Obituaries
Obituaries for Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Howard Eugene Scrogham
Apr 28, 2017
Howard Eugene Scrogham, 88, of Assaria, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017. Howard was born in Kansas City, Missouri on July 15, 1928, a son of the late Ida M. (McKown) and Ira W Scrogham. He retired as a Dockman for the Pony Express in Kansas City, Missouri. Howard was a Life Member of the VFW, was a...
Brookelynn "Brookie" Renee Watson
Apr 26, 2017
Brookelynn 'Brookie' Renee Watson, 9, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 26th, 2017. Brookelynn was born in Salina, Kansas on May 16, 2007, a daughter of Amber Lynn (Johnson) and Robbie Lee Watson, Sr., of Salina, Kansas. She attended Coronado Elementary School in Salina. Brookie was a free spirit, spitfire, loving, caring, affectionate, and an amazing climber. She...
Gwendolyn Jackson
Mar 31, 2017
Gwendolyn Jackson, 78, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 31st, 2017. Gwendolyn was born in Michigan City, Indiana on August 23, 1938, daughter of the late Maria (Jones) Jones and Avance Byrd. Survivors include daughters, Jacqueline Goodall, and husband William, of Forest Heights, Maryland, Loratta Evans and husband Charles, of Wichita, Kansas, Lonzetta Atkins, of Michigan City, Indiana,...
David James Mcdowell Jr.
Mar 21, 2017
David James McDowell Jr., 59, of Salina, passed away March 21, 2017 in Salina. David was born May 6, 1957 in Wichita. He attended Wichita Southeast High School. He later attended Central Community College in Grand Island, Neb., and received an Associate of Applied Science degree in 2005. David is survived by: his father, David James McDowell Sr.; brothers,...
Nellie M. Archer
Mar 18, 2017
Nellie M. Springman Archer, 92 of Salina died March 18, 2017 at Salina Regional Health Center. Mrs. Archer was born December 13, 1924 in Macoupin County, Illinois. She was homemaker while raising their daughters. She worked at the National Bank of America in the trust department for several years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of...
George Philip Mccune
Mar 18, 2017
George Philip McCune, 78, of Clay Center, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 18th, in Salina, Kansas. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on July 6, 1938, son of the late Fern (Schick) and George McCune. He was employed by the State of Kansas as a director for Economic development. George is survived by two daughters, Pamela Coyne-Kaufman, and...
Alice Rae Buford
Mar 7, 2017
Alice Rae (Cook) Buford, 59, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 7th, 2017. Alice was born in Norwalk, California on December 13, 1957, a daughter of the late Edna (Wiebelhaus) and Glen Cook. She went to school at Newcastle public school. Alice was a wonderful and caring woman and will be missed by many. She loved to spend...
Esther Marian Bolte
Feb 25, 2017
Esther Marian Bolte, 90, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 25th, in Salina, Kansas. She was born in Bison, Kansas on March 11, 1926, daughter of the late Bertha (Steinert) Schwartzkopf and John Schwartzkopf. Esther and Herbert Bolte united in marriage on October 14, 1956 in Bison, Kansas. She worked as a secretary for civil service during World...
Donald "Don" W. Earley
Feb 21, 2017
Donald Warren Earley, 80, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at his home. Don was born March 5, 1936, in Beloit to Donald and Elgie Mae (Jermark). He married Marilyn Millington June 21, 1975. Don grew up in Cloud County and attended county schools. He attended Jamestown, Lovewell and Formoso High Schools and graduated in 1954. He...
Jean Marcella Harries
Feb 14, 2017
Jean Marcella Harries, 82, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away Tuesday, February 14th, 2017. Jean was born in Washington, Kansas on July 4, 1934, a daughter of the late Letha and Edgar Meyer. Survivors include two daughters, Deanna Harries and wife Sue, of Aurora, Colorado; Leslie Lytle, of Salina, Kansas; sisters, Jan Detamble, of Green Valley, Arizona; Joyce Stern, of...
Justin "Jg" Gifford
Feb 12, 2017
Justin “JG” Gifford, 43, of Wichita, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. He had a kind spirit and a heart of gold that will always be remembered. If you were ever in the room with Justin there were no 'strangers.' He knew everybody and everybody knew him. Being around Justin you were either laughing at his hilarious jokes...
Tevin "Bibby" Townsend
Feb 8, 2017
Tevin 'Bibby' Townsend, 55, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 8th, 2017. Bibby was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on February 17, 1961, a son of Rudolph Townsend and the late Annette (Nelson) Townsend. He was a member of St. John's Missionary Baptist Church Salina, Kansas. Survivors include his father, Rudolph Townsend of Benton, Kansas; five daughters, Thea...
Susan Lynn Gibbs
Feb 1, 2017
Susan Lynn Gibbs, 60, of Lindsborg, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 1st, 2017. Susan was born in Dodge City, Kansas on August 20, 1956, a daughter of the late Charlotte (Siek) and Donald Merryfield. She worked as a Registered Nurse at McPherson Hospital for 29 years. On December 8, 1979, Susan Merryfield married Charles Gibbs in McPherson, Kansas. Survivors...
Neil Ray Cox
Jan 26, 2017
Neil Ray Cox, 81, of Salina, Kansas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 26th, 2017. Neil was born in Pampa, Texas on July 20, 1935, a son of the late Viola Beatrice (Witten) and Boyd William Cox. On September 14, 1963, Neil married Marcille Campbell in Miltonvale, Kansas. He grew up in Garden Grove,...
C. Marcille Cox
Jan 24, 2017
Clarice 'Marcille' Campbell Cox, 80, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 24th, 2017. Marcille was born in rural Miltonvale, Kansas on January 4, 1937, a daughter of the late Mary 'Evelyn' (Spallinger) and Charles Clair 'Jack' Campbell. She graduated from Miltonvale Rural High School, received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, and her Master’s degree from...
Eleanor Mae Rindt
Jan 19, 2017
Eleanor Mae Rindt, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 19th, 2017. Eleanor was born in Abilene, Kansas on October 17, 1935, daughter of the late Lottie Eleanora (Kauffman) and Walter Daw Lay. She worked in the Morris County Treasurer Office, Fairmont Creamery in Council Grove, Cashier at Gibson, Montgomery Ward receiving clerk, school bus driver for Salina...
Leslie Hindman
Jan 16, 2017
Leslie Hindman, 66, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 16th, 2017. Leslie was born in Dodge City, Kansas on May 26, 1950, a son of the late Rev. Paul John Hindman and Marion June (Priester). He was employed as a Customer Service Representative at Asurion in Salina, for 14 years. Leslie enjoyed electronics he always had the latest...
John "Bud" Cecil Bowden
Jan 14, 2017
John 'Bud' Cecil Bowden, 92, of Gypsum, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 14th, at Salina Regional Health Center, Kansas. John was born in Gypsum, Kansas on December 25, 1924, the son of the late Lillie Victoria (Peterson) Bowden and Cecil Jennings Bowden. Bud served in the United States Army, earning the Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal...
Corrine Hayes
Jan 5, 2017
Corrine Hayes, of Salina, was born Oct. 6, 1929, and went to be with her Lord Jan. 5, 2017. Those who went before her include her husband of 44 years, Kenneth, her mother, her beloved mother-in-law, her future daughter-in-law Jenny, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Left to cherish her memory are her loving daughters, Susan Lee (Ken) and...
Christine Lanyero Okello Kilat
Jan 4, 2017
Christine Lanyero Okello Kilat, 54, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, January 4th, 2017. Christine was born in Uganda, on October 9, 1962 (Uganda’s Independence Day), a daughter of the late Cecilia (Akun) Okello and Mathew Okello Ojok. She attended Holy Rosary Primary School for primary education, Iganga Girls Secondary School, and Nkumba College of Commerce for Business Management and...
Howard Eugene Scrogham
Apr 28, 2017
Howard Eugene Scrogham, 88, of Assaria, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017. Howard was born in Kansas City, Missouri on July 15, 1928, a son of the late Ida M. (McKown) and Ira W Scrogham. He retired as a Dockman for the Pony Express in Kansas City, Missouri. Howard was a Life Member of the VFW, was a...
Brookelynn "Brookie" Renee Watson
Apr 26, 2017
Brookelynn 'Brookie' Renee Watson, 9, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 26th, 2017. Brookelynn was born in Salina, Kansas on May 16, 2007, a daughter of Amber Lynn (Johnson) and Robbie Lee Watson, Sr., of Salina, Kansas. She attended Coronado Elementary School in Salina. Brookie was a free spirit, spitfire, loving, caring, affectionate, and an amazing climber. She...
Gwendolyn Jackson
Mar 31, 2017
Gwendolyn Jackson, 78, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 31st, 2017. Gwendolyn was born in Michigan City, Indiana on August 23, 1938, daughter of the late Maria (Jones) Jones and Avance Byrd. Survivors include daughters, Jacqueline Goodall, and husband William, of Forest Heights, Maryland, Loratta Evans and husband Charles, of Wichita, Kansas, Lonzetta Atkins, of Michigan City, Indiana,...
David James Mcdowell Jr.
Mar 21, 2017
David James McDowell Jr., 59, of Salina, passed away March 21, 2017 in Salina. David was born May 6, 1957 in Wichita. He attended Wichita Southeast High School. He later attended Central Community College in Grand Island, Neb., and received an Associate of Applied Science degree in 2005. David is survived by: his father, David James McDowell Sr.; brothers,...
Nellie M. Archer
Mar 18, 2017
Nellie M. Springman Archer, 92 of Salina died March 18, 2017 at Salina Regional Health Center. Mrs. Archer was born December 13, 1924 in Macoupin County, Illinois. She was homemaker while raising their daughters. She worked at the National Bank of America in the trust department for several years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of...
George Philip Mccune
Mar 18, 2017
George Philip McCune, 78, of Clay Center, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 18th, in Salina, Kansas. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on July 6, 1938, son of the late Fern (Schick) and George McCune. He was employed by the State of Kansas as a director for Economic development. George is survived by two daughters, Pamela Coyne-Kaufman, and...
Alice Rae Buford
Mar 7, 2017
Alice Rae (Cook) Buford, 59, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 7th, 2017. Alice was born in Norwalk, California on December 13, 1957, a daughter of the late Edna (Wiebelhaus) and Glen Cook. She went to school at Newcastle public school. Alice was a wonderful and caring woman and will be missed by many. She loved to spend...
Esther Marian Bolte
Feb 25, 2017
Esther Marian Bolte, 90, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 25th, in Salina, Kansas. She was born in Bison, Kansas on March 11, 1926, daughter of the late Bertha (Steinert) Schwartzkopf and John Schwartzkopf. Esther and Herbert Bolte united in marriage on October 14, 1956 in Bison, Kansas. She worked as a secretary for civil service during World...
Donald "Don" W. Earley
Feb 21, 2017
Donald Warren Earley, 80, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at his home. Don was born March 5, 1936, in Beloit to Donald and Elgie Mae (Jermark). He married Marilyn Millington June 21, 1975. Don grew up in Cloud County and attended county schools. He attended Jamestown, Lovewell and Formoso High Schools and graduated in 1954. He...
Jean Marcella Harries
Feb 14, 2017
Jean Marcella Harries, 82, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away Tuesday, February 14th, 2017. Jean was born in Washington, Kansas on July 4, 1934, a daughter of the late Letha and Edgar Meyer. Survivors include two daughters, Deanna Harries and wife Sue, of Aurora, Colorado; Leslie Lytle, of Salina, Kansas; sisters, Jan Detamble, of Green Valley, Arizona; Joyce Stern, of...
Justin "Jg" Gifford
Feb 12, 2017
Justin “JG” Gifford, 43, of Wichita, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. He had a kind spirit and a heart of gold that will always be remembered. If you were ever in the room with Justin there were no 'strangers.' He knew everybody and everybody knew him. Being around Justin you were either laughing at his hilarious jokes...
Tevin "Bibby" Townsend
Feb 8, 2017
Tevin 'Bibby' Townsend, 55, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 8th, 2017. Bibby was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on February 17, 1961, a son of Rudolph Townsend and the late Annette (Nelson) Townsend. He was a member of St. John's Missionary Baptist Church Salina, Kansas. Survivors include his father, Rudolph Townsend of Benton, Kansas; five daughters, Thea...
Susan Lynn Gibbs
Feb 1, 2017
Susan Lynn Gibbs, 60, of Lindsborg, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 1st, 2017. Susan was born in Dodge City, Kansas on August 20, 1956, a daughter of the late Charlotte (Siek) and Donald Merryfield. She worked as a Registered Nurse at McPherson Hospital for 29 years. On December 8, 1979, Susan Merryfield married Charles Gibbs in McPherson, Kansas. Survivors...
Neil Ray Cox
Jan 26, 2017
Neil Ray Cox, 81, of Salina, Kansas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 26th, 2017. Neil was born in Pampa, Texas on July 20, 1935, a son of the late Viola Beatrice (Witten) and Boyd William Cox. On September 14, 1963, Neil married Marcille Campbell in Miltonvale, Kansas. He grew up in Garden Grove,...
C. Marcille Cox
Jan 24, 2017
Clarice 'Marcille' Campbell Cox, 80, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 24th, 2017. Marcille was born in rural Miltonvale, Kansas on January 4, 1937, a daughter of the late Mary 'Evelyn' (Spallinger) and Charles Clair 'Jack' Campbell. She graduated from Miltonvale Rural High School, received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, and her Master’s degree from...
Eleanor Mae Rindt
Jan 19, 2017
Eleanor Mae Rindt, 81, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 19th, 2017. Eleanor was born in Abilene, Kansas on October 17, 1935, daughter of the late Lottie Eleanora (Kauffman) and Walter Daw Lay. She worked in the Morris County Treasurer Office, Fairmont Creamery in Council Grove, Cashier at Gibson, Montgomery Ward receiving clerk, school bus driver for Salina...
Leslie Hindman
Jan 16, 2017
Leslie Hindman, 66, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 16th, 2017. Leslie was born in Dodge City, Kansas on May 26, 1950, a son of the late Rev. Paul John Hindman and Marion June (Priester). He was employed as a Customer Service Representative at Asurion in Salina, for 14 years. Leslie enjoyed electronics he always had the latest...
John "Bud" Cecil Bowden
Jan 14, 2017
John 'Bud' Cecil Bowden, 92, of Gypsum, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 14th, at Salina Regional Health Center, Kansas. John was born in Gypsum, Kansas on December 25, 1924, the son of the late Lillie Victoria (Peterson) Bowden and Cecil Jennings Bowden. Bud served in the United States Army, earning the Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal...
Corrine Hayes
Jan 5, 2017
Corrine Hayes, of Salina, was born Oct. 6, 1929, and went to be with her Lord Jan. 5, 2017. Those who went before her include her husband of 44 years, Kenneth, her mother, her beloved mother-in-law, her future daughter-in-law Jenny, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Left to cherish her memory are her loving daughters, Susan Lee (Ken) and...
Christine Lanyero Okello Kilat
Jan 4, 2017
Christine Lanyero Okello Kilat, 54, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, January 4th, 2017. Christine was born in Uganda, on October 9, 1962 (Uganda’s Independence Day), a daughter of the late Cecilia (Akun) Okello and Mathew Okello Ojok. She attended Holy Rosary Primary School for primary education, Iganga Girls Secondary School, and Nkumba College of Commerce for Business Management and...


