Joe Dale Hickey Jr., age 61, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at his home in Tyrone, Oklahoma. He was born January 30, 1958 in Beaver, Oklahoma the son of Joe Dale Hickey Sr. and Hazel Smith. Joe graduated from High School in Aguilar, Colorado. He was self-employed as a truck driver for most of his life. Joe dearly loved his grandchildren and he always found great pleasure in giving them rides ...

Edna Irene (Cammarn) Birmingham, 98, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2019 at Porta Caeli House in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Edna was the daughter of Sam and Etta (Stuck) Cammarn. She was born on July 24, 1921 in Seward County, Kansas. She grew up in the Liberal community and graduated in 1940 from the Liberal High School. In 1950 she received her LPN nursing degree. Edna and George Allen Ackley...

Ronald Lee Hansen, 59, died Monday, December 30, 2019 at Liberal. He was born May 22, 1960 at Newton, to John Harold and Helen J. (Huck) Hansen. He grew up in the rural Halstead area, attending Halstead Schools. He graduated from Halstead High School in 1978. He furthered his education at Kansas State University earning a degree in Agricultural Economics. He is survived by daughters, Jes...

Patricia Ann (Burrows) Sewell, 78, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Nottingham Health and Rehabilitation in Olathe, Kansas. Patricia was the daughter of William F. (Bill) and Gladys M. (Wilcox) Burrows. She was born on January 1, 1941 in Hugoton, Kansas. Patricia and Franklin Dean Sewell were married on December 18, 1956 in Hugoton, Kansas. To this union were five children, Theresa...

Gloria E. Salazar, 82, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at her residence in Liberal. She was born on October 23, 1937 in Guatemala, the daughter of Jose De La Cruz and Maria E. Carranza. She married Manuel Salazar in Guatemala. He preceded her in death on March 21, 2012. Gloria worked at the Holiday Inn and La Fonda. Survivors include: 2 sons Carlos Salazar Hooker, OK Jose Salazar...

Alvin Ray Beavers, 91, of Liberal, passed away on Friday December 27, 2019. He was born on October 18, 1928 to Leva and Bessie (Burrows) Beavers at Hugoton, KS. On May 7, 1948 he married Winifred Taylor at Liberal, KS; she preceded him in death. He was a graduate of Hugoton High School; class of 1948. Alvin briefly attended Garden City Community College on a Football Scholarship; he th...

On December 26th, 2019, Judith Karen (Hohner) Schrepel passed away at the Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was 84 years old. Judy was born on January 13, 1935, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Myrtle Alice (Parsons) and Leonard Fenton Hohner. She was a dust bowl baby and was raised on the farm NW of Ulysses in Grant County, Kansas. Growing up she enjoyed the country life and wen...

Herlinda Gonzalez De Gonzalez, 65, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday December 25, 2019 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on March 23, 1954 to Juan Gonzalez and Magdalena Reyes at El Progreso Durango, Mexico. On June 29, 1973 she married Eusebio Gonzalez Estrada in Mexico; he survives. Herlinda had worked for Seaboard Farms and enjoyed Cooking, visiting wit...

Bryan Cabezas, 18, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. The son of Arturo and Rosemarie (Fabela) Cabezas, he was born November 21, 2001 in Liberal, Kansas. Bryan was a senior at Hugoton High School where he participated in HHS Band, Marching Band, Wrestling manager, football manager playing basketball, video games, hanging out with family a...

Richard E. Rudzik, age 80, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Monday, December 23, 2019, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born February 17, 1939, in Jetmore, Kansas, the son of Connie and Doris (Stoskopff) Rudzik. Richard, raised by his grandparents, grew up in Jetmore and graduated in 1957 from Jetmore High School as salutatorian. After graduation, he played football at The Un...