Carol Joy Lockas, age 87, died on Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on December 13, 1938, in Liberal, Kansas, to Charles Oren and Olive Clark King. Carol graduated from Liberal High School and then attended college. She worked as a skilled bookkeeper and insurance agent for Zimmerman and Company for many years. She married Bobby Dean Lockas in June 1959 at the King ...

Rogelio Valles, age 59, died on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at his residence in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on May 10, 1966, in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico to Genaro Valles and Aurelia Medrano. Rogelio married Laura Maria Valles Carrillo and was the father of two sons and one daughter, as well as the grandfather of five grandchildren. He held the position of loader operator at High Plains Ponder...

Milton Leroy Rice, 95, of Liberal, beloved husband, dad, grandaddy, mentor and friend passed from this life on April 29, 2026. He was born on December 1, 1930 in Pritchett, Colorado; youngest of six children. Milton met the love of his life, Eileen Ruth Parks when her and her mother moved into his neighborhood. He was 17 and she was only 13 but he knew after a short time that she was the ...

Mildred ‘Millie’ I. (Hickey) Barbo passed away Friday, April 24, 2026, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born to William Lauren Hickey and Margaret Marie Best on February 1, 1939, in Two Buttes, Colorado. Millie grew up in Cheney, Kansas where she graduated from High School. She married Vic Barbo on June 5, 1964, in Meade, Kansas. She worked for Cessna Aircraft and w...

Jackie Ray Oglesby, 95, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday April 23, 2026 at the Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born on December 10, 1930 to William "Connie" and Jessie (Martin) Oglesby at Pleasant Hope, MO. On June 12, 1952 he married Betty Baker at Harrison, Arkansas. After high school, he enlisted in the Marines, serving during the Korean War. Jackie worked for many ...

Virginia Mendoza, age 67, of Amarillo, Texas, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026. She was born on May 17, 1958, in Brownfield, Texas, she was the beloved daughter of Antonio and Celia (Rodriguez) Longoria. A woman of deep and abiding faith, she loved Jesus wholeheartedly and lived her life in devotion to Him. Her greatest joy was being a mother to her seven children and a loving wife. She wa...

Johnny Layne Norton, 67, of Liberal, passed away at his home on Monday, April 20, 2026 in Liberal, KS. He was born on April 28, 1958 to Lenard and Daisy (Mills) Norton in Satanta, KS. He attended high school in Moscow and graduated in 1977. Johnny worked at National Beef as a supervisor for many years and later drove truck for various companies including National Carriers. Johnny's person...

Sandra Claudette (McGillivray) Sosa, age 90, died peacefully at home in Liberal on Saturday, April 18 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Ulysses, KS on June 10, 1935, to Kenneth Dean McGillivray and Joyce Roberta Price. Sandra was a proud member of two pioneer families in southwest Kansas, the Kepleys and McGillivrays. Her paternal grandfather, Guy Farquhar McGillivray, was the first County ...

Betty Lou Lanford, 85, of Liberal, passed away on April 15, 2026 at the Liberal, KS. She was born on May 24, 1940 to William and Gracie (Edwards) Keen at Afton, TX. On September 16, 1966 she married Richard Lanford at Plainview, TX.; he preceded her in death on March 3, 2020. Betty was caring, generous, a fashionable woman, and an excellent cook. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses and enj...

Donna Jean Webb, age 90, of Manter, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 11,2026, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born March 19, 1936, south of Manter, Kansas, in the family home, to Fred Charles and Rhoda Leora (Fender) Kilgore. Donna graduated from Manter High School in 1953. She went on to attend Fort Hays State University for one year before returning ho...