Leon Russell Tabor, 91, passed from this life Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born September 18, 1923 in Floydada, TX to Daniel Franklin Tabor and Iva Ann Willis Tabor. The family moved to a farm near Causey, New Mexico. After graduating as Valedictorian of his high school class in Causey, Leon hitchhiked to California where he worked in the Oaklan...

Patricia Lynn (Reed) Combs, 51, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014 at her home in Liberal. She was born Aug. 19, 1963 to Horst Wilson and Linda (Foutch) Preston in Frenchcamp, Calif. She married John Combs, Sr. on May 3, 1980 in Reno, Nevada. He preceded her in death on Sept. 12, 2005. She was engaged to be married to James Patrick Hale. He survives. She attended Sallisaw High School in Sallisaw, Okla. S...

Genevieve I. (Genny) Hampton Tucker, age 82, of Johnson, Kansas went to her heavenly home on Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. Genny was born in Grove, Oklahoma, on December 25, 1931, the daughter of George and Nellie (Johnston) Hampton. Genny moved to Johnson in 1947, where she met and married Lawson Glenn Tucker on August 15, 1948. To this unio...

Jeffrey Dale Keating, 53, died Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Via Christi St. Frances Campus in Wichita. He was born July 3, 1961 at Liberal, Kansas, the son of Robert Dale and Sharen Jane (Riney) Keating. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1979. He also attended SCCC of Liberal in 1981. He was currently employed as a deputy for the Seward Co...

Santos Portillo, 68, died, Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. He was born November 2, 1945 in Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Manuel Portillo and Justina Villa. He had worked at National Beef for 40 years. He was a member of the St. Anthony Catholic Church. He loved being with his family and was an avid horse race spectator. On October 17, 1966, he...

Dorothy M. “Dot” Vangieson, age 85, died Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS.  She was born July 19, 1929 in El Dorado, KS, the daughter of Harry M. and Anna (Gogola) Wilson. She graduated from El Dorado High School in 1948.  She attended El Dorado JUCO for one year.  She was a resident of Liberal since 1950. She worked as a sales clerk for Standard Sup...

Maria D. Lopez, age 85, of Ulysses, Kansas died Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at her daughter’s home in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born July 24, 1929 in Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Jose Antonio and Francisca (Jimenez) Lopez. Maria, a homemaker, grew up in Mexico. She married Alejandro Nieto on April 30, 1947 in Mexico. She has lived in Ulysses the last 21 years. Maria was a member ...

Fred Baxter, age 77, of Elkhart, Kansas died Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at his home in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born July 27, 1937 in Karval, Colorado, the son of Eugene and Elsie Baxter. Fred grew up in Colorado, Garden City and Ingalls, Kansas. At the age of 12 he began working at a local feedyard. He was also employed by Murdock Oilfield, J&J, and retired from driving a cattle truck c...

Larry Honeman, 75, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away at his home Thursday, October 30, 2014. Larry was born May 15, 1939 on the family farm west of Hooker, the son of Edward Gilbert and Velda Berniece Chappelle Honeman. He attended school in Hooker, graduating from Hooker High School with the Class of 1958. He then attended Panhandle A & M College in Goodwell, Oklahoma. On November ...

Sandra (Sandi) Lee Seger, age 55, passed away surrounded by family on Sunday, October 26, 2014 in her home near Big Bow, Kansas. She was born April 12, 1959 in San Pedro, California, the daughter of Bert and Helen Smith. Sandi attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho for two years and then transferred to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. There, she met her future husband, Robert Edward S...