipment operator for WT C...