Ramon Ortega Vasquez, 58, passed away on Friday October 11, 2019 at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on August 31, 1961 in Estacion Conchos, Chihuahua; the son of Lorenzo Ortega and Maria Vasquez. Ramon is survived by his wife Rosalía Márquez Ortega and his children Julio Cesar Ortega, Sergio Ortega, Sigifredo Ortega and grandson Isaiah Ortega. His viewing will be held on Wed...

Rylan (Ry Ry) Blair Vose, our little Superman, age 7, died Friday October 11, 2019 at his home in Liberal, KS. He was currently in the 2nd grade at Prairie View Elementary, Liberal, KS with Mrs. Strickland as his teacher. He loved going to school, he was known for having the best smile when it came time to going to school. Rylan also loved playing with his loving siblings, laughing and joking,...

Kathy Schwarzer, age 63, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Pratt Regional Medical Center in Pratt, Kansas. She was born February 4, 1956, in Ulysses, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Joanna (Brauer) Hemphill. Kathy grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Ulysses High School. She worked for the Ulysses Police Department and Grant County Sheriff Department for 23 ½ years ...

James C. “Mike” Michael, age 87, of Ulysses, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 9, 2019, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born September 29, 1932, in Cleveland, Oklahoma, the son of Lyman Curtis and Mildred Esther (Wickham) Michael. Tahoma, sans-serif;">Mike lived in Great Bend, Kansas, until the age 9 when his family moved to Ulysses. He graduated from Grant County R...

Jack T. Carlile, 63, died Thursday, October 9, 2019 at SWMC in Liberal, KS. He was born on November 29, 1955, in Liberal, KS, the son of Don & Phyllis (Ferguson) Carlile. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1973. On March 23, 1985, He married Chris Jiminez in Liberal. She survives. Jack loved Liberal, his hometown. He served on the City Commission from 2015 to the present, he ...

Edgar James Giskie, 64, of Liberal, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. He was born May 6, 1955 to Kenneth and Wanda (Reinert) Giskie at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri. On October 27, 1974, he married Debra S. Banman at the Faith Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas. She survives. Ed attended school at Plainview School in eastern Colorado and was a...

Keith Michael Clumsky, 45, died Monday, October 7, 2019 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born on February 6, 1974, the son of Steve Clumsky and Susan (Smith) Leggett in Hutchinson, KS. Keith graduated from Liberal High School in 1992. He worked in the Oil and Gas industry as a consultant and a . Keith was a fan of the Denver Broncos and the Texas Longhorns. He loved Golf, Bowlin...

Dr. John Preston Kruse, 49, of Mason, OH passed away suddenly on Friday, October 4, 2019. Preston was born in Liberal, KS to John David and Eileen Wang in 1970. Preston was the loving husband of Tara, beloved father of Morgan, Emma, Annie and Maggie, devoted son of Eileen and the late John David Wang and son-in-law of Kathy and the late Donald Kruse, dear brother of Todd (Pamela Gewinner) Wang, D...

Brent Dean Anderson was born to Donald Dean and Bernice Mary (Boydston) Anderson on January 14, 1963 in Topeka, KS and departed this life in Norman, OK on October 6, 2019. Brent grew up at Mooreland, OK where his family settled in 1969. He graduated from Mooreland High School in 1982 and that summer on July 10, 1982 he married Leasa LaVern Jones in Woodward, OK. They moved to Liberal, KS in 1...

Mark Steven Lee, age 66, died Saturday, October 5, 2019, at his home in Morton County, Kansas. He was born to Henry Mark and Rose Marie (Horton) Lee on November 17, 1952, in Elkhart, Kansas. Mark was a cowboy, saddle maker, leather and wood crafter. He married Gena Turner on September 21, 1984. Mark loved to read and be outdoors. You could find him driving the countryside, riding horses, or arr...