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Allen Dee Brown
Jun 29, 2020
Allen Dee Brown, age 60, of Salina, Kansas passed away on June 29, 2020 at Salina Regional Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on August 6, 1959 to the late Howard and Marlene (Panzer) Brown in Great Bend, Kansas. He grew up in Lincoln, Kansas and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1977. After high school he...
Nancy Elizabeth Perez
Jun 26, 2020
Nancy Elizabeth Perez, 71, of Niles, passed away Friday, June 26th, 2020. Nancy was born in Marysville, Missouri on April 28, 1949, a daughter of the late Margaret J. (Colvin) and John E. Pickering. Survivors include her husband, Michael Perez, of the home; daughter, April Huff, of Salina; and two grandchildren, Drew Parker and Evan Parker both of Kansas...
Rodney Lewis Smith
Jun 26, 2020
Rodney Lewis Smith, 56, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 26th, 2020. Rodney was born in San Jose, California on June 16, 1964, a son of the late Betty Raye (Wright) Nelson. He was the Co-owner and operator of Specialist Unlimited, a volunteer firefighter with SCFD#2, avid hunter and lover of all things outdoors. Survivors include his wife,...
Dorothy Pauline Milner
Jun 25, 2020
Dorothy Pauline Milner, 91, of Lincoln, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 25th, 2020. Pauline was born in King, North Carolina on October 8, 1928, a daughter of the late Mae Fae (Knight) and Tom Terry Jessup. She was a dietitian at Presbyterian Manor in Sterling, Kansas. Pauline loved to bake, and her specialty was banana bread. She also enjoyed...
Merlin Leonard Kirch
Jun 24, 2020
Merlin Leonard Kirch, of Salina, formerly of Attica, New York, passed away Wednesday, June 24th, 2020, at the age of 84 at his daughters’ home. He was predeceased by his parents Vincent and Ruth. Merlin worked for 34 years at Lapp Insulator and was Alexander Town Justice for many years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of...
Mary Margaret Horton
Jun 20, 2020
Mary Margaret Koriel Horton, 75, of Salina, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2020. She was born on November 14, 1944 in Hays, Kansas to Albert and Josephine (Leggee) Koriel. Mary graduated from FHSU Nursing Program as an RN. She was a psychiatric nurse at Larned State Hospital. Later on in life, she returned to school and got her Masters...
Anna May Reese
Jun 19, 2020
Anna May Reese, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 19th, 2020. Anna was born in Fairfield, Iowa on April 15, 1939, a daughter of the late Ina Wilma (Armstrong) and Curtis C Reynolds. Survivors include three daughters, Pat Bussart, of Salina, Melody Ford, of Nebraska, Mary Smith, of Kansas; five sons, Harold Bailey, Steven Harder, David Reese,...
Rosalee Jeanette Lander Larson
Jun 14, 2020
Rosalee Jeanette Lander Larson passed away on June 14th, 2020. She was born on February 19, 1924 on the family farm in Salina, Kansas to Sten and Alma Lander. Growing up on a farm she was surrounded by animals including Great Danes, cows, chickens and the family horse, Billy. She was the second of 3 children and had an...
Verna May Linaweaver
Jun 4, 2020
Verna May Linaweaver, 82, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 4th, at Village Manor, Abilene, Kansas. Verna was born in Wishek, North Dakota on July 27, 1937, a daughter of the late Hulda (Schock) and Henry Hilscher. On September 22, 1959, Verna married Maynard F. Linaweaver in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Survivors include sons, Richard Linaweaver, of Salina, Kansas,...
Robert Dale Dewitt
Jun 3, 2020
Robert Dale DeWitt Robert Dale DeWitt, 86, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020. Robert was born, in Salina, Kansas on March 11, 1934, a son of the late Bessie May (Lotridge) and Charles Parker DeWitt. Robert served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a Custodian at Hageman School. On June 23,...
Steven John Boast
Jun 1, 2020
Steven John Boast Steven John Boast, 53, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 1st, 2020. Steven was born in Aylesbury, England on August 4, 1966, a son of the late Fay Ann (Quinn) and Charles Boast. Survivors include 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Cremation has been chosen and no services are planned.
Daryn Wayne Blaha
May 28, 2020
Daryn Wayne Blaha, 54, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 28th, 2020. Daryn was born in Wichita, Kansas on May 17, 1966, a son of Donna Jeanne (Peters) Blaha, and the late Clarence Eugene Blaha. He worked at Mead Lumber, was loved and respected by every employee he ever had. He was a very hard worker. Daryn was...
John Edward Gilbert, Sr.
May 27, 2020
John Edward Gilbert Sr., 80, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, May 27th, 2020. John was born in Beaumont, Texas on April 1, 1940, a son of the late Pinky (Williams) and James Gilbert. He had experience in welding and refrigeration. He was a cowboy and loved horses, rode in parades, and took all the kids for buggy rides. Survivors...
Dan Eugene Foiles
May 19, 2020
Daniel Eugene Foiles, age 88, died in his home in Smolan, Kansas from natural causes on May 19, 2020. Dan is survived by three children, their spouses, and eight grandchildren: Tim and Holly Foiles of Groveland, California and their son, Ben; Deni and Mark Duncan of Yreka, California and their children, Shyla, Mariah, Julie, and Will; Ken and Shelley...
Sara Collins Medina
May 18, 2020
Sara Collins Medina, 77, of Wakefield, died Monday, May 18, after a short illness. She was born in in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 21, 1942, to the late Owen and Sara Collins of Fairfield. A product of Fairfield Public Schools, Sara attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York, graduating in 1963 with an AB in Russian and Economics. Making...
Carolyn Sue Shank
May 18, 2020
Carolyn Sue Shank, 79, of Salina, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home with family, Monday, May 18th, 2020. Carolyn was born in Herington, Kansas on October 31, 1940, a daughter of the late Muriel Velerie (Nott) Oliver and Glen Crandall Stice. On July 16, 1977, Carolyn married Robert Shank Sr. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Salina, Kansas. She...
Gary Allen Veenendaal
May 18, 2020
Gary Allen Veenendaal, 63, of Broomfield, Colorado, passed away Monday, May 18th, 2020. Gary was born in Mitchell, South Dakota on January 27, 1957, a son of Betty Jean (Porter) Veenendaal and the late Gerrit Veenendaal, Jr. He was a father, coach, educator, administrator, grandfather, brother, uncle, son, and friend. He never missed an event or game of his...
H. Neal Gish
May 10, 2020
H. Neal Gish, 83, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 10th, 2020. He was born on March 28, 1937, in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Hallie Homer and Irene Marie (Owen) Gish. He delivered papers and was a golf caddie in Colorado Springs when he was young and eventually moved to Brookville, Kansas where he met his wife Lois...
Howard Keith Roark
May 5, 2020
Howard Keith Roark, 89, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, May 5th, 2020. Keith was born in Gypsum, Kansas on May 2, 1931, the 7th child of the late Bessie Myrtle (Davidson) and Frank Nathaniel Roark. He proudly served in the United States Army in the Korean War. On March 6th, 1955, Howard married the love of his life,...
David Lynn Helvey
May 3, 2020
David Lynn Helvey, 62, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 3rd, 2020. David was born in Lincoln, Kansas on February 8, 1958, a son of Connie (Wagner) and Denny Helvey, of Salina, Kansas. He was a member of Crossroads Church, Salina, Kansas. Survivors include his parents, Connie and Denny Helvey, of Salina, Kansas; two sons, Dylan Helvey, (Brooke),...
Allen Dee Brown
Jun 29, 2020
Allen Dee Brown, age 60, of Salina, Kansas passed away on June 29, 2020 at Salina Regional Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on August 6, 1959 to the late Howard and Marlene (Panzer) Brown in Great Bend, Kansas. He grew up in Lincoln, Kansas and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1977. After high school he...
Nancy Elizabeth Perez
Jun 26, 2020
Nancy Elizabeth Perez, 71, of Niles, passed away Friday, June 26th, 2020. Nancy was born in Marysville, Missouri on April 28, 1949, a daughter of the late Margaret J. (Colvin) and John E. Pickering. Survivors include her husband, Michael Perez, of the home; daughter, April Huff, of Salina; and two grandchildren, Drew Parker and Evan Parker both of Kansas...
Rodney Lewis Smith
Jun 26, 2020
Rodney Lewis Smith, 56, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 26th, 2020. Rodney was born in San Jose, California on June 16, 1964, a son of the late Betty Raye (Wright) Nelson. He was the Co-owner and operator of Specialist Unlimited, a volunteer firefighter with SCFD#2, avid hunter and lover of all things outdoors. Survivors include his wife,...
Dorothy Pauline Milner
Jun 25, 2020
Dorothy Pauline Milner, 91, of Lincoln, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 25th, 2020. Pauline was born in King, North Carolina on October 8, 1928, a daughter of the late Mae Fae (Knight) and Tom Terry Jessup. She was a dietitian at Presbyterian Manor in Sterling, Kansas. Pauline loved to bake, and her specialty was banana bread. She also enjoyed...
Merlin Leonard Kirch
Jun 24, 2020
Merlin Leonard Kirch, of Salina, formerly of Attica, New York, passed away Wednesday, June 24th, 2020, at the age of 84 at his daughters’ home. He was predeceased by his parents Vincent and Ruth. Merlin worked for 34 years at Lapp Insulator and was Alexander Town Justice for many years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of...
Mary Margaret Horton
Jun 20, 2020
Mary Margaret Koriel Horton, 75, of Salina, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2020. She was born on November 14, 1944 in Hays, Kansas to Albert and Josephine (Leggee) Koriel. Mary graduated from FHSU Nursing Program as an RN. She was a psychiatric nurse at Larned State Hospital. Later on in life, she returned to school and got her Masters...
Anna May Reese
Jun 19, 2020
Anna May Reese, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 19th, 2020. Anna was born in Fairfield, Iowa on April 15, 1939, a daughter of the late Ina Wilma (Armstrong) and Curtis C Reynolds. Survivors include three daughters, Pat Bussart, of Salina, Melody Ford, of Nebraska, Mary Smith, of Kansas; five sons, Harold Bailey, Steven Harder, David Reese,...
Rosalee Jeanette Lander Larson
Jun 14, 2020
Rosalee Jeanette Lander Larson passed away on June 14th, 2020. She was born on February 19, 1924 on the family farm in Salina, Kansas to Sten and Alma Lander. Growing up on a farm she was surrounded by animals including Great Danes, cows, chickens and the family horse, Billy. She was the second of 3 children and had an...
Verna May Linaweaver
Jun 4, 2020
Verna May Linaweaver, 82, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 4th, at Village Manor, Abilene, Kansas. Verna was born in Wishek, North Dakota on July 27, 1937, a daughter of the late Hulda (Schock) and Henry Hilscher. On September 22, 1959, Verna married Maynard F. Linaweaver in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Survivors include sons, Richard Linaweaver, of Salina, Kansas,...
Robert Dale Dewitt
Jun 3, 2020
Robert Dale DeWitt Robert Dale DeWitt, 86, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020. Robert was born, in Salina, Kansas on March 11, 1934, a son of the late Bessie May (Lotridge) and Charles Parker DeWitt. Robert served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a Custodian at Hageman School. On June 23,...
Steven John Boast
Jun 1, 2020
Steven John Boast Steven John Boast, 53, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 1st, 2020. Steven was born in Aylesbury, England on August 4, 1966, a son of the late Fay Ann (Quinn) and Charles Boast. Survivors include 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Cremation has been chosen and no services are planned.
Daryn Wayne Blaha
May 28, 2020
Daryn Wayne Blaha, 54, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 28th, 2020. Daryn was born in Wichita, Kansas on May 17, 1966, a son of Donna Jeanne (Peters) Blaha, and the late Clarence Eugene Blaha. He worked at Mead Lumber, was loved and respected by every employee he ever had. He was a very hard worker. Daryn was...
John Edward Gilbert, Sr.
May 27, 2020
John Edward Gilbert Sr., 80, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, May 27th, 2020. John was born in Beaumont, Texas on April 1, 1940, a son of the late Pinky (Williams) and James Gilbert. He had experience in welding and refrigeration. He was a cowboy and loved horses, rode in parades, and took all the kids for buggy rides. Survivors...
Dan Eugene Foiles
May 19, 2020
Daniel Eugene Foiles, age 88, died in his home in Smolan, Kansas from natural causes on May 19, 2020. Dan is survived by three children, their spouses, and eight grandchildren: Tim and Holly Foiles of Groveland, California and their son, Ben; Deni and Mark Duncan of Yreka, California and their children, Shyla, Mariah, Julie, and Will; Ken and Shelley...
Sara Collins Medina
May 18, 2020
Sara Collins Medina, 77, of Wakefield, died Monday, May 18, after a short illness. She was born in in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 21, 1942, to the late Owen and Sara Collins of Fairfield. A product of Fairfield Public Schools, Sara attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York, graduating in 1963 with an AB in Russian and Economics. Making...
Carolyn Sue Shank
May 18, 2020
Carolyn Sue Shank, 79, of Salina, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home with family, Monday, May 18th, 2020. Carolyn was born in Herington, Kansas on October 31, 1940, a daughter of the late Muriel Velerie (Nott) Oliver and Glen Crandall Stice. On July 16, 1977, Carolyn married Robert Shank Sr. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Salina, Kansas. She...
Gary Allen Veenendaal
May 18, 2020
Gary Allen Veenendaal, 63, of Broomfield, Colorado, passed away Monday, May 18th, 2020. Gary was born in Mitchell, South Dakota on January 27, 1957, a son of Betty Jean (Porter) Veenendaal and the late Gerrit Veenendaal, Jr. He was a father, coach, educator, administrator, grandfather, brother, uncle, son, and friend. He never missed an event or game of his...
H. Neal Gish
May 10, 2020
H. Neal Gish, 83, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 10th, 2020. He was born on March 28, 1937, in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Hallie Homer and Irene Marie (Owen) Gish. He delivered papers and was a golf caddie in Colorado Springs when he was young and eventually moved to Brookville, Kansas where he met his wife Lois...
Howard Keith Roark
May 5, 2020
Howard Keith Roark, 89, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, May 5th, 2020. Keith was born in Gypsum, Kansas on May 2, 1931, the 7th child of the late Bessie Myrtle (Davidson) and Frank Nathaniel Roark. He proudly served in the United States Army in the Korean War. On March 6th, 1955, Howard married the love of his life,...
David Lynn Helvey
May 3, 2020
David Lynn Helvey, 62, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 3rd, 2020. David was born in Lincoln, Kansas on February 8, 1958, a son of Connie (Wagner) and Denny Helvey, of Salina, Kansas. He was a member of Crossroads Church, Salina, Kansas. Survivors include his parents, Connie and Denny Helvey, of Salina, Kansas; two sons, Dylan Helvey, (Brooke),...
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