Mary R. Clawson, age 88, peacefully passed away on December 29, 2020, at the Meade District Hospital in Meade, Kansas. Mary, the first of four children, was born October 1, 1932 to Alfred (Fred) and Edna Lesh Collingwood. She grew up and attended schools in Johnson City, Kansas. She attended Baker University and upon graduation was employed as a physical education teacher in Independence and Liber...

 Edgar Martinez, 42, died Dec. 24, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born on Feb. 16, 1978 in Hidalgo, Mexico, the son of Gabriel and Maria Martinez. Edgar moved with his family from Mexico to Satanta, KS, in 1988. The family then moved to Moscow, KS, where Edgar graduated from Moscow High School in 1996. After graduation, Edgar attended Southwest Kansas Te...

Nancy A. Rodriguez, age 78, of Elkhart, Kansas died Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 5, 1942 in Jetmore, Kansas the daughter of Herbert Abner and Alice Anna (Kline) Wyatt.   Nancy was born in Jetmore and lived most of her life in parts of Texas and Southwest Kansas. She married Joseph Rodriguez on November 28, 2005 in Elkha...

Jennie Eileen Bloomfield, 65, of Liberal, passed away on Sunday December 27, 2020 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born on September 20, 1955 at Calexico, CA. Jennie loved "going to work' with her friends at Summit Res Care. She also loved animals and young children; she loved spending time with her nieces & nephews. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses where sh...

Bernadine Maria Marino, age 53, died December 23, 2020 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas She was born May 8, 1967 the daughter of Frank Martinez in Guymon, Oklahoma. She was the beloved wife of Miguel Marino and devoted mother of 3 beautiful children and a caring Nana. Bernadine graduated high school from Guymon High School and went on to become a CNA for Home Health Care. Sh...

Larry will not be returning for coffee in Liberal, he has moved on to bigger and better places.  He will be enjoying his morning coffee with lots of family and friends in heaven.  Larry passed in the comfort of his home on December 12, 2020, he was in the presence of his wife Aleta and his favorite dog Gidgit. Larry was born on May 9, 1943 in Durant, OK, the son of Otis ...

Maria V. Michel, age 70, died December 24, 2020 at St Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.   She was born August 15, 1950 the daughter of Ladislao de Soto Michel and Leandra Cardenas de Soto in Durango, Mexico.   Maria married Guerrero G. Michel on February 20, 1977 in Durango, Mexico. She became the beloved mother of two sons, Guerrero Jr., and Jesus and two daughters,...

Barbara "Bobbie" Marcellus, 80, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday December 23, 2020 at the Twin Oaks Manor Care Home in Booker, TX. She was born on January 16, 1940 to Alva and Maxine (Mayberry) Heidlebaugh at Cripple Creek, CO. On July 19, 1957 she married Charles Marcellus at Clayton, NM; he survives. Bobbie was a 1958 graduate of Liberal High School. She enjoyed riding horses, hunti...

Elaine Doris Kreie, age 75, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Friday, December 25, 2020, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, following a car accident. She was born March 30, 1945, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John and Dorothy (Moeder) Kirmer.    Elaine grew up in Ellinwood, where she graduated from Ellinwood High School and, following her high school grad...

William R. “Bill” Kreie, age 79, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Friday, December 25, 2020, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, following a car accident.  He was born March 20, 1941, in Stafford, Kansas, the son of Ira “Ike” and Josephine “Jo” (Willinger) Kreie.    Bill grew up in Hudson, Kansas, where he graduated from Hudson High School. Afterwards, Bill attended Hutchi...