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 ...

Richard “Dick” Winger, age 85, died Monday, August 3, 2020, at his home in Johnson, Kansas. He was born January 9, 1935, in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of Charles and DeEtta (Moore) Winger. Dick grew up on a farm in Stanton County. He began his education at Fletcher Grade School, graduated from Johnson High School, and received his Bachelor Degree in Animal Husbandry and Agronomy from Pan...

Marvin “Dale” Cole, age 85, of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away on August 2, 2020, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Dale was born on January 13, 1935, in Lindsay, Oklahoma to Doc and Lillie (Griffin) Cole. His stories of playing basketball, working broom corn, frailing pecans and growing up in a large family of 10 children on the farm in Southern Oklah...

Hector Romero, 47, died Saturday, August 1, 2020 at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born December 13, 1972 in Mexico, the son of Edmundo and Cristina Estrada Romero. Hector attended Southwestern Heights High School in Kismit, Kansas. He also worked for USD 480 as a janitor. He is survived by his parents, Edmundo and Cristina Romero of Liberal, Kansas; brothers, Javier (Bobbie) Romero o...

Laura Kay Witzke, 81, died very peacefully and entered into the presence of the Lord on Saturday, August 1, 2020, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born March 8, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and June Smith Zehering. In 1957, Laura graduated from Liberal High School. A short while later, she married the love of her life, Donald Eugene Witzke, on October 2, 1957. She was also a membe...