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Debra Lynn Johnstone
Mar 31, 2022
Debra Lynn Johnstone, 67, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 31st, 2022. Debra was born in Clay Center, Kansas on January 20, 1955, a daughter of James Forrest Brown and the late “Jo Ann” (Pfizenmaier) Brown. She was a graduate of Clay Center High School class of 1973. After high school she served in the United States Navy...
Orise Halford
Mar 27, 2022
Bessie "Orise" Halford, 94, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 27th, 2022. Bessie was born in Bridgeport, Kansas on June 17, 1927, a daughter of the late Bessie Maybelle (Milleson) and Carl Vernon Nelson. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Donald, of 50 years, and son, Jerald Dean Halford. Orise married Donald Halford, June...
Patricia Ann Marcotte
Mar 23, 2022
Patricia Ann Marcotte, 79, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022. Patricia was born in Salina, Kansas on December 1, 1942, a daughter of the late Mary (Bachofer) and Clarence Gray. She was the Operations Manager at Yellow Freight Systems. Survivors include daughter, Michelle Marcotte, of Derby, Kansas; 3 grandchildren, Marsha Proulx (Dan), Philip Burrow (April), Sean...
Bill Seidel
Mar 15, 2022
William Charles "Bill" Seidel, 75, of Roxbury, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 15th, 2022. William was born in Seward, Nebraska on November 10, 1946, a son of the late Catherine (Colson) and William E. Seidel. Bill is survived by a daughter, Katherine Seidel, of Salina, Kansas; two sons James Seidel (Cori), of Assaria, Kansas and William Seidel, of Killeen,...
Katy Hanson
Mar 12, 2022
Kathleen “Katy” Ann Hanson, 86, of Salina, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on March 12, 2022, after a courageous battle with MDS and leukemia. Katy was born on December 30, 1935, to Donald and Mary Kern in rural Brown County, Kansas. Katy grew up on a farm near Hamlin and attended a one room country school before...
Phyllis Marie Franklin
Mar 11, 2022
Phyllis Marie Franklin, 87, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 11th, 2022. Phyllis was born in Sioux City, Iowa on March 22, 1934, a daughter of Wilma Lucille (Wilson) and John Haaga. Prior to becoming an Administrator in various local homes, she worked as an accountant. She was a supporter of the local civic organizations of Salina. On...
Jay D. Mcdowell
Mar 11, 2022
Jay Dee McDowell, 63, of Kipp, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 11th, 2022 Jay was born in Salina, Kansas on September 13, 1958, a son of Phyllis (Bonin) McDowell and the late Irvin "Bud" McDowell. He graduated from Southeast of Saline in Assaria in 1977. Jay worked at Great Plains Manufacturing Land Pride Division in Research and Development for...
Andy Baker
Mar 10, 2022
Leslie Andrew Baker, 63, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 10th,2022. He was born in Wichita, Kansas on December 20, 1958, a son of the late Ida Marlene (Dykes) and Ray Baker. He worked as an airline inspector at Cessna for 30 years. Andy is survived by his partner, Laura Mitchell of the home; daughter, Mandy Woodford (Tobias),...
Mary Braum
Mar 10, 2022
Mary Braum, 68, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 10th, 2022. Mary was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1954, a daughter of the late Catherine (Maffie) Welsh and Robert Welsh. She married Andrew Braum, May 11, 2001 in Salina, Kansas. Left to cherish her memory is a large and loving family. Mary was preceded in death...
Shaelyn "Shay" Jacobs
Feb 25, 2022
Shaelyn Marie "Shay" Jacobs, 30, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 25th, 2022. Shaelyn was born in Salina, Kansas on February 16, 1992, a daughter of Kathy (Morris) Jacobs and David Jacobs. She was a homemaker and a devoted and loving mother to her two beautiful daughters. Left to cherish her memory are her parents; two daughters, Ariyanah...
Deborah "Stubby" June Cahoon
Feb 21, 2022
Deborah June “Stubby” Cahoon Deborah June "Stubby" Cahoon, 70, of Salina, passed away Monday, February 21st, 2022. Deborah was born in Kansas City, Kansas on March 22, 1951, a daughter of the late Cloe and Charles Steele. Stubby was married to Bruce Cahoon for 50 years. To my loving wife, who supported me in all I did, who kept...
Quentin "Q" Kaiser
Feb 16, 2022
Quentin Charles "Q" Kaiser, loving son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin and friend, 34, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 16th, 2022. Quentin was born in Great Bend, Kansas on November 22, 1987, a son of Laura (Hopkins) Ploutz and the late Curtis L. Kaiser. Raised in Claflin, Kansas, he was a sweet, caring, kind- hearted, intelligent, talented, beautiful...
Eric Lee Warkentine
Feb 6, 2022
Eric Lee Warkentine, 44, of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 6th, 2022, of Covid-19. Eric was born in Wellington, Kansas, on June 3, 1977, a son of Janet (Landes) Warkentine-Marker, and Robert Warkentine. Eric grew up in Salina, KS, where he was an outstanding athlete, excelling as a Kansas State High School Wrestling Champion. He went on...
Margie Floi Johnson
Feb 6, 2022
Margie Floi Johnson passed away February 6th, 2022 at Salina Reginal Medical Center following surgical complications for cancer. Margie was born September 29th, 1937 and graduated from Kipp High School in 1955. She attended Emporia State College and Fort Hays State College. She worked for Smoot Grain Company for one year. She met her husband Don A. Johnson in...
Bob Selders
Feb 3, 2022
Robert James "Bob" Selders, 78, of Smolan, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 3rd, 2022. Robert was born in Sacramento, California on January 24, 1944, a son of the late Marvel (Glenn) {Last name} Bob was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and was 45 years sober. On July 17, 1972, Bob married Sue Manis. Survivors include daughters, Tonda McGrath (Jolinda),...
Sue G. Willard
Feb 2, 2022
Sue G. Willard, 87, of Miltonvale, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022. Sue was born in Elmore County, Alabama on August 28, 1934, a daughter of the late Ola (Harris) and Joe Goddard. She worked as a CNA for 5 years at Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center, 20 years at St. Joseph Hospital in Concordia, and 2 years...
David A. Douglas
Jan 30, 2022
David Allen Douglas, 66, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 30th, 2022. David was born in Hastings, Nebraska on November 30, 1955, a son of Jeniene Lillian (Mohling) Douglas, of Hastings, Nebraska and the late Donald Wayne Douglas. He worked as the Plant Manager for Western Uniform and Towel for over 20 years and Prairie Fire Coffee for...
Dee Ann Kettula
Jan 22, 2022
Dee Ann Kettula, 67, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 22nd, 2022. Dee was born in WaKeeney, Kansas on May 14, 1954, a daughter of Ethel Louise (Owen) Starns, and Gayle Wilbur Pembleton. On December 22, 1973, Dee married Vernon Kettula in Iron River, Michigan. Survivors include her husband, Vernon; mother, Ethel Starns, (Tom) of Ellinwood, Kansas; son,...
Lowell "Red" Nightingale
Jan 20, 2022
Lowell Leroy “Red” Nightingale, 87, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 20th, 2022. Lowell was born in Minneapolis, Kansas on January 20, 1935, a son of the late Cora (Blondefield) and Lawrence Nightingale. On August 22, 1954, Lowell married Dorothy Tasker in Delphos at the Delphos Presbyterian Church. He worked as a Lineman at KP&L in Salina, for...
Jeanene Ellen Brown
Jan 16, 2022
Jeanene Ellen Brown, 88, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 16th, 2022. Jeanene was born in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska on September 6, 1933, a daughter of the late Ruth (Hickerson) and Charles Gentry. Survivors include her daughter, Sherri Turnbough (Bruce), of Kansas City, Missouri; son, Kevin Brown (Alice), of Salina, Kansas; five grandchildren, Emily Brown, Michael Brown, Keith...
Debra Lynn Johnstone
Mar 31, 2022
Debra Lynn Johnstone, 67, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 31st, 2022. Debra was born in Clay Center, Kansas on January 20, 1955, a daughter of James Forrest Brown and the late “Jo Ann” (Pfizenmaier) Brown. She was a graduate of Clay Center High School class of 1973. After high school she served in the United States Navy...
Orise Halford
Mar 27, 2022
Bessie "Orise" Halford, 94, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 27th, 2022. Bessie was born in Bridgeport, Kansas on June 17, 1927, a daughter of the late Bessie Maybelle (Milleson) and Carl Vernon Nelson. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Donald, of 50 years, and son, Jerald Dean Halford. Orise married Donald Halford, June...
Patricia Ann Marcotte
Mar 23, 2022
Patricia Ann Marcotte, 79, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022. Patricia was born in Salina, Kansas on December 1, 1942, a daughter of the late Mary (Bachofer) and Clarence Gray. She was the Operations Manager at Yellow Freight Systems. Survivors include daughter, Michelle Marcotte, of Derby, Kansas; 3 grandchildren, Marsha Proulx (Dan), Philip Burrow (April), Sean...
Bill Seidel
Mar 15, 2022
William Charles "Bill" Seidel, 75, of Roxbury, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 15th, 2022. William was born in Seward, Nebraska on November 10, 1946, a son of the late Catherine (Colson) and William E. Seidel. Bill is survived by a daughter, Katherine Seidel, of Salina, Kansas; two sons James Seidel (Cori), of Assaria, Kansas and William Seidel, of Killeen,...
Katy Hanson
Mar 12, 2022
Kathleen “Katy” Ann Hanson, 86, of Salina, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on March 12, 2022, after a courageous battle with MDS and leukemia. Katy was born on December 30, 1935, to Donald and Mary Kern in rural Brown County, Kansas. Katy grew up on a farm near Hamlin and attended a one room country school before...
Phyllis Marie Franklin
Mar 11, 2022
Phyllis Marie Franklin, 87, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 11th, 2022. Phyllis was born in Sioux City, Iowa on March 22, 1934, a daughter of Wilma Lucille (Wilson) and John Haaga. Prior to becoming an Administrator in various local homes, she worked as an accountant. She was a supporter of the local civic organizations of Salina. On...
Jay D. Mcdowell
Mar 11, 2022
Jay Dee McDowell, 63, of Kipp, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 11th, 2022 Jay was born in Salina, Kansas on September 13, 1958, a son of Phyllis (Bonin) McDowell and the late Irvin "Bud" McDowell. He graduated from Southeast of Saline in Assaria in 1977. Jay worked at Great Plains Manufacturing Land Pride Division in Research and Development for...
Andy Baker
Mar 10, 2022
Leslie Andrew Baker, 63, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 10th,2022. He was born in Wichita, Kansas on December 20, 1958, a son of the late Ida Marlene (Dykes) and Ray Baker. He worked as an airline inspector at Cessna for 30 years. Andy is survived by his partner, Laura Mitchell of the home; daughter, Mandy Woodford (Tobias),...
Mary Braum
Mar 10, 2022
Mary Braum, 68, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 10th, 2022. Mary was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1954, a daughter of the late Catherine (Maffie) Welsh and Robert Welsh. She married Andrew Braum, May 11, 2001 in Salina, Kansas. Left to cherish her memory is a large and loving family. Mary was preceded in death...
Shaelyn "Shay" Jacobs
Feb 25, 2022
Shaelyn Marie "Shay" Jacobs, 30, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 25th, 2022. Shaelyn was born in Salina, Kansas on February 16, 1992, a daughter of Kathy (Morris) Jacobs and David Jacobs. She was a homemaker and a devoted and loving mother to her two beautiful daughters. Left to cherish her memory are her parents; two daughters, Ariyanah...
Deborah "Stubby" June Cahoon
Feb 21, 2022
Deborah June “Stubby” Cahoon Deborah June "Stubby" Cahoon, 70, of Salina, passed away Monday, February 21st, 2022. Deborah was born in Kansas City, Kansas on March 22, 1951, a daughter of the late Cloe and Charles Steele. Stubby was married to Bruce Cahoon for 50 years. To my loving wife, who supported me in all I did, who kept...
Quentin "Q" Kaiser
Feb 16, 2022
Quentin Charles "Q" Kaiser, loving son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin and friend, 34, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 16th, 2022. Quentin was born in Great Bend, Kansas on November 22, 1987, a son of Laura (Hopkins) Ploutz and the late Curtis L. Kaiser. Raised in Claflin, Kansas, he was a sweet, caring, kind- hearted, intelligent, talented, beautiful...
Eric Lee Warkentine
Feb 6, 2022
Eric Lee Warkentine, 44, of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 6th, 2022, of Covid-19. Eric was born in Wellington, Kansas, on June 3, 1977, a son of Janet (Landes) Warkentine-Marker, and Robert Warkentine. Eric grew up in Salina, KS, where he was an outstanding athlete, excelling as a Kansas State High School Wrestling Champion. He went on...
Margie Floi Johnson
Feb 6, 2022
Margie Floi Johnson passed away February 6th, 2022 at Salina Reginal Medical Center following surgical complications for cancer. Margie was born September 29th, 1937 and graduated from Kipp High School in 1955. She attended Emporia State College and Fort Hays State College. She worked for Smoot Grain Company for one year. She met her husband Don A. Johnson in...
Bob Selders
Feb 3, 2022
Robert James "Bob" Selders, 78, of Smolan, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 3rd, 2022. Robert was born in Sacramento, California on January 24, 1944, a son of the late Marvel (Glenn) {Last name} Bob was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and was 45 years sober. On July 17, 1972, Bob married Sue Manis. Survivors include daughters, Tonda McGrath (Jolinda),...
Sue G. Willard
Feb 2, 2022
Sue G. Willard, 87, of Miltonvale, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022. Sue was born in Elmore County, Alabama on August 28, 1934, a daughter of the late Ola (Harris) and Joe Goddard. She worked as a CNA for 5 years at Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center, 20 years at St. Joseph Hospital in Concordia, and 2 years...
David A. Douglas
Jan 30, 2022
David Allen Douglas, 66, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 30th, 2022. David was born in Hastings, Nebraska on November 30, 1955, a son of Jeniene Lillian (Mohling) Douglas, of Hastings, Nebraska and the late Donald Wayne Douglas. He worked as the Plant Manager for Western Uniform and Towel for over 20 years and Prairie Fire Coffee for...
Dee Ann Kettula
Jan 22, 2022
Dee Ann Kettula, 67, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 22nd, 2022. Dee was born in WaKeeney, Kansas on May 14, 1954, a daughter of Ethel Louise (Owen) Starns, and Gayle Wilbur Pembleton. On December 22, 1973, Dee married Vernon Kettula in Iron River, Michigan. Survivors include her husband, Vernon; mother, Ethel Starns, (Tom) of Ellinwood, Kansas; son,...
Lowell "Red" Nightingale
Jan 20, 2022
Lowell Leroy “Red” Nightingale, 87, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 20th, 2022. Lowell was born in Minneapolis, Kansas on January 20, 1935, a son of the late Cora (Blondefield) and Lawrence Nightingale. On August 22, 1954, Lowell married Dorothy Tasker in Delphos at the Delphos Presbyterian Church. He worked as a Lineman at KP&L in Salina, for...
Jeanene Ellen Brown
Jan 16, 2022
Jeanene Ellen Brown, 88, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 16th, 2022. Jeanene was born in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska on September 6, 1933, a daughter of the late Ruth (Hickerson) and Charles Gentry. Survivors include her daughter, Sherri Turnbough (Bruce), of Kansas City, Missouri; son, Kevin Brown (Alice), of Salina, Kansas; five grandchildren, Emily Brown, Michael Brown, Keith...
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