Mari Carmen (Franco) Nava, age 36, died June 6, 2014 in Beaver, Oklahoma.She was born December 1, 1977 in Elkhart, Kansas the daughter of Carmen Franco and Josefina (Alvarado) Franco.Mari grew up in New Mexico and moved to Elkhart in 2007. After receiving her education, she married and became a proud mother. Mari was a devoted mother, daughter and sister. She was a good listener and good friend...

Johnny Wayne Davis, 58 died Friday, June 6, 2014 at St Catherine's Hospital in Garden City, KS. He was born July 1, 1955 at Beaver, Ok, the son of Wilbur and Dorothy (Harness) Davis. He married Debbie Dixon in June of 1977 at Liberal, KS. Johnny attended Liberal, KS schools. He also joined the US Marine Corp where he received an Honorable Discharge. After coming back to Liberal from serving in ...

Raymond (Ray) Handley, 90 died Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born October 13, 1923 at Woodward, OK, the son of August and Florence (Casey) Handley. He married Frances Flack November 25, 1977 at Clayton, NM. She survives. Ray attended Woodward High School and was a class of 1941 graduate. He was a Clerk and Heavy Equipment Operator for Panhandle...

William Henry “Wild Bill” Purnell, 78, of Ulysses, KS, rode off to the ranch in the sky with his loving family by his side on June 7, 2014, at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, KS. He was born on July 27, 1935 in Pilot Grove, MO, to James William Purnell and Mildred Virginia (Coy) Purnell Dawson both of whom preceded him in death. In 1968, Bill married his other half, ...

HUTCHINSON – William A. “Bill” Sheldon, age 58, died early Sunday morning, June 1, 2014, at his Hutchinson, Kansas, residence. He was born November 28, 1955, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Robert Lawrence “Bob” and Mildred “Mickey” (Ruder) Sheldon. As a young boy he attended the Plains school system, graduating from Southwestern Heights Hi...

Alejandro “Calucha” V. Suastegui , age 39, died Thursday May 29, 2014 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born April 24, 1975 in Acapulco, Mexico, the son of Mario Suastegui and Alegunda Villalva. He was a trainer at National Beef Packing Co. in Liberal and was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church. He married Noelia Rios on February...

Alma Jean (Shiflett) Ogden, 85, passed away on Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 in Enumclaw, Washington. Riley Francis and Almurta Ross Shiflett gave birth to 10 children, Alma was the 4th. She was born in Atoka County near Hardwood, Oklahoma on March 5th, 1929. She graduated from Goodwell (Oklahoma) High School while taking concurrent college classes. Three years later she completed her colleg...

Maurice O. Mitchell, 83, of Turpin, Oklahoma passed away May 28, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Maurice was born April 25, 1931, on the family farm in Beaver County, the son of James Leslie and Thelma Sherrill Mitchell. Maurice was raised in the Adams community and attended Adams Schools, and was graduated from Adams High School with the class of 1950. He then att...

Ruby Lee (Mires) Sherrill , 92, died Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born May 3, 1922 at Baxter, TN, the daughter of William Thomas and Fanny Mae (Randolph) Mires. She graduated from high school in Adams, Oklahoma. She was a long time resident of Liberal, KS having moved to Derby, KS in 2009. She had worked as a ...

Isidro Coronado, 67, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Lemke Memorial Hospital, Wakeeney, KS. He was born on March 5, 1947 at el Saucillo Chihuaha, Mexico. The son of Jesus Coronado and Maria Magdalena Cano. On October 27, 2004 he married Maria Felix Macias Diaz at Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico, she survives. He was a former resident of Hugoton for ...