Larry Dean Busby, age 68, died on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.   He was born on February 6, 1953 the son of Leonard C. Busby and Gladys Koehn in Liberal, Kansas.   Larry graduated from Liberal High School in 1971. He married his love of 41 years, Debra Underwood in 1980 in Liberal, Kansas. Together they raised two sons, Larry Jr. and Kenneth and...

Shelly Dawn Shapland, 54 years old, passed away April 11, 2021, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born May 21, 1966, the daughter of Clarence and Gloria Jean (Long) Hagan. “This Too Shall Pass” “Forever & Always” “I Love You More” She was fierce, the kind of woman who no matter what, stood her ground. She was a fighter, an old soul, the type that you c...

Dorothy Mae Horton, age 92, died Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Morton County Senior Living Community in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born May 1, 1928, in Waynoka, Oklahoma, the daughter of Thomas R. Sr., and Margarett (Riley) Gillespie.     At a young age, Dorothy’s family relocated to Elkhart, Kansas, where she would eventually raise her own family. Dorothy attended primary and secondary ...

Donald Leon Imler, 64, of Liberal, passed away on Tuesday April 6, 2021 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on July 7, 1956 to Wilbur and Oleta (Vaughan) Imler in Selma, AL. On November 15, 1978 he married Sharen Hoock in Perryton, TX. He was a graduate of Tyrone High School in Tyrone, OK; class of 1975. Donald worked with National Carriers for 30 plus y...

Charles Edwin Collins, 67, of Houston TX, passed away at his home Sunday April 4th, after a brief battle with cancer. Charles was born on August 18, 1953, in Liberal KS, the second son of Loren Lee and Joan Etta (Henage) Collins. He graduated Liberal High school with the Class of 1971. While attending LHS and Seward County Community College, he assisted his parents at the family business, Merit Ra...

William Booth completed his journey in this world on April 4, 2021 at his home outside Mountain Grove, MO, where he had been a resident after retiring in 2010 to fulfill his life-long dream of owning a farm. Bill Booth was born on November 8, 1936 in Liberal, KS to Dennis Maxwell Booth and Catherine Mildred Hart. He was the only boy of 4 children. Bill was a Korean War Veteran having served ...

Mary Kristin Clair Parks was born the youngest of four on July 28, 1958, to Ruth and Rees Clair of rural Bushton, KS. She went to her heavenly home on April 5, 2021. Mary attended Holy Name Catholic School grades 1-3 where she met her lifelong friend, Sheila Orth. Together they transferred to Bushton public schools where they became friends with many, but were especially close with Debbie and ...

Casimira “Cassie” Andrade, age 93, died April 4, 2021 at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, KS.  She was born on May 23, 1927 in El Chico, Jalisco, Mexico. She was the daughter of Michael G. and Lucadia R. Andrade.  Cassie married Lawrence G. Lara on December 28, 1984 in Dodge City, KS. Together they raised one son, Larry Lee Lara, and one daughter, Linda Lou Wettstein. She lived a...

Eartha Mae Mason, 79, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at her granddaughter’s home in Bailey, Colorado. She was born August 10, 1941 in Leflore County, Swiftown, Mississippi; the daughter of Paul Chandler and Elola (Chandler) Hughes. Eartha was a longtime resident of Liberal, Kansas and married her husband of 46-years, Richard T. Mason on October 17, 19...

Elder Terry L. Witherspoon was born December 29, 1954 at Desha county Hospital at 300 Pickens Street In Dumas, Arkansas to Richard Witherspoon Sr. And Bettie Mae Edwards-Witherspoon both of whom  preceded him in death,  he was the 11th child of 13 children born to this union 6 of whom preceded him in death. His father remarried after the passing of his mother in 1960, and he gained two more brot...