Curtis Lee Brooks, 59, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, 25th of July in 2013 at the Satanta Long Term Care Unit in Satanta, KS. Curtis was born to Alfred (Sam) Brooks and Gwendolyn June (Hockensmith) Brooks on November 24, 1953. He was born in Liberal, KS. He spent much of his childhood in the Moscow area. Curtis also grew up in Kismet, KS and attended Southwestern Heights and...

Virgie Marie Chaloupek, age 90, died Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, July 26, 2013, at the First Christian Church, Beaver, Oklahoma. Interment will follow in the Pioneer Cemetery, Beaver. The family would welcome memorials to the Senior Citizens Center of Beaver in care of Fidler-Orme-Ba...

Leonard W. Spady, Liberal, KS died Monday, July 22, 2013 at St. Catherine's Hospital in Garden City, KS . He was born January 13, 1923 in Texas County Oklahoma, the son of Wilbert and Bertha (Gaede) Spady. Leonard attended Lemon Country School in Texas County, OK. He enlisted into the US Army during WWII at Ft. Sill, OK and served in Calcutta, India as a Lineman in the field artillery....

Edward John Amerin, Jr, age 58, died early Tuesday morning, July 23, 2013, at rural Plains, Kansas. He was born December 10, 1954, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Edward and Josephine (Gertner) Amerin. As a young boy he attended the Plains school system, graduating from Southwestern Heights High School in 1973. After his graduation, he began his career as a farmer. He was a member of St. Patrick...

Alisha Fosdick Warren of Tyrone, OK died Saturday, July 20, 2013 near Watonga, OK. She was born November 16, 1986 at Guymon, OK, the daughter of Scott and Brenda (Giles) Warren. Alisha was a class of 2005 graduate of Tyrone High School. She was a Nurses Aid at Liberal Good Samaritan for the past 6 weeks and had been working in various nursing homes within the past 4 years. Alisha enjoye...

Edwin R. Herbel, 87, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away July 23, 2013 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Oklahoma. Edwin was born December 31, 1925 Southwest of Hooker, Oklahoma, the son of David and Rosa Bolinger Herbel. He attended school at Buffalo rural school and farmed with his father. At age nineteen he entered the U.S. Army serving during WWII. After his return he and hi...

Ann L. Atwood, age 80, of Elkhart, Kansas died July 18, 2013 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born October 12, 1932 in Mesa, Arizona the daughter of Albert D. and Bertha E. (Creasman) Long. Ann grew up in Mesa, Arizona and graduated from Mesa High School. She continued her education at Wheaton College and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Elem...

Brenneman Funeral Home 1212 W. 2nd Liberal, KS 67901 620-624-5647 DATELINE – Liberal, KS PICTURE – Yes Luz Elena Aranda, 93, died July 16, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She was born December 5, 1919 in San Andres, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Margarita Rodriguez. She was the secretary for...

MEADE – Anna L Kroeker Reimer, age 90, died Monday morning, July 15, 2013, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. She was born May 1, 1923, at Rosenhauf, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Peter T. and Elizabeth T. (Loewen) Kroeker. As a young girl she attended school in Canada. On August 8, 1955, she married Isaac T. “Ike” Reimer at Morris, Manitoba,...

Steven Roy Ward 45, died Friday, July 12, 2013 at Via Cristi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born November 6, 1967 in Kansas City, Kansas. He attended Liberal Schools and then graduated High School in 1986 in Hillman, Michigan. He had been a resident of Liberal for many years off and on since he was a small child and was a current Liberal resident since 1986. He has als...