Obituaries
Obituaries for Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Joyce L. Satterlee
Mar 2, 2019
Joyce L. Satterlee, 72, of Salina, passed away Saturday, March 2nd. Joyce was born in Salina, Kansas on November 22, 1946, a daughter of the late Jessie (Nolf) and Harry Merriman. Survivors include her husband Kenneth; brother, Larry (Bonnie) Merriman of Assaria; sisters, Mary Lou Arnold of Texas, Claudine Ashcraft of Salina, Glenda McAffee of California; sister-in-law, Jo Merriman...
Daxton Jai Reinert
Feb 19, 2019
Daxton Jai Reinert, infant son of Sawyer and Tiffany Reinert, was delivered into the waiting arms of our Lord at 6:01 pm on February 19, 2019. Daxton loved the voices of his daddy and big brothers, and he danced when his mama ate sweet treats. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, Bradley F. Schaan Sr. Survivors include...
Mildred Kathleen Schmitt
Feb 17, 2019
Kathleen Schmitt, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 17th, in her Salina, Kansas home surrounded by family who loved her dearly. Mildred Kathleen (Weed) Schmitt was born on January 12, 1940 in Weskan, Kansas to the late Mildred and Theodore Weed. She was the youngest of the family and grew up with three brothers, Teddy, Don, and Duane....
Latisha Lynette Sutherlin
Feb 16, 2019
LaTisha Sutherlin, 41, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 16th, 2019. LaTisha was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 29, 1977, a daughter of Letris Jones and the late Ronnie Spirer. Survivors include two daughters, Monica Sutherlin of Lawrence, Kansas, and Ashley Jackson of Huntsville, Alabama; Sister, Chisa Floyd (Carlos) of Abilene, Kansas; brother, Durante Jones of Topeka,...
Ned D. Norris
Feb 15, 2019
Ned Devine Norris, 82, of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, passed away Thursday, February 14th, 2019. Ned was born in Topeka, Kansas on December 25, 1936, a son of the late Edna Lee (Gutsch) and Devine Arthur Norris. Survivors include daughters, Cynthia Norris, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Amanda Gould (Mick), of Corpus Christi, Texas; son, Kevin Norris (Tammy Stramel), of Salina,...
James Edgar Haley
Feb 15, 2019
James Edgar Haley, 82, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 15th, at Salina Regional Health Center. James was born in Salina, Kansas on May 22, 1936, a son of the late Virginia N and Isaac J. Haley. He worked in food service for the Army and Air Force Exchange at various times and places, he retired after 35...
William "Bill" Hover
Feb 7, 2019
William "Bill" David Hover, 84, passed away February 7th, 2019 at his home, surrounded by his family. Bill was born in Marysville, Kansas on February 5th 1935 to the late David Delane Hover and Bessie Beulah (Henderson) Hover. He was the youngest of five children. Bill enlisted in the Naval Reserve and in 1956 he joined the United States...
Richard Fern, Jr.
Feb 2, 2019
Richard Simon Fern, Jr., 72, of Lincoln, passed away Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 Richard was born in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1946, a son of the late Norma (Westover) and Richard Simon Fern, Sr. He worked for Doug Bradley Trucking. Survivors include his wife, Jeannie (Sanderson) Fern; daughter, Nicole Veal, (Charles) , of Austin, Texas; son, Cody Fern,...
Doris Marie Schrag
Feb 1, 2019
Doris Marie Schrag, 96, of Salina, passed away Friday, February 1st, 2019. Doris was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 12, 1922, a daughter of the late Lillibelle (Clayson) and Nye J. Langmade. Survivors include brother, Douglas Langmade, of Raymore, Missouri and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Adam Schrag; 5 brothers:...
Mary L. (Collins Barnum) Johnson
Jan 30, 2019
Mary L (Collins Barnum) Johnson passed away Jan 30, 2019 at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehabilitation with family beside her. Mary was born on Jan. 2, 1930 in Concordia, KS to the late Jim & Bertha (Ruud) Collins. She attended Country School, Dist. #44, for her first few years of grade school, then transferred to Sibley School, NW of...
Emma Jane Littlejohn
Jan 29, 2019
Emma Jane Littlejohn, 96, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 29th, 2019. Emma was born in Abilene, Kansas on November 5, 1922, a daughter of the late Ruth (Haddock) and Leon M. Ramsey. She worked as a Nursing Instructor at Osawatomie State Hospital, University of Arkansas, Fort Hays State University. She also served as a Hospital Apprentice First...
Alea Nelson
Jan 26, 2019
Alea Nelson, 55, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 26th. Alea was born in Phoenix, Arizona on June 3, 1963, a daughter of the late Betty and Lee Gourley. Survivors include partner, Darryl Bright; daughter, Jaime Simmons; two sons, Les Worley and Kenny J. Nelson Sr.; grandsons, Jaxyn Summers, Cooper Worley, and Kenny J. Nelson Jr. She is...
Charity Lynn Sims-Fears
Jan 15, 2019
Charity Lynn Sims-Fears, 57, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 15th, 2019. Charity was born in Heidelberg, Germany on November 27, 1961, a daughter of the late Marilou (Meredith) Myers and Jack Neil Moore. On January 2, 2004, Charity married Joseph Fears in Salina. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Fears; daughter, Michelle Bloodgood, (Ryan) of Manhattan; two sons,...
Norman D. Reed
Jan 14, 2019
Norman D. Reed, 91, of Salina, passed away Monday, January 14th, 2019. Norman was born on October 29, 1927 to the late Harry and Leona (Walker) Reed in Ottawa County, Kansas. Norman attended Union #1 Grade School and Miltonvale High School. He was employed for 39 years at Stannard Construction in Wichita where he was a Paving Foreman. Norman...
Isabelle Agnes Morris
Jan 7, 2019
Isabelle Agnes Morris, 97, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 7th, 2019. Isabelle was born in Salina, Kansas on March 10, 1921, a daughter of the late Clara (Shirack) and Henry Leister. She was the widow of Bernard F. Morris. Survivors include daughter, Christine M. Wurtz, of Topeka, Kansas; son, Gregory Morris, of Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren, Aaron...
Derk Johan Altena
Jan 5, 2019
Derk Johan Altena, 76, of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Derk (Dick) was born in Deventer, The Netherlands on June 12, 1942 to Derkje (Peters) and Jan Hendrik Altena. Raised in a blue collar family, Dick started working as an apprentice at a bakery in The Netherlands. He attained the training necessary to become a...
Robert Duane Riffel
Jan 4, 2019
Robert Duane Riffel, 85, of Buena Vista, Colorado, passed away Friday, January 4th, 2019 at Columbine Manor Care Center, Salida, Colorado. Robert was born in rural Hope, Kansas on December 1, 1933, son of the late Mabel (Buenning) and Manuel Riffel. Survivors include wife of eight and half years, Sandra; daughter, Beverly Jackson (Blane), of Nathrop, Colorado; son, Bradley...
Jerald D. Halford
Jan 2, 2019
Jerald D. Halford, 70, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 2nd. Jerald was born in Salina, Kansas on January 18, 1948, a son of Orise (Nelson) Halford and the late Donald Halford. Survivors include his wife, Helen; daughters, Kristy Hernandez (Rafael) of Junction City, and Kathy Crumpton (Jay) of Salina; son, Scott Halford of Salina; brother, Wayne Halford...
Roy E. Wells
Dec 25, 2018
Roy Earl Wells, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 25th. Roy was born in La Follette, Tennessee on April 22, 1937, a son of the late Birdie and Joe Wells. Roy met his wife, Mary, of 60 years, in La Follette. The couple moved to Salina in 1958 and Roy began work at the International Milling Company...
Gary Lee Gebhart
Dec 25, 2018
Gary Lee Gebhart, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 25th. He was born in Topeka, Kansas on May 8, 1937, a son of the late Lois Mary (Jackson) and Fred Clinton Gebhart. Gary has been a jack of all trades from working on the railroad, to being a Coca-Cola man, to being a truck driver. Gary and...
Joyce L. Satterlee
Mar 2, 2019
Joyce L. Satterlee, 72, of Salina, passed away Saturday, March 2nd. Joyce was born in Salina, Kansas on November 22, 1946, a daughter of the late Jessie (Nolf) and Harry Merriman. Survivors include her husband Kenneth; brother, Larry (Bonnie) Merriman of Assaria; sisters, Mary Lou Arnold of Texas, Claudine Ashcraft of Salina, Glenda McAffee of California; sister-in-law, Jo Merriman...
Daxton Jai Reinert
Feb 19, 2019
Daxton Jai Reinert, infant son of Sawyer and Tiffany Reinert, was delivered into the waiting arms of our Lord at 6:01 pm on February 19, 2019. Daxton loved the voices of his daddy and big brothers, and he danced when his mama ate sweet treats. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, Bradley F. Schaan Sr. Survivors include...
Mildred Kathleen Schmitt
Feb 17, 2019
Kathleen Schmitt, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 17th, in her Salina, Kansas home surrounded by family who loved her dearly. Mildred Kathleen (Weed) Schmitt was born on January 12, 1940 in Weskan, Kansas to the late Mildred and Theodore Weed. She was the youngest of the family and grew up with three brothers, Teddy, Don, and Duane....
Latisha Lynette Sutherlin
Feb 16, 2019
LaTisha Sutherlin, 41, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 16th, 2019. LaTisha was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 29, 1977, a daughter of Letris Jones and the late Ronnie Spirer. Survivors include two daughters, Monica Sutherlin of Lawrence, Kansas, and Ashley Jackson of Huntsville, Alabama; Sister, Chisa Floyd (Carlos) of Abilene, Kansas; brother, Durante Jones of Topeka,...
Ned D. Norris
Feb 15, 2019
Ned Devine Norris, 82, of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, passed away Thursday, February 14th, 2019. Ned was born in Topeka, Kansas on December 25, 1936, a son of the late Edna Lee (Gutsch) and Devine Arthur Norris. Survivors include daughters, Cynthia Norris, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Amanda Gould (Mick), of Corpus Christi, Texas; son, Kevin Norris (Tammy Stramel), of Salina,...
James Edgar Haley
Feb 15, 2019
James Edgar Haley, 82, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 15th, at Salina Regional Health Center. James was born in Salina, Kansas on May 22, 1936, a son of the late Virginia N and Isaac J. Haley. He worked in food service for the Army and Air Force Exchange at various times and places, he retired after 35...
William "Bill" Hover
Feb 7, 2019
William "Bill" David Hover, 84, passed away February 7th, 2019 at his home, surrounded by his family. Bill was born in Marysville, Kansas on February 5th 1935 to the late David Delane Hover and Bessie Beulah (Henderson) Hover. He was the youngest of five children. Bill enlisted in the Naval Reserve and in 1956 he joined the United States...
Richard Fern, Jr.
Feb 2, 2019
Richard Simon Fern, Jr., 72, of Lincoln, passed away Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 Richard was born in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1946, a son of the late Norma (Westover) and Richard Simon Fern, Sr. He worked for Doug Bradley Trucking. Survivors include his wife, Jeannie (Sanderson) Fern; daughter, Nicole Veal, (Charles) , of Austin, Texas; son, Cody Fern,...
Doris Marie Schrag
Feb 1, 2019
Doris Marie Schrag, 96, of Salina, passed away Friday, February 1st, 2019. Doris was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 12, 1922, a daughter of the late Lillibelle (Clayson) and Nye J. Langmade. Survivors include brother, Douglas Langmade, of Raymore, Missouri and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Adam Schrag; 5 brothers:...
Mary L. (Collins Barnum) Johnson
Jan 30, 2019
Mary L (Collins Barnum) Johnson passed away Jan 30, 2019 at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehabilitation with family beside her. Mary was born on Jan. 2, 1930 in Concordia, KS to the late Jim & Bertha (Ruud) Collins. She attended Country School, Dist. #44, for her first few years of grade school, then transferred to Sibley School, NW of...
Emma Jane Littlejohn
Jan 29, 2019
Emma Jane Littlejohn, 96, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 29th, 2019. Emma was born in Abilene, Kansas on November 5, 1922, a daughter of the late Ruth (Haddock) and Leon M. Ramsey. She worked as a Nursing Instructor at Osawatomie State Hospital, University of Arkansas, Fort Hays State University. She also served as a Hospital Apprentice First...
Alea Nelson
Jan 26, 2019
Alea Nelson, 55, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 26th. Alea was born in Phoenix, Arizona on June 3, 1963, a daughter of the late Betty and Lee Gourley. Survivors include partner, Darryl Bright; daughter, Jaime Simmons; two sons, Les Worley and Kenny J. Nelson Sr.; grandsons, Jaxyn Summers, Cooper Worley, and Kenny J. Nelson Jr. She is...
Charity Lynn Sims-Fears
Jan 15, 2019
Charity Lynn Sims-Fears, 57, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 15th, 2019. Charity was born in Heidelberg, Germany on November 27, 1961, a daughter of the late Marilou (Meredith) Myers and Jack Neil Moore. On January 2, 2004, Charity married Joseph Fears in Salina. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Fears; daughter, Michelle Bloodgood, (Ryan) of Manhattan; two sons,...
Norman D. Reed
Jan 14, 2019
Norman D. Reed, 91, of Salina, passed away Monday, January 14th, 2019. Norman was born on October 29, 1927 to the late Harry and Leona (Walker) Reed in Ottawa County, Kansas. Norman attended Union #1 Grade School and Miltonvale High School. He was employed for 39 years at Stannard Construction in Wichita where he was a Paving Foreman. Norman...
Isabelle Agnes Morris
Jan 7, 2019
Isabelle Agnes Morris, 97, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 7th, 2019. Isabelle was born in Salina, Kansas on March 10, 1921, a daughter of the late Clara (Shirack) and Henry Leister. She was the widow of Bernard F. Morris. Survivors include daughter, Christine M. Wurtz, of Topeka, Kansas; son, Gregory Morris, of Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren, Aaron...
Derk Johan Altena
Jan 5, 2019
Derk Johan Altena, 76, of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Derk (Dick) was born in Deventer, The Netherlands on June 12, 1942 to Derkje (Peters) and Jan Hendrik Altena. Raised in a blue collar family, Dick started working as an apprentice at a bakery in The Netherlands. He attained the training necessary to become a...
Robert Duane Riffel
Jan 4, 2019
Robert Duane Riffel, 85, of Buena Vista, Colorado, passed away Friday, January 4th, 2019 at Columbine Manor Care Center, Salida, Colorado. Robert was born in rural Hope, Kansas on December 1, 1933, son of the late Mabel (Buenning) and Manuel Riffel. Survivors include wife of eight and half years, Sandra; daughter, Beverly Jackson (Blane), of Nathrop, Colorado; son, Bradley...
Jerald D. Halford
Jan 2, 2019
Jerald D. Halford, 70, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 2nd. Jerald was born in Salina, Kansas on January 18, 1948, a son of Orise (Nelson) Halford and the late Donald Halford. Survivors include his wife, Helen; daughters, Kristy Hernandez (Rafael) of Junction City, and Kathy Crumpton (Jay) of Salina; son, Scott Halford of Salina; brother, Wayne Halford...
Roy E. Wells
Dec 25, 2018
Roy Earl Wells, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 25th. Roy was born in La Follette, Tennessee on April 22, 1937, a son of the late Birdie and Joe Wells. Roy met his wife, Mary, of 60 years, in La Follette. The couple moved to Salina in 1958 and Roy began work at the International Milling Company...
Gary Lee Gebhart
Dec 25, 2018
Gary Lee Gebhart, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 25th. He was born in Topeka, Kansas on May 8, 1937, a son of the late Lois Mary (Jackson) and Fred Clinton Gebhart. Gary has been a jack of all trades from working on the railroad, to being a Coca-Cola man, to being a truck driver. Gary and...