Bruce Gordon Jones 73, died, Thursday, December 5, 2013 at his residence in Liberal. He was born January 27, 1940 in Brady, NE the son of Gordon and Anna G. (Brockma) Jones. He has been a longtime Liberal resident. He had owned and operated Hotels before moving to Liberal. While in Liberal he managed the LaFonda Hotel until his retirement. He has earned his Bachelor’s degree from ...

Memorial services for Larry Earl Bull, Sr. Will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 20, 2013 at the Kismet United Methodist Church , Kismet, with Pastor Larry Meyers officiating. Burial of cremains will take place at a later date. Larry Earl Bull, Sr., age 66, died Monday, December 9, 2013 at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born October 20, 1947, at Dimmi...

Permelia “Toad” Rogers, 81, died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, at Satanta Long Term Care. She was born May 16, 1932, to James Millard and Lucy Belle (Penix) Adams, at Webville, Ky. She married Clarence Eldon Rogers on July 9, 1948, at Clayton, N.M. He preceded her in death Feb. 6, 2006. She attended school in Louisa, Ky, and she finished 8th grade there. She and her husband, Eldon, lived ...

Jose A. Ibarra, age 63, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 5, 1950 in Guadalupe Zacatecas, Mexico, the son of Jesus and Leocadia (Del Rio) Ibarra. Jose grew up in Mexico and moved to Ulysses in 1977. He married Blanca E. Sosa on February 15, 1974 in Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico. Jose worked at Ulysses Co-op, drove a...

Darlene (Fischer) Lucero, age 55, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, December 6, 2013 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born November 12, 1958 in Ulysses, Kansas, the daughter of Milton “Mike” and Joan (Huber) Fischer. Darlene grew up in Ulysses and Grove, Oklahoma where she gradated valedictorian of her class. She married Jerry Stevens, they later divorced. She marr...

Norma Jean Maxwell , age 76, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS. She was born July 27, 1937 at Gorman, TX, the daughter of Sug and Nanie Dell (Copeland) Robinson. She was a 1955 graduate of Eastland High School, Eastland, TX. She had attended Ranger Junior College, Oklahoma Panhandle State Univers...

Gloria V. Aragon, 75, of La Junta went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her family at the St. Anthony’s Care Center in Lakewood. She was born on April 16, 1938 to Bruno & Maria (Yslas) Vela. She married Alfredo “Freddie” Aragon on April 12, 1958 in Raton, New Mexico; he preceded her in death in 1982. Gloria loved cooking for her family and enjoyed a v...

Antonia Alicia Sauzameda 53, died, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS She was born December 14, 1959 in Mexico the daughter of Juan and Manuela (Garcia) Paz. She was a resident of Hugoton for several years. She was employed by Seaboard Farms as a scale house operator before coming disabled. She is survived by her Father Juan Paz ...

Clifford W. “Cliff” Lewis, 92, of Turpin, OK, passed away Monday, December 2, 2013, at Southwest Medical Center, in Liberal. He was born August 25, 1921, to James M. and Jessie E. (Cone) Lewis, at Tyrone, OK. He graduated from Eureka High School, at Baker, OK, in 1940. He served in the United States Army, January 1945 to August 1946. He employed by Texas Company, as a 1st Class Lab Tester,...

Cruzita Crespin, 83, died Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Southwest Medical Center , Liberal. She was born May 3, 1930 at Las Vegas , Nm the daughter of Audoro and Tomasita (Esquibel) Montoya. She married Samuel Crespin on January 12, 1946 at Las Vegas , Nm. He preceded her in death on September 5, 2007. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic C...