Ann Matkin, age 95, died November 21, 2018 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born January 4, 1923 in Forgan, OK, the daughter of Beryl and Pearl (Reed) Taylor. In April 1945 she married Jack D. Matkin in Liberal, KS.  He died on October 31, 1982. She worked at Independent Hardware and Lullaby Lane as a sales clerk.  She was the owner and operator of Matkin Liquor Store in Liberal. ...

MEADE – Margaret J. Capra, age 91, passed away late Sunday evening, November 18, 2018, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. She was born July 1, 1927, at Oswego, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Clay and Mary Ellen (Wertz) Stice. As a young girl she attended school in Fowler, Kansas.  After her schooling, she began her career as a waitress, working at several restaurants. She...

LaRae J Hinz died November 19, 2018. She was born August 16, 1958 in Wakeeney, KS. to Larry and Dorene (Hillman) Folkers. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1976. She married her high school sweetheart Bruce Hinz on August 7th, 1976. She worked various jobs as a bookkeeper. She loved canning produce from the garden, crocheting baby blank...

Kenneth Lee Keeth, 63, of Liberal, passed away on November 14, 2018 at his home in Liberal, KS. He was born on July 22, 1955 to Kenneth and Faye (Smith) Keeth at Friona, TX. Kenny spent most of his childhood in Friona, TX before moving to Liberal in 1970. He was a graduate of Liberal High School; class of 1974. After high school he moved to Amarillo, TX where he worked for Pugh's Electric as...

Richard Lee Parmenter, age 80, died November 19, 2018 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born November 16, 1938 in Columbus, KS, the son of Foyle Thomas and Bernice (Zook) Parmenter, Sr. He graduated from Columbus High School, Columbus, KS, in 1956. He married Carolyn Keltner in July of 1956 in Miami, OK. She preceded him in death. He worked for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline ...

Darma Lee McVey (Thompson), 80, passed away November 15 at Heartis in Arlington, TX.  She was born April 2, 1938 in Liberal, KS to Lloyd and Velma Lavon Thompson.  She lived the majority of her life in the Liberal and Kismet areas with the last 6 years in Fort Worth, TX.  She attended Kismet schools graduating in 1956.  She worked for USD 483 in the Kismet and Southwestern Heights schools unti...

Dorothy M. Hasty, 87, of Liberal died Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center. She was born March 6, 1931 to Leslie Walter and Edna Deakins Johnson at Wichita, KS. She married Dale E. Hasty, July 12, 1950 at Eureka Springs, AR; he preceded her in death on January 12, 2011. She worked with her husband, Dale as co-owners of Hasty Motor Service, Craft House & Hobby Shop, ...

Jo Alyce Yates Grice, 70, of Liberal, passed away on Saturday November 17, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on January 21, 1948 to Forrest and Jacqueline (Crittenden) Bugg at Bixby, OK. Jo was a graduate of Phillips High School in Phillips, TX. She moved to Liberal in 1994. Shortly after moving to Liberal she went to work as a Caregiver at SDSI. She enjoyed h...

Mario A. Beltran, age 69, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Sunday, November 11, 2018, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. He was born December 26, 1948, in Pachera, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Abel and Juanita (Gonzales) Beltran. Mario grew up in Mexico and came to the United States at the age of 18 years. He married Linda A. Ramos in 1972 in Johnson. He worked for the City of Johnson and...

Ireta M. Long, 98, of Liberal, passed away early Sunday November 11, 2018 at her home in rural Seward County, KS. She was born on May 17, 1920 to Howard and Elsie (Carter) Smith in a Dugout 12 miles west of Guymon, OK. On October 1, 1939 she married Frank Roy Long in Liberal, KS; he preceded her in death on March 5, 1995. Shortly after she was born her family's dugout burned a...