John Robert LaPoint, 52, passed away on Sunday January 5, 2025 at his home near Liberal, Kansas. He was born on October 3, 1972 to David and Theresa (Singleton) LaPoint at Glens Falls, NY. On May 15, 1999 he married Araceli Zuniga in the court and on May 15, 2012 in the church at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Liberal, KS. He was a class of 1991 graduate of Saratoga Central Catholic S...

Deborah Ann Talbert, age 73, died Saturday, January 11, 2025, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on August 14, 1951, in Waterville, Maine, the daughter of Lionel Everett, Jr. and Gloria Mary (Deschaine) Gamache. Deborah grew up in Amarillo, Texas, where she graduated from high school. While being a homemaker, Deborah also worked at Gibson’s, IGA, drove a feed t...

Ruth Goff, age 94, formerly of Quinter, Kansas, passed away January 7, 2025, in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born on March 21, 1930, in Greeley, Colorado, to John and Myrtle (Bartrop) Schmidt. After graduating from high school, she married Raymond Goff on August 21, 1948. She loved cooking and gardening when she was able. She also enjoyed crocheting kitchen towels (I think anyone she met has o...

Juan Miguel Sevilla, age 42, died on Friday, January 3, 2025, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 15, 1982, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Miguel Angel Sevilla and Maria de la Luz Guzman. He pursued his dreams by attending truck driving school, becoming a respected truck driver for a milk company. Juan was a devoted father to his beloved children, Juan Miguel Jr....

Richard Delano Parks, 91, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2024, in Garden City, Kansas. Born on February 28, 1933, in Delphos, Kansas, to Miles and Lelia Parks. Richard and Jeanette Charleton Fry were married on April 29, 1956 in Garden City, Kansas. To this union were two sons Stanley and Kenneth. Richard's educational journey culminated in a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture Engineer...

Barbara Jean Hanson, 94, formerly of Liberal passed away peacefully on Thursday December 26, 2024 in Andover, Kansas. She was born to Roy and Coral (Hughes) Lambert of Kismet, Kansas, on November 28, 1930 in Liberal, Kansas. She married Edwin James Pennington in Sublette, Kansas, on August 8, 1948. They had three children together: Edwin Don, Eugene Allen and Stephanie Lucygne (Brady). She l...

Darrell Eugene Sager, 67, of Liberal, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at Wheatridge Care Park Center in Liberal. Born on March 22, 1957, in Garden City, Kansas, to Eugene and Shirley (Lundblade) Sager. He met the love of his life, Judith “Judy” Foulke, and they began their journey together with their first date on Halloween, in 1977. On November 4, 1978, Darrell and Ju...

Timothy James Becker was born on March 12, 1958 to Arlo and Joyce Becker and went to be with our Lord December 30, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. He was born and raised in Enid, OK, and attended THE University of Oklahoma from 1976 – 1984 where he received his doctorate in dentistry. In 1981 he married his wife Becky, with whom he had four children: Andrew, Jameson, Samuel, and Erin. The...

On Monday, Dec 30, 2024, Adena Towner, loving wife and mother passed away at age 95, Pioneer Manor, in Hugoton, Kansas. Adena was the first of ten children born to Ukrainian immigrants, Sam and Ruth Kostreva, in Pound, Wisconsin on May 13, 1929. She didn’t learn English until going to grammar school. She graduated from Clintonville, Wisconsin high school as salutatorian. Wandering of her pa...

Antonio (Tony) Salvador Ibarra, age 51, died Monday, December 30, 2024, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on April 5, 1973, in Satanta, Kansas, the son Jose A. and Blanca Estela (Sosa) Ibarra.  Tony grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Ulysses High School in 1992. He married Jenny Young on December 21, 2024, in Ulysses. Along with his dad he owned and operated ...