Gilberto R. Aranda 66, died, Sunday June 22, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born February 4, 1948 in Ojinaga, Chih. Mexico, the son of Ramon Aranda and Maria Luz Elena Rodriguez. He was supervisor for T - L Irrigation and retired in Dec. 2013 after 43 years of service. On March 13, 1970, he married Arminda Ortega in Ulysses, KS. She survives. Other survivors incl...

Virginia Elizabeth (Julian) (Barstow) Garey, age 92, died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Twilight Nursing Home in Corsicana, TX. She was born October 18, 1921, at home in Stanton County, KS, the daughter of George W. and Laura Lettie (McClure) Julian. Virginia’s early years were spent on the family homestead 6 miles south of Big Bow, KS. She attended the Liberty country school. Her father passed...

Patty Ann Graham, age 78, of Manter, Kansas died Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born May 1, 1936 in Madison, Kansas, the daughter of Turner A. and Delia (Sutherland) Brown. Pat grew up in Ada, Oklahoma and Hill City, Kansas. Pat, a homemaker, worked at the ASCS office and Unique Flowers & Gifts in Johnson. She married Forrest &ld...

Mary Eloise Finney, age 92, died Friday afternoon, June 20, 2014, at the Sterling House of Dodge City, Kansas. She was born October 3, 1921, in Meade, Kansas, the daughter of William Wallace and Amy Grace (Heady) Anshutz. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1938. After her graduation, she went to work for the AAA in Beaver, Oklah...

Robert William (Bob) Sallee, 77, passed from this life on Thursday, June 19, 2014 after a long illness at his home in Liberal, KS. He was born March 6, 1937 on the family homestead near Forgan, OK, the son of Clarence Alfred Rufus and Norma Kate Taylor Sallee (Moore). He married Lecinda Lee Dilks September 9, 1970 at Las Vegas, Nevada. She survives. Bob did farm work until he entered the cons...

Esther Pauline Elliott, 86, of Plains, Kansas passed away on June 17, 2014 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 21, 1927 with her twin sister Fern in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Loury and Vella Nelson Correll. Esther married Jack Elliott August 5, 1949 in Plains, Kansas. He preceded her in death on October 17, 1994. Survivors include her d...

Jimmie E. Nicholas, 84, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. He was born July 2, 1929 in Stafford County, Kansas, in the Antrim Community, the son of D.W. and Nellie E. (Loftin) Nicholas. He married Mary Clarice Kelly on March 30, 1965 in Perryton, TX. She preceded him in death on February 28, 1998. He graduated from Antrim High School, in Stafford County, Kans...

Temprince Grace “Lady Bug” Romero , age 11 months, died June 15, 2014 at her residence in Liberal, KS. She was born June 27, 2013 in Liberal, KS, the daughter of Daniel J. and Sarah Lynn (Hannold) Romero. Temprince and her twin brother, Ryler, were inseparable and she was our little “Princess.” She was our light and ...

Ray L. Roberts, 89 of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Ray was born June 14, 1925 in Camp, Oklahoma, the son of Norman Leroy and Francis Louisa Randolph Roberts. He attended numerous rural schools one of which was North Victory. He and his family moved to Hooker in 1938 where he attended the 8th Grade and Hi...

David Edward Smith, 58, died Monday, June 9, 2014 at Robert J. Dole V.A. Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born March 4, 1956 in Liberal, KS, the son of John Frank and Melvina (Earp) Smith. He had attend Liberal Schools and received his GED. He attended Spartan College in Tulsa, OK and Wichita State University in Wichita, KS. ...