Michael Duane Kletecka, 61, died August 14, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Meade, Kansas, following a valiant battle with cancer. He was born December 11, 1958, to Duane Melvin and Blanche (Love) Kletecka in Wichita, Kansas. Mike attended kindergarten in Hoisington, Kansas. He and his family moved to Guymon, Oklahoma when he entered the sixth grade at Guymon Elementary School. Mike graduated wi...

Wendell Nicholas, age 72, of Johnson, Kansas, died Thursday, August 13, 2020, in rural Stevens County, Kansas. He was born October 13, 1947, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Winfred “W.C.” and Marcile (Cross) Nicholas. After graduating from Stanton County High School, Wendell received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology from Fort Hays State University. He served in the Kansas Nat...

Myrna Velasquez Marin, 51, died Sunday, August 9, 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born December 3, 1968 in Mexico, the daughter of Hector Manuel Gallardo and Estela Velasquez. She married her husband, Jose Marin, in 1984 in Juarez, Mexico. Myrna had many wonderful qualities about her. She loved to sing Christian Music and make people laugh. Her favorite thing to do was host family ...

Reida N. Houtz, age 79, died Sunday, August 9, 2020, at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born April 20, 1941, in Hardesty, Oklahoma, the daughter of Paul R. and Emma N. (Ford) Hale. Reida moved to Liberal at the age of four years. She married Jim Houtz on September 20, 1957, and their family moved to Elkhart in 1963. Reida received her GED in 1973 through Seward County Com...

Gilbert George (Gib) Wolf, 86, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday August 6, 2020 at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS He was born on January 6, 1934 to Henry and Elizabeth (Wohl) Wolf at Bessie, OK. On April 19, 1956 he married Omega Black at Clayton, NM; she preceded him in death on March 25, 2014. In 1971 Gib went to work for National Beef Packing Co, from which he retired as...

Loreine Addington, age 99, formerly of Elkhart, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born August 3, 1921, in Elkhart, Kansas, the daughter of William Ovid and Edith Hilda (Hammond) Toadvine. Loreine grew up in Elkhart and graduated from Elkhart High School. She married Richard Addington on August 13, 1947, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Togeth...

Margarita Gonzalez-Villalobos, age 72, died Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born January 17, 1948, in Panalachi, Chihuahua, Mexico the daughter of Juan and Maria Concepcion (Villalobos) Gonzalez. Margarita grew up in Mexico with her family where she worked for the City of Panalachi Department of Family and Children. Margarita has resided in J...

Roberta “Grandma Bertie” Headrick Cantwell, 91, of Turpin, Oklahoma passed away August 5, 2020 at Beaver County Nursing Home in Beaver, Oklahoma. Roberta was born May 21, 1929 on the family farm south of Baker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Leland and Bernice Harder Scott. She attended Eureka School in Baker. She was united in marriage to Warren Headrick in Forgan, Oklahoma, April 9, 1945. T...

Carolyn Sue (Love) Gonzales, 70, passed away on August 3, 2020 at her home in Derby, Kansas She was born to Robert and Pauline (Broughton) Love on May 11, 1950 in Seminole, Oklahoma. On May 11, 1968 she married Edward Gonzales. Carolyn proudly worked in the Aircraft Industry for 40 years. She is survived by her husband Ed Gonzales; daughter, Kristi Pruitt and husband Chris; siblings, P...

Shirley E. Rome, 97, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, Hugoton, Kansas. She was born to Walter L. and Margueritte (Ryan) Whitcomb on October 16, 1922, Berwyn, Illinois. Shirley and Leonard C. Bryan were married. To this union were four children Bruce, Greg, David, and Anita. Later she married Dave Rome and he preceded her in death. She served in the ...