Obituaries
Obituaries for Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Janice Pankratz
Apr 7, 2012
Salina, Kansas Janice Pankratz Janice Pankratz, 54, of Salina, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Hospice of Salina. Janice was born to Verlon and Ruby (Koegeboehn) Mueller in Herington, Kansas on May 20, 1957. She graduated from Herington High School in 1975 and went on to graduate from Kansas State University in 1979, Recreation Therapy BS and was...
Donald Alfred Engelhardt
Apr 6, 2012
Donald Alfred Engelhardt Donald Alfred Engelhardt, 90, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 6th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Donald was born in Saronville, Nebraska on November 8, 1921, son of the late Sarah (Ross) and Alfred Engelhardt. He graduated from the National School of Electronics and the Naval Research Lab. Served with the USNR from 1942 -...
Minor Lee Harris
Apr 4, 2012
Minor L. Harris, Jr., 74, of Salina passed away Wednesday, April 4th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Minor was born in Byhalia, Mississippi on May 31, 1937, to Catherine King and the late Minor Lee Harris, Sr. Minor served in the U.S. Air Force, and he was stationed at Schilling Air Force Base. Following his time in the air...
Donald "Don" Newingham
Apr 3, 2012
Donald 'Don' Newingham, 73, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, April 3rd, at the Kaye Pogue Hospice Center. Don was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1939, to the late Sylvia Gladys (Beal) and Jackson Wescott Newingham. He worked as a salesman for Salina Auto Parts, after retiring from 23 years at Sears. He was the husband of Mary...
Ruby A. Purcell
Apr 1, 2012
Ruby A. Purcell Ruby Adelade Purcell, 93, of Salina, passed away Sunday, April 1st, at Pinnacle Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Salina. Ruby Adelade Lindsey was born in Two Dot, Montana on December 10, 1918, the daughter of the late Harvey and Florence (Smith) Lindsey. She was a retired secretary for the Canada Life Insurance Company in Spokane,...
Sherril Van Mcconkey
Mar 31, 2012
Sherril Van McConkey Sherril Van McConkey, 86, of Salina, passed away Saturday, March 31st. Sherril was born in Solomon, Kansas on July 10, 1925, a son of the late Rachel (Mahar) and Benjamin McConkey. He was the husband of Dorothy Lee (Wilson) McConkey and she survives. Other survivors include four daughters, Lana Falk, of Salina, Susan Neicker, of Salina,...
Shirley Ann Garner
Mar 31, 2012
Shirley Ann Garner Shirley Ann Garner, 71, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 31st, at her residence. Shirley was born in Goodland, Kansas on April 3, 1940, a daughter of the late Hazel I (Lundin) and William N McDaniel. She worked at R & J Tax Services for 11 years as a Clerk/bookkeeper. On March 12, 1960, Shirley...
Allen R. Dodge
Mar 22, 2012
Allen R. Dodge Allen R. Dodge, lifelong resident of Salina, Kansas passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2012 in Salina, Kansas. Allen was born on August 8, 1916 in Salina, Kansas the son of C.B. and Caroline Marie (Rickenbacher) Dodge. He was raised and attended school in Salina, graduating with the class of 1934. Allen was an exceptional high...
Daniel Lee Campbell
Mar 22, 2012
Daniel Lee Campbell, 62, of Salina passed away March 22, 2012 at Kenwood View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. He was born on August 2, 1949 in Lansing, Michigan. Cremation has been chosen and no services are planned.
Frederick S. Simons
Mar 21, 2012
Frederick Stephen Simons, the oldest child of Alta M. and John F. Simons, joined the living September 24, 1953, and he left us March 21, 2012. He attended school at Leonardville, Kansas, Morrowville, Kansas, and Plattsmouth, Nebraska. He graduated from Wahington High School and Doone College in Lincoln, Nebraska. On August 14, 1975 he married Linda Harms. To this...
Gerold "Jerry" Rice
Mar 21, 2012
Gerold L. 'Jerry' Rice Gerold L. 'Jerry' Rice, 77, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, March 21st., at the Salina Regional Health Center. Jerry was born in Salina, on July 20, 1934, the son of Althea O. (Crawford) Rice and the late Dean Watson Rice. Jerry attanded Lowell Grade School, Roosevelt High School in Salina and graduated from Marysville High...
Richard Lynn Edwards
Mar 17, 2012
Richard Lynn Edwards Richard Lynn 'Rick' Edwards, 40, of Salina, passed away Saturday, March 17th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Richard was born in Salina, Kansas on October 5, 1971, a son of Gladys Irene (Newell) Edwards, of Salina and the late Ervin Verl Edwards. Richard is also survived by his mother Gladys Edwards of Salina, sisters, Donna Vance...
Norbert John Schneweis
Mar 14, 2012
Norbert John Schneweis Norbert John Schneweis, 74, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Salina Regional Health Center. Norbert was born in Salina on December 1, 1937, to the late Rose (Moeder) and Alois Vincent Schneweis. He work for the Lee Hardware Company for 32 years and was a custodian for USD 305. Norbert was a member...
Harry G. Fuller
Mar 1, 2012
Harry Gene Fuller, of Salina, died March 1, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Salina, Kansas on May 8, 1933. He was preceded in death by his father Harry E. Fuller and his mother Edith (Brown) Fuller in 1935, also his step mother of many years, Elizabeth Raney Fuller; brothers, Raymond Fuller, Bud Fuller,...
Charleen A. Miller
Feb 24, 2012
Charleen A. Miller Charleen A. Miller, 103, of Salina, passed away Friday, February 24th, at Windsor Estates Nursing Home in Salina. Charleen Mohler was born in Lamar, Kansas on Feb. 17, 1909, to the late Libbie E. 'Lena' (Rice) and Charles F. Mohler. Mrs. Miller graduated from the Minneapolis High School in 1927; she attended and graduated from Kansas...
Ian Annabelle Kinnan
Feb 22, 2012
Ian Annabelle Kinnan Ian Annabelle Kinnan, 85, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 22nd, at Salina Regional Health Center. She was born in Collyer, Kansas on May 6, 1926, to Theresa (Erichs) and Earl Richardson. Ian was a homemaker and mother. She was a member of the Church of the Cross in Salina Ian is survived by 4...
Wayne Thomas
Feb 20, 2012
Wayne Thomas Wayne Thomas, 52, of Wichita, departed this life on Monday, February 20th. Wayne was born in Salina, Kansas on September 23, 1959, to Margaret Iola (Nelson) Thomas, of Salina, and the late Johnnie Thomas. He worked as a Sheet Metal Worker at Tennison Brothers Inc. in Wichita and earlier worked for Minor Harris Sanitation Services in Salina....
Ralph W. Tittel
Feb 15, 2012
Ralph W. Tittel, 88, of Pea Ridge, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in Bella Vista, Arkansas. He was born March 18, 1923 in Russell County Kansas, the son of William and Mary (Heil) Tittel. He graduated from Russell High School in 1941, and served in the U.S. Army, 275th Port Company, during World War II. A longtime...
David Lee Allen
Jan 30, 2012
David Lee Allen, III, 47, of Salina passed away Monday, January 30th, at his home. David was born in Fremont, California on March 2, 1964, to Ophelia (Marroquin) Allen and the late David L. Allen, Jr. He was the husband of Sandra S. (McLean) Allen. The were married April 14, 1988 in Mesa Arizona. David is survived by his...
Hubert Dewitt Robinson
Jan 27, 2012
Reverend Hubert Dewitt Robinson was born April 28, 1952, in Boca-Raton, Florida to the union on Tonise Lee Quinn Robinson and M C Robinson. He is preceded in death by both parents, his older brother, Vivan Hugh Robinson and grandson, Jordan Reeves. Reverend Hubert D. Robinson lived his life between Salina, Kansas and Boca-Raton, Florida. He was involved in...
Janice Pankratz
Apr 7, 2012
Salina, Kansas Janice Pankratz Janice Pankratz, 54, of Salina, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Hospice of Salina. Janice was born to Verlon and Ruby (Koegeboehn) Mueller in Herington, Kansas on May 20, 1957. She graduated from Herington High School in 1975 and went on to graduate from Kansas State University in 1979, Recreation Therapy BS and was...
Donald Alfred Engelhardt
Apr 6, 2012
Donald Alfred Engelhardt Donald Alfred Engelhardt, 90, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 6th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Donald was born in Saronville, Nebraska on November 8, 1921, son of the late Sarah (Ross) and Alfred Engelhardt. He graduated from the National School of Electronics and the Naval Research Lab. Served with the USNR from 1942 -...
Minor Lee Harris
Apr 4, 2012
Minor L. Harris, Jr., 74, of Salina passed away Wednesday, April 4th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Minor was born in Byhalia, Mississippi on May 31, 1937, to Catherine King and the late Minor Lee Harris, Sr. Minor served in the U.S. Air Force, and he was stationed at Schilling Air Force Base. Following his time in the air...
Donald "Don" Newingham
Apr 3, 2012
Donald 'Don' Newingham, 73, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, April 3rd, at the Kaye Pogue Hospice Center. Don was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1939, to the late Sylvia Gladys (Beal) and Jackson Wescott Newingham. He worked as a salesman for Salina Auto Parts, after retiring from 23 years at Sears. He was the husband of Mary...
Ruby A. Purcell
Apr 1, 2012
Ruby A. Purcell Ruby Adelade Purcell, 93, of Salina, passed away Sunday, April 1st, at Pinnacle Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Salina. Ruby Adelade Lindsey was born in Two Dot, Montana on December 10, 1918, the daughter of the late Harvey and Florence (Smith) Lindsey. She was a retired secretary for the Canada Life Insurance Company in Spokane,...
Sherril Van Mcconkey
Mar 31, 2012
Sherril Van McConkey Sherril Van McConkey, 86, of Salina, passed away Saturday, March 31st. Sherril was born in Solomon, Kansas on July 10, 1925, a son of the late Rachel (Mahar) and Benjamin McConkey. He was the husband of Dorothy Lee (Wilson) McConkey and she survives. Other survivors include four daughters, Lana Falk, of Salina, Susan Neicker, of Salina,...
Shirley Ann Garner
Mar 31, 2012
Shirley Ann Garner Shirley Ann Garner, 71, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 31st, at her residence. Shirley was born in Goodland, Kansas on April 3, 1940, a daughter of the late Hazel I (Lundin) and William N McDaniel. She worked at R & J Tax Services for 11 years as a Clerk/bookkeeper. On March 12, 1960, Shirley...
Allen R. Dodge
Mar 22, 2012
Allen R. Dodge Allen R. Dodge, lifelong resident of Salina, Kansas passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2012 in Salina, Kansas. Allen was born on August 8, 1916 in Salina, Kansas the son of C.B. and Caroline Marie (Rickenbacher) Dodge. He was raised and attended school in Salina, graduating with the class of 1934. Allen was an exceptional high...
Daniel Lee Campbell
Mar 22, 2012
Daniel Lee Campbell, 62, of Salina passed away March 22, 2012 at Kenwood View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. He was born on August 2, 1949 in Lansing, Michigan. Cremation has been chosen and no services are planned.
Frederick S. Simons
Mar 21, 2012
Frederick Stephen Simons, the oldest child of Alta M. and John F. Simons, joined the living September 24, 1953, and he left us March 21, 2012. He attended school at Leonardville, Kansas, Morrowville, Kansas, and Plattsmouth, Nebraska. He graduated from Wahington High School and Doone College in Lincoln, Nebraska. On August 14, 1975 he married Linda Harms. To this...
Gerold "Jerry" Rice
Mar 21, 2012
Gerold L. 'Jerry' Rice Gerold L. 'Jerry' Rice, 77, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, March 21st., at the Salina Regional Health Center. Jerry was born in Salina, on July 20, 1934, the son of Althea O. (Crawford) Rice and the late Dean Watson Rice. Jerry attanded Lowell Grade School, Roosevelt High School in Salina and graduated from Marysville High...
Richard Lynn Edwards
Mar 17, 2012
Richard Lynn Edwards Richard Lynn 'Rick' Edwards, 40, of Salina, passed away Saturday, March 17th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Richard was born in Salina, Kansas on October 5, 1971, a son of Gladys Irene (Newell) Edwards, of Salina and the late Ervin Verl Edwards. Richard is also survived by his mother Gladys Edwards of Salina, sisters, Donna Vance...
Norbert John Schneweis
Mar 14, 2012
Norbert John Schneweis Norbert John Schneweis, 74, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Salina Regional Health Center. Norbert was born in Salina on December 1, 1937, to the late Rose (Moeder) and Alois Vincent Schneweis. He work for the Lee Hardware Company for 32 years and was a custodian for USD 305. Norbert was a member...
Harry G. Fuller
Mar 1, 2012
Harry Gene Fuller, of Salina, died March 1, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Salina, Kansas on May 8, 1933. He was preceded in death by his father Harry E. Fuller and his mother Edith (Brown) Fuller in 1935, also his step mother of many years, Elizabeth Raney Fuller; brothers, Raymond Fuller, Bud Fuller,...
Charleen A. Miller
Feb 24, 2012
Charleen A. Miller Charleen A. Miller, 103, of Salina, passed away Friday, February 24th, at Windsor Estates Nursing Home in Salina. Charleen Mohler was born in Lamar, Kansas on Feb. 17, 1909, to the late Libbie E. 'Lena' (Rice) and Charles F. Mohler. Mrs. Miller graduated from the Minneapolis High School in 1927; she attended and graduated from Kansas...
Ian Annabelle Kinnan
Feb 22, 2012
Ian Annabelle Kinnan Ian Annabelle Kinnan, 85, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 22nd, at Salina Regional Health Center. She was born in Collyer, Kansas on May 6, 1926, to Theresa (Erichs) and Earl Richardson. Ian was a homemaker and mother. She was a member of the Church of the Cross in Salina Ian is survived by 4...
Wayne Thomas
Feb 20, 2012
Wayne Thomas Wayne Thomas, 52, of Wichita, departed this life on Monday, February 20th. Wayne was born in Salina, Kansas on September 23, 1959, to Margaret Iola (Nelson) Thomas, of Salina, and the late Johnnie Thomas. He worked as a Sheet Metal Worker at Tennison Brothers Inc. in Wichita and earlier worked for Minor Harris Sanitation Services in Salina....
Ralph W. Tittel
Feb 15, 2012
Ralph W. Tittel, 88, of Pea Ridge, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in Bella Vista, Arkansas. He was born March 18, 1923 in Russell County Kansas, the son of William and Mary (Heil) Tittel. He graduated from Russell High School in 1941, and served in the U.S. Army, 275th Port Company, during World War II. A longtime...
David Lee Allen
Jan 30, 2012
David Lee Allen, III, 47, of Salina passed away Monday, January 30th, at his home. David was born in Fremont, California on March 2, 1964, to Ophelia (Marroquin) Allen and the late David L. Allen, Jr. He was the husband of Sandra S. (McLean) Allen. The were married April 14, 1988 in Mesa Arizona. David is survived by his...
Hubert Dewitt Robinson
Jan 27, 2012
Reverend Hubert Dewitt Robinson was born April 28, 1952, in Boca-Raton, Florida to the union on Tonise Lee Quinn Robinson and M C Robinson. He is preceded in death by both parents, his older brother, Vivan Hugh Robinson and grandson, Jordan Reeves. Reverend Hubert D. Robinson lived his life between Salina, Kansas and Boca-Raton, Florida. He was involved in...