Virginia Louise (Shelton) Newhouse, 96, a longtime resident of Liberal, Kansas, passed away on February 9, 2017 at her home in Silver Elm Estates in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Virginia Louise Shelton was born in Liberal, Kansas, to Lester Shelton and Ethel Marie (Ideker) Shelton on June 14, 1920. She went to school in Liberal, Kansas and graduated third in her class from Liberal High School. She married...
Richard Thomas White, 81, of Liberal, passed away on February 13, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas.
He was born on April 6, 1935 to Elmo and Bertha (Arnold) White at Springfield, MO.
Richard grew up in Springfield, MO and Escalon, CA. When he was young he worked in the fruit fields picking Grapes, Peaches and Strawberries. He later moved to Chicago, IL and then back to Spr...
Charles Robert (Bob) Wilkerson, age 69, of Manter, Kansas died Thursday, February 9, 2017, at Brookdale Palmer Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born July 8, 1947, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Charles C. and Nellie L. (Von Hemel) Wilkerson.
Bob was a lifetime resident of Stanton County and graduated from Manter High School in 1965. He continued his education at Colby Commun...
Simone Cecelia Norton, age 61, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, died Saturday, February 11, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born November 18, 1955, in Bell Gardens, California, the daughter of Loyd and Cecelia (Smith) Thomas.
Simone grew up in the Church of the First Born in Beaver, where her uncles were the pastors. She attended school in Beaver, Oklahoma and Palo...
Frances B. Branstetter, 81, of Liberal, Kansas passed way February 9, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.
Frances was born July 26, 1935 in Haviland, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Maude Smith Davis. She grew up in the Greensburg, Kansas area and graduated from Greensburg High School.
She was united in marriage to Earl Branstetter in Greensburg, Kansas.
Frances was a mem...
Billy Bob Mikles, 87, of Adams, Oklahoma passed away February 8, 2017 at Baptist-St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo, Texas.
Billy Bob was born March 29, 1929 in Magazine, Arkansas, the son of Guy Ulis and Ruby Lloyd Mikles. When he was six months old his family moved to a farm near Elk City, Oklahoma he helped his father, who was ill, to take care of the farming. He attended school at Merritt Schoo...
Everett Leon Baker, 83, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 at his home in Liberal.
He was born March 23, 1933 to Benjamin Clayton and Eloise (Dunlap) Baker in Floris, Oklahoma.
He married Thelda Dean Scott Oct. 9, 1952 in Perryton, Texas. She survives.
He graduated from Liberal High School in 1951.
He was a member of the the First Church of God in Liberal.
He owned and operated Baker Concret...
Esperanza Garcia, age 81, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, February 3, 2017, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center - St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 7, 1935, at Alamo, Texas the daughter of Juan and Apolonia (Burnias) Garcia.
She grew up in Texas working in the fields with her parents who were migrant workers, moving to different areas as the crop seasons chang...
Bertha Maria “Tita” Campuzano Black, 68, died Saturday, February 4, 2017, at her home in Liberal, KS.She was born on January 31, 1948, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Manuel and Bertha (Mora) Campuzano.On September 1, 1973, she married Larry Grant Black in Zacatecas, Mexico. He survives.She attended High School and Junior College in Mexico, Where she obtained her associates degree in inte...
Charles Orville Lundberg, 94, of Liberal, passed away Saturday February 4, 2017 at the Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS.
He was born on March 5, 1922 to Arthur and Isabel (Mussey) Lundberg at Sedgwick, CO.
On February 8, 1969 he married Bobbie Grant Regehr at the McPherson, KS.; she survives.
Charles grew up in Haxton, CO, from which he graduated from High School. Charles home...
