Basilio Olguin Lira, 61, of Liberal, passed away Monday March 20, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on December 15, 1955 to Roberto Olguin and Leandra Lira at San Gil Nieves Zacatecas, Mexico. In October of 1976 he married Eloina Chairez at the Apaseo Nieves Zacatecas, Mexico. She survives. As a child in Mexico he enjoyed riding horses going to rodeos. In 19...

Marguerite Pati Ann (Coltran) Cannon, (aged 81 years, 4 months, 25 days) passed away Monday morning at 5:56 am 20-March-2017, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.   She was born 24-October-1935, at Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford Forrest and Jessie Dorothy (Click) Coltran.   The family traveled around some during her childhood, so she attended several different schools incl...

Betty Jo Twist of Meade, Kansas, passed away peacefully on March 19, 2017, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center.   She was born October 26, 1924, to the late Charles E. and Kathryn Laird.  She was the youngest of three children.  The family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where her father owned a red fox farm.  The foxes were raised for their pelts for women’s coats.  Better Jo never ...

  Lloyd Edmund Haar, age 82, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Sunday, March 19, 2017, at BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. He was born October 13, 1934, in Texas County, Oklahoma, the son of Willie and Bessie (Simmons) Haar. Lloyd grew up in Texas County, Oklahoma and managed the family farm upon his fathers’ death. He graduated from Elkhart High School in 1953. He attended Panhandle A&M ...

  Elizabeth “Bess” D. (Regensberg) McCarter, age 49, of Elkhart, Kansas, died Thursday, March 16, 2017, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 30, 1967, in Cleveland, New Mexico, the daughter of Clyde and Sally (Trujillo) Regensberg. Bess was a dedicated Catholic that grew up in New Mexico and Texhoma, Oklahoma. She g...

  Bradford “Brad” Hinkle 86 of Liberal died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at South West Medical Center. Brad was born February 2, 1931 in Pampa, TX to James B. Hinkle and Estellene Bradford Hinkle. He married G. Pauline Hinkle on January 9, 1953. She died July 6, 2009. Brad worked as a salesman for Western & Associates, Nabisco and Frito-Lay. Survivors: 3 Daughter...

  Mary Ida Papay, age 88, of Elkhart, Kansas died Sunday, March 12, 2017 , at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born August 15, 1928, in Richfield, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Laura Florence (Latham) Vail. Mary Ida grew up in Richfield, Kansas and graduated from Richfield High School. She worked at Morton County Treasurer’s office for 20 years. She...

Marvin Dale Branstine, 82, of Liberal, passed away on March 14, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center, Liberal. He was born on May 28, 1934 to Thornton and Mildred (White) Branstine. He attended school at Liberal High School in 1953 Marvin worked as a commercial pilot as an owner/operator of Branstine Flying Service Inc. On July 6, 1957 he married Ardis Westphal at Lawton, OK. She survives. Marvin w...

Jean Randall, 99, died Saturday March 11, 2017 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, KS. She was born September 7, 1917 in rural Pratt, KS, to Henry Carpenter and Edna Chittenden Carpenter. Her family moved to a farm east of Hugoton when she was 3. Her parents decided that Jean would become a professional dancer, and she moved to Wichita when she was 13 ½. There, she attended the Edler Sch...

M. John Heinz, age 92, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017, at his Fowler residence.  He is survived by sons, Doug, Fred, and Van Heinz; daughters, Diana Haywood, Rebecca Heinz, and Janet Heinz; and sisters, Rita Hoffman, Melva Dewell, and Mary Jane Edwards.   Vigil services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Fowler, Kansas.  Holy Mass w...