Bertha Alicia Loya De Mercado, 52, of Liberal, passed away on February 4, 2014 at Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 5, 1961 to Juan and Erlinda (Ramirez) Loya at Namiquipa Chihuahua, Mexico. Bertha moved to the United States in 1991 and was employed with National Beef Packing Co for 16 years. She married Manuel Mercado in Mexico. He Survives. Bertha is also survived by Three Sons - Erasmo ...

Kenneth D. Unruh, 82, died January 27, 2014 at Kindred Hospital Northwest in Houston, Texas. Born January 17, 1932, in Larned, he was the son of Ernest W. “Pete” and Gladys (White) Unruh. On November 24, 1957 he married Darlene M. Lofland in Great Bend. He graduated from Radium High School, attended Kansas State University, and completed his Bachelor of Science degree at Fort Hays...

Kenneth Farrell Gloden, age 91, of rural Keyes, Oklahoma died Thursday, January 30, 2014 at his home in rural Texas County, Oklahoma. He was born August 26, 1922 in rural Texas County, Oklahoma, the son of Barton Farrell and Dorothea (Richterberg) Gloden. Kenneth was a farmer and lifetime resident of Texas County. He served in the United States Army as a medic. When Kenneth was younger, the fa...

David Michael Hill, 67, of Dodge City, Kansas passed away January 28th, 2014.?? He was born on August 19th, 1946 in Lola, Kansas to Dr. Richard Hastings Hill and Rose Marie Hill and raised in Meade, Kansas. David graduated from Kemper Military Academy in Boonville, Missouri, and attended college at Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas, majoring in accounting; he later received a business de...

Richard Arthur Batman, lifelong farmer and rancher, entered eternal life on January 26, 2014, at 88 years of age. He was born on December 30, 1925, in rural Meade County, to parents Arthur William and Leona Mae (Morrison) Batman, the first of two sons. He grew up and attended school in Meade prior to enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1943. After the war, he attended Kansas State Col...

Kathy Lynn Anderson, age 60, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, January 24, 2014 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 24, 1953 in Wellington, Kansas, the daughter of Latin and Lenora Maxine (Sams) Anderson. Kathy grew up in Wellington and Ulysses and attended school in Ulysses. She earned an LPN Certificate from Seward County Community College. She worked a...

Maria T. Ortiz DeLeon, 73, died Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center , Liberal. She was born August 13, 1940 at Guatemala City , Guatemala , the daughter of Rafael and Rafela (Ramirez) Ortiz. She married Carlos DeLeon in 1963 in Guatemala City , Guatemala . He survives. A resident of Liberal for the past 28 years, She formally wor...

Thomas Paul “Tom” Mein , 66, died Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center, Liberal, KS. He was born April 18, 1947 in Ida Grove, IA, the son of Robert J. and Edith (Sears) Mein. Tom was a 1965 graduate of Ida Grove High School. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1965-1969. He attended Wayne St...

Dale E. Harper, age 68, died January 24, 2014 at his residence in Liberal, KS. He was born April 4, 1945 in Beaver, OK, the son of M. E. “Pug” and K. Joyce (Heitschmidt) Harper. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1963. He attended Indiana Tech for 2 years. He was a life time resident of Liberal. He worked as a wrecker driver for Burr’s Service and Hasty’s...

Paulina Pardo De Leyva, 68, died, Friday at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS. She was born June 22, 1945 in Durango, Mexico the daughter of Ernesto and Julia (Zuniga) Pardo. She has been a resident of Liberal for the past 13 years. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Anthony Catholic Church. In 1974, she married Jesus Leyva in Mexi...