Macavin Kent “Mac” Apsley, 53, died Sunday, April 16, 2023, at his home in El Dorado, Kansas. He was born on June 27, 1969, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Johnny and Christie Apsley. Mac was raised in the Liberal area, graduating from Liberal High School in 1987 and later from Seward County Community College. Shortly after graduating from college Mac enlisted in the U.S. Army and was ful...

William F. Rempel, 93, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. He was born December 19, 1929, in rural Meade, Kansas, the third of 13 children born to George and Marie (Friesen) Rempel. Will grew up on a farm southeast of Meade. He attended McNulty Grade School and graduated from Meade Bible Academy. Following graduation he attended one year ...

Kevin Manuel Urquiza Watson, 32, died Monday, April 17, 2023, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on January 28, 1991, in Phoenix, Arizona, to Victor Urquiza and Wendy Watson. Kevin graduated from high school and went on to become a truck driver, driving fuel tankers. He loved music. Kevin wrote music and learned to play the guitar by watching YouTube videos a...

LeRoy Allen Vader, 52, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on November 23, 1970 to Doug Titus and Effie (Hassler) Vader at Red Cloud, NE. As a child LeRoy loved Evil Knievel, which began his lifelong love of motorcycles. LeRoy had many hobbies and activities that he enjoyed including fishing, hunting, and cars. He...

Norman S. Reiss, age 85, passed away Tuesday morning, April 18, 2023, at the El Dorado Care and Rehabilitation Center, El Dorado, Kansas. He was born April 18, 1938, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Benjamin F. and Ruby C. (Jones) Reiss. As a young boy, he attended school in Meade, graduating from Meade High School in 1956. He later joined the Kansas National Guard, serving for several years. Af...

Brenda Louise Bryan Williams, 69, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away April 14, 2023, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. Brenda was born May 21, 1953, in Stillwater, OK to Maggie Lou (Raider) and Herbert Wesley Bryan. She attended school in Stillwater OK. Brenda was united in marriage to Lawrence H Williams Jr in June of 1971. To this marriage three children were born. The family moved...

Frederick Leon Warner, age 93, died on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Nicknamed at a young age, he was known as “Pete” the rest of his life. Pete was born May 31, 1929, in Liberal, Kansas to Leon Pierson and Anna Imogene Hinch Warner. He and younger brother Charles “Bud” Warner attended Liberal schools and grew up working summers on the family farm. As a teenager Pete saved money to purchase fl...

Jose Moreno Gomez, age 85, died Friday, April 14, 2023, at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1937, in Salamanca, Mexico, to Amado Moreno and Maria Gomez. Jose was united in marriage to Eva Miranda. She preceded him in death in 2011. He was the loving and devoted father of ten children. Jose worked as a gardener, a position he loved and maintained for many yea...

Gwendolena "Gwen" Fisher, 97, passed away on Saturday. April 15, 2023 at her home near Liberal, KS. She was born on November 1, 1925 to Montie and Fannie (Flanagan) Gourley at Lycan, CO. On September 16, 1955 she married Donald John Fisher in Springfield, CO; he preceded her in death on December 4, 1993. Gwen was a graduate of Walsh High School in Walsh, CO; class of 1945. She had wo...

Patricia Ann Hinton, 86, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at the St Francis Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, KS. She was born on July 27, 1936, to Houston and Nannie (Parker) Owens in Beaver County, OK. On August 22, 1959, she married Thomas Gene Hinton in Perryton, TX; Gene preceded her in death on October 11, 2009. Pat grew up in the Beaver, OK area. She enjoyed ...