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Larry Wayne Coen

Larry Wayne Coen

Oct 13, 2014

Larry Wayne Coen passed away, October 13, 2014. He was born the 8th day of June, 1937 in Mont Ida, Anderson County, Kansas. He moved to Iola, Allen County, Kansas in 1942, with his parents and siblings. He attended school in Iola, graduating in 1956. Upon graduating he served 4 years in the United State Air Force. Larry moved...

Mary Joan Benjamin

Mary Joan Benjamin

Oct 12, 2014

Mary Joan Benjamin, 63, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 12th, at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Mary was born in Caldwell, Kansas on May 15, 1951, daughter of the late Carolyn (Dempsey) and Jack Eschbaugh. She worked as a photographer for many years. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Jean Pashia

Jean Pashia

Oct 9, 2014

Jean Marie Pashia, 78, of Esbon, KS, passed away Thursday, October 9th, at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. Jean was born in Marathon, Iowa on August 19, 1936, a daughter of the late Jessie (Harris) and Clarence Anderson. She was the wife of Joseph I.Pashia. Jean is survived by seven daughters; Dianna, wife of Dr. Christopher Wilson, of...

William Eric Lorenson Sr.

William Eric Lorenson Sr.

Oct 8, 2014

William Eric Lorenson Sr., 60, of Assaria, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 8th. Bill was born in Salina, Kansas on July 13, 1954, son of the late Lea (Ehrets) and James Lorenson, Sr. He worked as an Owner/Operator at Lorenson Welding Machine Company in Salina, Kansas. The company has been in the family for 4 generations. Survivors include two...

Jerry Gene Davis

Jerry Gene Davis

Oct 8, 2014

Salina, KS Jerry Gene Davis Jerry Gene Davis, 72, of Culver, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 8th, at his residence. Jerry was born in Enterprise, Kansas on August 19, 1942, to the late Edith (Bidwell) and LeRoy Davis. He was employed as an iron worker and a member of the Ironworkers Union Local #481 in Dallas, Texas. He was...

Kenneth "Gene" Becker

Kenneth "Gene" Becker

Oct 1, 2014

Kenneth Eugene Becker, 85, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Gene was born in Russell, Kansas on May 8, 1929. He served in the U. S. Army from 1951 until 1953 during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the American Legion Post #62 and VFW Post #1432. He was a very proud American and...

Kevin Ray Carter

Kevin Ray Carter

Sep 30, 2014

Kevin Ray Carter, 54, of Salina, KS, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Kevin was born in Pratt, Kansas on September 17, 1960, son of Kathryn Sue Snell and the late Eldon Russell Carter. He worked as a painter. He painted many Catholic Cathedrals around the state and the most noteworthy was the Victoria Catholic Cathedral in Victoria, Kansas;...

Helen E. Falta

Helen E. Falta

Sep 22, 2014

Helen E. Falta, 90, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, September 22nd, at Holiday Resort. Helen was born in Anthony, Kansas on December 28, 1923, a daughter of the late Dora Ada (Neuhauser) and Linley C. Heck. She worked as a Registered Nurse at Asbury She attended nursing school until her marriage to Robert Falta on November 11, 1943....

Robert Mark Meagher

Robert Mark Meagher

Sep 17, 2014

Robert Mark Meagher, 55, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 17th, at his residence. Robert was born in Salina, Kansas on December 19, 1958, son of the late Billie Jean (Henderson) and Robert Leo Meagher. He had worked in maintaince at Phillips Lighting (OCCK) in Salina. Survivors include two sisters; Freda Meagher, of Salina and Martha Marcotte and...

Ricky L. "Rick" Shelton

Ricky L. "Rick" Shelton

Sep 16, 2014

Salina, KS Ricky Lynn 'Rick' Shelton Ricky Lynn Shelton, 54, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, September 16th, surrounded by his loving family, at his residence. Rick was born in Great Bend, Kansas on February 3, 1960 to Joyce Phyllis (Beall) Shelton and the late Raymond Dean Shelton. He was the husband of Michelle (Jacobs) Shelton. They were married in...

Della Jane Bierman

Della Jane Bierman

Sep 16, 2014

Della Jane Bierman, 67, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 16th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Della was born in Salina, Kansas on January 19, 1947, to the late MaryJane (McGuire) and Ted Will. Della earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Marymount College. She worked as an Intensive Care Nurse. She was the wife of...

Nova D. Atwood

Nova D. Atwood

Sep 15, 2014

Nova D. Atwood, 92, of Salina, passed away Monday, September 15th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Nova was born in Oswego, Kansas on March 20, 1922, son of the late Lena J. (Robison) and Nova Thomas Atwood. He retired after 32 years from the USDA as a Soil Conservationist/Economist and he was a member of the National Association of...

Janice L. Lariviere

Janice L. Lariviere

Sep 11, 2014

Salina, Kansas Janice L. LaRiviere Janice L. LaRiviere, 71, of Salina, passed away Thursday, September 11th, at her residence. Janice was born in Joplin, Missouri on September 26, 1942, to the late Lola Irene and Robert J. Mayfield. Jaine worked as a care giver for OCCK. She also worked as sterilization technician at Asbury Hospital and St. Francis Hospital....

Alberta Jeanne Robertson

Alberta Jeanne Robertson

Sep 1, 2014

Alberta (Jeanne) Robertson, 85, of Salina, died September 1, 2014. She was born January 11, 1929, in Salina, the daughter of Lawrence and Annettie (Miller) Cash. Jeanne was a homemaker. She was a graduate of Salina High School and Brown Mackie College. Jeanne was formerly director of Kidde Kollege Preschool and worked as office assistant for Dr. Marsh DDS....

John Robert Kromer

John Robert Kromer

Aug 29, 2014

John Robert Kromer, 64, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 29th, at his residence. John was born in Kempton, Ohio on December 27, 1949, to the late Alice (DeVene) and Robert Kromer. John was the husband of Linda (Kleiner) Kromer. They were married August 6, 1977 in Manhattan, Kansas. He worked as a parts buyer, dealing in aviation...

Thomas H. "Tom" Likes

Thomas H. "Tom" Likes

Aug 24, 2014

Salina, Kansas Thomas Harry Likes Thomas Harry 'Tom' Likes, 87, of Salina, passed away Sunday, August 24th, at Holiday Resort. Tom was born in Emporia, Kansas on October 10, 1926, a son of the late Lula Henrietta (Brown) and George Thomas Likes. He worked as a rodeo cowboy, a plumber/pipe fitter, and stockman. He was the husband of Esther...

John Evan Neaderhiser

John Evan Neaderhiser

Aug 23, 2014

John Evan Neaderhiser, 90, Miltonvale, died August 23, 2014. He was born April21, 1924 to John F. and Sara (Trott) Neaderhiser near Manchester, Kansas. Evan graduated from Longford Rural High School in 1942. He was a farmer, real estate agent and custom harvester until retirement. Evan was a member of the Longford United Methodist Church. He was preceded in...

Edwin E. Hobby

Edwin E. Hobby

Aug 23, 2014

Salina, KS Edwin Eugene Hobby Edwin Eugene Hobby, 79, of Salina, passed away Saturday, August 23rd, at Salina Regional Health Center. Edwin was born in Princeton, Kentucky on May 23, 1935, to the late Elizabeth and Floyd Hobby. He worked as a Avionics Technician after his retirement from the U.S. Air Force. He was the husband of Jeanette L....

Richard G. Hoye

Richard G. Hoye

Aug 20, 2014

Richard Garry Hoye, 73, of Gypsum, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 20th, 2014. Richard was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on July 26, 1941, to the late Olga M. (Dunn) and Robert Lawrence Hoye. He worked as a Construction Worker. Rick was an avid car enthusiast. Richard is survived by a son, Rick Hoye, of Nashville, Tennesse; four sisters,...

Frieda L. Farrar

Frieda L. Farrar

Aug 19, 2014

Salina, KS Frieda L Farrar Frieda L Farrar, 93, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, August 19th, at Windsor Estates Nursing Home. Frieda was born in Rural Hope, Kansas, on July 17, 1921, to the late Louise (Barre) and Henry Brockmeier. She worked as a Legal Secretary. She was also a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. She was the...

Larry Wayne Coen

Larry Wayne Coen

Oct 13, 2014

Larry Wayne Coen passed away, October 13, 2014. He was born the 8th day of June, 1937 in Mont Ida, Anderson County, Kansas. He moved to Iola, Allen County, Kansas in 1942, with his parents and siblings. He attended school in Iola, graduating in 1956. Upon graduating he served 4 years in the United State Air Force. Larry moved...

Mary Joan Benjamin

Mary Joan Benjamin

Oct 12, 2014

Mary Joan Benjamin, 63, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 12th, at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Mary was born in Caldwell, Kansas on May 15, 1951, daughter of the late Carolyn (Dempsey) and Jack Eschbaugh. She worked as a photographer for many years. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Jean Pashia

Jean Pashia

Oct 9, 2014

Jean Marie Pashia, 78, of Esbon, KS, passed away Thursday, October 9th, at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. Jean was born in Marathon, Iowa on August 19, 1936, a daughter of the late Jessie (Harris) and Clarence Anderson. She was the wife of Joseph I.Pashia. Jean is survived by seven daughters; Dianna, wife of Dr. Christopher Wilson, of...

William Eric Lorenson Sr.

William Eric Lorenson Sr.

Oct 8, 2014

William Eric Lorenson Sr., 60, of Assaria, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 8th. Bill was born in Salina, Kansas on July 13, 1954, son of the late Lea (Ehrets) and James Lorenson, Sr. He worked as an Owner/Operator at Lorenson Welding Machine Company in Salina, Kansas. The company has been in the family for 4 generations. Survivors include two...

Jerry Gene Davis

Jerry Gene Davis

Oct 8, 2014

Salina, KS Jerry Gene Davis Jerry Gene Davis, 72, of Culver, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 8th, at his residence. Jerry was born in Enterprise, Kansas on August 19, 1942, to the late Edith (Bidwell) and LeRoy Davis. He was employed as an iron worker and a member of the Ironworkers Union Local #481 in Dallas, Texas. He was...

Kenneth "Gene" Becker

Kenneth "Gene" Becker

Oct 1, 2014

Kenneth Eugene Becker, 85, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Gene was born in Russell, Kansas on May 8, 1929. He served in the U. S. Army from 1951 until 1953 during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the American Legion Post #62 and VFW Post #1432. He was a very proud American and...

Kevin Ray Carter

Kevin Ray Carter

Sep 30, 2014

Kevin Ray Carter, 54, of Salina, KS, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Kevin was born in Pratt, Kansas on September 17, 1960, son of Kathryn Sue Snell and the late Eldon Russell Carter. He worked as a painter. He painted many Catholic Cathedrals around the state and the most noteworthy was the Victoria Catholic Cathedral in Victoria, Kansas;...

Helen E. Falta

Helen E. Falta

Sep 22, 2014

Helen E. Falta, 90, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, September 22nd, at Holiday Resort. Helen was born in Anthony, Kansas on December 28, 1923, a daughter of the late Dora Ada (Neuhauser) and Linley C. Heck. She worked as a Registered Nurse at Asbury She attended nursing school until her marriage to Robert Falta on November 11, 1943....

Robert Mark Meagher

Robert Mark Meagher

Sep 17, 2014

Robert Mark Meagher, 55, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 17th, at his residence. Robert was born in Salina, Kansas on December 19, 1958, son of the late Billie Jean (Henderson) and Robert Leo Meagher. He had worked in maintaince at Phillips Lighting (OCCK) in Salina. Survivors include two sisters; Freda Meagher, of Salina and Martha Marcotte and...

Ricky L. "Rick" Shelton

Ricky L. "Rick" Shelton

Sep 16, 2014

Salina, KS Ricky Lynn 'Rick' Shelton Ricky Lynn Shelton, 54, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, September 16th, surrounded by his loving family, at his residence. Rick was born in Great Bend, Kansas on February 3, 1960 to Joyce Phyllis (Beall) Shelton and the late Raymond Dean Shelton. He was the husband of Michelle (Jacobs) Shelton. They were married in...

Della Jane Bierman

Della Jane Bierman

Sep 16, 2014

Della Jane Bierman, 67, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 16th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Della was born in Salina, Kansas on January 19, 1947, to the late MaryJane (McGuire) and Ted Will. Della earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Marymount College. She worked as an Intensive Care Nurse. She was the wife of...

Nova D. Atwood

Nova D. Atwood

Sep 15, 2014

Nova D. Atwood, 92, of Salina, passed away Monday, September 15th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Nova was born in Oswego, Kansas on March 20, 1922, son of the late Lena J. (Robison) and Nova Thomas Atwood. He retired after 32 years from the USDA as a Soil Conservationist/Economist and he was a member of the National Association of...

Janice L. Lariviere

Janice L. Lariviere

Sep 11, 2014

Salina, Kansas Janice L. LaRiviere Janice L. LaRiviere, 71, of Salina, passed away Thursday, September 11th, at her residence. Janice was born in Joplin, Missouri on September 26, 1942, to the late Lola Irene and Robert J. Mayfield. Jaine worked as a care giver for OCCK. She also worked as sterilization technician at Asbury Hospital and St. Francis Hospital....

Alberta Jeanne Robertson

Alberta Jeanne Robertson

Sep 1, 2014

Alberta (Jeanne) Robertson, 85, of Salina, died September 1, 2014. She was born January 11, 1929, in Salina, the daughter of Lawrence and Annettie (Miller) Cash. Jeanne was a homemaker. She was a graduate of Salina High School and Brown Mackie College. Jeanne was formerly director of Kidde Kollege Preschool and worked as office assistant for Dr. Marsh DDS....

John Robert Kromer

John Robert Kromer

Aug 29, 2014

John Robert Kromer, 64, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 29th, at his residence. John was born in Kempton, Ohio on December 27, 1949, to the late Alice (DeVene) and Robert Kromer. John was the husband of Linda (Kleiner) Kromer. They were married August 6, 1977 in Manhattan, Kansas. He worked as a parts buyer, dealing in aviation...

Thomas H. "Tom" Likes

Thomas H. "Tom" Likes

Aug 24, 2014

Salina, Kansas Thomas Harry Likes Thomas Harry 'Tom' Likes, 87, of Salina, passed away Sunday, August 24th, at Holiday Resort. Tom was born in Emporia, Kansas on October 10, 1926, a son of the late Lula Henrietta (Brown) and George Thomas Likes. He worked as a rodeo cowboy, a plumber/pipe fitter, and stockman. He was the husband of Esther...

John Evan Neaderhiser

John Evan Neaderhiser

Aug 23, 2014

John Evan Neaderhiser, 90, Miltonvale, died August 23, 2014. He was born April21, 1924 to John F. and Sara (Trott) Neaderhiser near Manchester, Kansas. Evan graduated from Longford Rural High School in 1942. He was a farmer, real estate agent and custom harvester until retirement. Evan was a member of the Longford United Methodist Church. He was preceded in...

Edwin E. Hobby

Edwin E. Hobby

Aug 23, 2014

Salina, KS Edwin Eugene Hobby Edwin Eugene Hobby, 79, of Salina, passed away Saturday, August 23rd, at Salina Regional Health Center. Edwin was born in Princeton, Kentucky on May 23, 1935, to the late Elizabeth and Floyd Hobby. He worked as a Avionics Technician after his retirement from the U.S. Air Force. He was the husband of Jeanette L....

Richard G. Hoye

Richard G. Hoye

Aug 20, 2014

Richard Garry Hoye, 73, of Gypsum, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 20th, 2014. Richard was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on July 26, 1941, to the late Olga M. (Dunn) and Robert Lawrence Hoye. He worked as a Construction Worker. Rick was an avid car enthusiast. Richard is survived by a son, Rick Hoye, of Nashville, Tennesse; four sisters,...

Frieda L. Farrar

Frieda L. Farrar

Aug 19, 2014

Salina, KS Frieda L Farrar Frieda L Farrar, 93, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, August 19th, at Windsor Estates Nursing Home. Frieda was born in Rural Hope, Kansas, on July 17, 1921, to the late Louise (Barre) and Henry Brockmeier. She worked as a Legal Secretary. She was also a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. She was the...

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