Alfred Lee "Papa" Warren, 76, of Liberal, passed away after a long battle with cancer with his family by his side on Tuesday September 21, 2021 at his home in Liberal, KS . He was born on July 8, 1945 to Alfred and Vada Mae Warren at Enid, OK. On August 26, 1966 he married Betty Jarrell at Juarez, Mexico. Alfred was a lifelong Truck Driver hauling loads for 54 years; he retired from Ai...

Denny Dick Smith, 82, passed away peacefully on September 17, 2021, at 3:05 p.m. with his wife Fran Smith at his side. He had been ill since late December of 2020 and had been in four hospitals and in Western Prairie Health & Rehab Facility in Ulysses since April 9.      Denny was born on September 8, 1939, to Darrell and Lela (Davis) Smith at Rexford, Kansas. His was the last home birt...

Geneva Ramos, age 69, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, September 20, 2021, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born October 27, 1951, in Shallowater, Texas, the daughter of Marcelino B. Sr., and Genabeba (Felan) Pauda. Geneva grew up in Texas. She married Tony Ramos on June 25, 1987, in Ulysses, Kansas. Geneva enjoyed being a homemaker, loved to dance, play Bingo, cook fo...

Dr. Donald Edwin Seibel, age 89, died Friday, September 3, 2021 at Banner Ocotillo Medical Center in Chandler, Arizona. He was born on August 10, 1932, the son of Edwin Seibel and Ana Gashler Seibel. Don graduated from Ellis High School in 1950 in Ellis, Kansas. He attended Fort Hays State University for 2 years, then transferring to Kansas State University before getting drafted. He served ...

Esther Jewel Parker, 80, of Beaver, Oklahoma went to be with the Lord Saturday September 18, 2021, at the Beaver County Nursing Home surrounded by her family after a short illness. Esther was born January 26, 1941, in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Benton and Mayme Ruth Highley Lollar. She was the 12th of 13 in her family. She attended the Hooker Public Schools until her eighth-grade yea...

Steven Wayne Savely, age 59, died Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at McAlester Regional Health Center in McAlester, Oklahoma.   He was born February 6, 1962, in Beaver, Oklahoma to Donnie and Kathleen Savely. Steve grew up in the Beaver County, Oklahoma area and graduated from Turpin High School. On November 25, 1989, he married Belinda Glick and together they had a son, Tyler Wayne Sav...

Mark C. Anton, age 68, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2021, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.   He was born February 1, 1953, at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Richard and Clara Anne (Frazier) Anton.  As a young boy he attended school in Kansas City until his family moved out to the family farm which he helped run. He graduated from Ensign High ...

Andres Osbaldo Ortiz Jr., age 38, died Monday, September 13, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on September 5, 1983, the son of Andres Osbaldo Ortiz Sr. and Maria Angeles Andrade in Spearman, Texas. Andres married Sarai Marroquin on June 26, 2006, in Kent Washington. He was the father of Orlando Andres Ortiz and Sienna Mercedes Ortiz. He was in the US Arm...

Horst Gunther Wilson, 79, of Liberal peacefully passed away at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas, on Saturday, September 11, 2021, with the love of his life by his side. He was born on September 3, 1942, to Elisabeth (Kraus-Staudinger) and Howard R. Wilson in Lemberg, Poland. At the age of 9, he and his family traveled by boat to, and entered he United States through Ellis Island in...

Duane Earl Riggle, 82, passed away on Friday, August 20, 2021, in Houston, Texas, from complications related to COVID.  Duane was born in Liberal’s Epworth Hospital on April 9, 1939, to Earl Riggle and Bernice Helsel (Brose).  Duane’s dad Earl died when he was 10 years old, and he was raised by his mother, Bernice Brose, and by his stepdad, Wade Brose.   Wade preceded him in death in 1...