Jan LuRene King, 83, died May 18, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
She was born Jan. 5, 1942 to Hazel (Matkin) King and Rufus King.
She graduated from Liberal High School in 1959. She went on to attend Kansas State University in Manhattan, but ultimately graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education from Emporia State University in Emporia.
She won the Miss Flipper contest that was connected with Pancake Day in 1962.
She worked for Macy’s and Rich’s department stores in Kansas and Georgia before returning to Kansas City to manage and become the buyer for the Chasnoff’s chain of department stores. She started her own company “J-Sher Inc” with the focus to create wearable art after her stent at Chasnoff’s.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include sister, JoAnn (King) Sharp; sister-in-law, Joann (Watson) King; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Rufus Alroy King and Gene Wilford King; and two sisters and three brothers-in-law, Sammy Lane (King) and Wayne Cope, Carol Lea (King) and Tom Roberts and Gene Sharp.
• Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 at the Miller Mortuary Chapel in Liberal.
Burial will follow at the Liberal City Cemetery in Liberal.
Memorials are suggested to the scholarship established by her grandparents, the “W.A. and Lou B. King Scholarship” at Southwestern College in Winfield.
Condolences may be left at millermortuary.net.
