Richard Martin Long, age 75, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, December 27, 2013 at The Oxford Grand in Wichita , Kansas . He was born May 20, 1938 in Liberal, Kansas , the son of Martin M. and Rosetta ( Richardson ) Long. Richard married Verna Schoonover on June 23, 1956 in Syracuse , Kansas . They moved to rural Grant County and started farming in 1960. R...

Robert Martin Ryan Jr., age 56, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his residence in Kismet, KS after a brief battle with Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. Bob was born February 19, 1957 at Lackawanna, NY, the son of Robert Martin and Anne Marie (Dowling) Ryan. He married Shawna Condit July 6, 1999 at Miami, OK. She survives. He was a Cementing S...

Lupe Andrada, Sr., age 66, died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover , KS . He was born June 28, 1947 in Brownsville , Tx , the son of Juan and Refugia (Anugia) Andrada. He was a resident of Liberal since 1974. He worked for Nation Beef Packing Company, in the Hide Department, and retired after 32 years of employment. On Novem...

John Dale Peters, 80, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Liberal Good Samaritan Center in Liberal, KS. He was born August 3, 1933 in Beaver County, OK, to Marion and Mildred Dale Peters. John graduated Turpin High School, class of 1952 and attended college at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK for 1 year. he then returned to the family farm ...

Beryl Marie Canterbury, age 89, of Liberal, died Saturday, December 21, 203, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, KS. She was born December 23, 1923, at Craig-Saskatchewan, Canada the daughter of John J. and Pearl (Lander) McDonnell. She earned an Associate Degree in Business. She had worked for Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Higgins Cleaners and retired in the 1990s as the manager of t...

Billie Jim Sikes Tabor, 91, passed from this life, Thursday, December 19, 2013, at Good Samaritan Center in Liberal. She was born October 2, 1922, in Rowden, Texas, to Norbon Palmer and Emma Antha Gibbs Sikes. Billie married Leon Tabor April, 13, 1945, in Roswell, New Mexico. He survives. The family moved from Texas to Portales, New Mexico, in 1938, and Billie graduated from high school...

Valerie Yvette Portillo, age 16, died Thursday evening, December 19,2013, in rural Meade County, Kansas, as a result of an automobile accident. She was born November 9, 1997, at Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California, the daughter of Juan Carlos Portillo and Patricia Delatorre. A resident of Plains, Kansas, since 2007, moving from California, she was currently a sophomo...

Patricia Delatorre, age 33, died Thursday evening, December 19,2013, in rural Meade County, Kansas, as a result of an automobile accident. She was born November 8, 1980, at Los Angelas, California, the daughter of Doroteo and Maria (Rivera) Delatorre. As a young girl she attended and graduated from Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, California. A resident of Plains since 2007, movi...

Elise Blumberg, 79 died Friday, December 20, 2013 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. She was born December 2, 1934 at Daisyfield, Zimbabwe, the daughter of Andrew and Francina Korb. She married Thomas H. Murphy in 1954 at Harare, Zimbabwe. He preceded her in death in 1969. She then married Richard Dale Blumberg on June 1, 1974 at Harare, Zimbabwe. He also preceded her in death...

Lorena Evelyn Pifer, 89, died Friday, December 20, 2013 at her home in Liberal, KS. She was born February 27, 1924 at Morton County, KS, the daughter of Jesse and Maude (Milburn) Simmons. She married Franklin H. Pifer on September 26, 1948 at Lamar, Co. He preceded her in death on December 5, 2004. Lorena attended Hugoton, KS High School, graduating as Salutatorian, Class of 1942. She wa...