Obituaries
Obituaries for Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
Dorothy Maydean Huebner
Jan 26, 2012
Dorothy Maydean Huebner, 85, of Salina, passed away Thursday, January 26th, at Holiday Resort. Dorothy was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on January 31, 1926, to the late Maydean (Douglas) and Clarence 'Butch' Sweet. She would recall fondly how her mother was a 'flapper' and how her parents were a fashionable couple of 'the Roaring 20s.' She grew up...
Delores I. Robinson
Jan 26, 2012
Delores I. Robinson, 78, of Abilene, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 26th, at her home. Delores was born on March 9, 1933 to Blanche and George Wilson, at their rural Abilene farm house. She was a graduate of Abilene High School class of 1951. On October 27, 1951, she was married to William Robinson. Their union was blessed with...
Mildred Ann Drayer
Jan 20, 2012
Mildred Ann Drayer, 78, formerly of Delphos, passed away Sunday, January 20th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Mildred was born in Rowley, Iowa on May 1, 1934, to the late Ellen (Pike) Doyl and William Nowadzky. She worked as a health care provider for over forty five years. Mildred is survived by daughters, Mary Arvelo of Salina, and companion...
Agnes "Yvonne" Hawks
Jan 18, 2012
Agnes Y. 'Yvonne' Hawks Agnes Y. 'Yvonne' Hawks, 68, of Smolan, passed away Wednesday, January 18th. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama on February 5, 1943, a daughter of the late Eva (Thompson) Stoddard and Ralph Sanders. Yvonne attended New Community Christian Church in Salina and was a member of the Eagles Auxilliary in Salina. On December 8, 1962,...
Pamela Denise Robson
Jan 17, 2012
Pamela Denise Robson Pamela Denise Robson, 56, of Salina, passed away Sunday, January 17th. Pamela was born in Moses Lake, Washington on September 4, 1955, a daughter of Barbara (Orendorff) Robson and Donald Everett Robson. Survivors include her parents: Barbara Robson of Salina and Donald Robson or Vail, Arizona; brother: Alan Robson of Silver Spring, Maryland; and sister: Susan...
Ronald "Randy Brown
Jan 9, 2012
Salina, KS Ronald Lee 'Randy' Brown, Jr. Ronald Lee 'Randy' Brown, Jr., 51, of Salina, passed away Monday, January 9th, at the Kaye Pogue Hospice Center. Randy was born in Salina on December 18, 1960, to Ronald Lee Brown, Sr. and the late Sandra Jean (Falk) Hanson. Randy attended Salina South High School and worked as a material handler...
Jesse A. Sills
Jan 8, 2012
Jesse A. Sills Jesse A. Sills, 84, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, January 8th, 2012. Jesse was born in South Bend, Indiana on November 19, 1927, a son of the late Frankie (Opelt) and Carl Ralph Sills. Survivors include two daughters, Elaine Chambers of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Eileen Snow of Tulsa, Oklahoma; son, Jesse A. Sills Jr, of Spokane,...
Dewite J. Constable
Jan 3, 2012
Dewite J. Constable, 73, of Salina passed away Tuesday, January 3rd, at Kenwood View Rehab & Health Care. Dewite was born in Bennington, Kansas on November 6, 1938, to the late Merle (Smith) and H. Victor Constable. He worked as a truck driver for J.B. Hunt and as a maintenance man at Tony's Pizza Service. In his free time...
Christine Perez Cobler
Jan 1, 2012
Christine P. Cobler, 84, of Minneapolis, passed away Sunday, January 1st, at Ottawa County Health Center. Christine was born in Bryan, TX on July 25, 1927, to the late Ceserina Zega and Leocadio (Perez) Zega. She worked as a Home Health Care Aide. She is survived by her siser Pauline and many nieces and nephews. Christine was preceded in...
Eric A. Morton
Dec 26, 2011
Eric A Morton, 49, of Salina, passed away Monday, December 26th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Eric was born in New Brunswick, NJ on January 1, 1962, to Annie K. (Jordan) Anderson and George R. Morton. Eric worked as a truck driver Eric is survived by his wife, Tara Peoples of the home; his parents; grandmother, Alice Brockaw; sons,...
Dean E. Launchbaugh
Dec 19, 2011
Dean E. Launchbaugh, 81, of Salina passed away Monday, December 19th, at his home. Dean was born in Mankato, KS on October 3, 1930 to the late Ruby (Cripe) and Merle Launchbaugh. Dean was a high school graduate and he worked as a federal meat inspector. He was also a member of the VFW and American Legion. Dean married...
Earl Leon Cassel
Nov 27, 2011
Earl Leon Cassel Earl Leon Cassel, 68, of Salina, passed away Sunday, November 27th, at Salina Regional Health Center, Kansas. Earl was born in Salina, on March 23, 1943, a son of the late Bessie J. (Pierce) Luck and William McKinley Cassel. On Oct. 9, 1989, Earl married Sharon (Jacobs) Cassel in Salina. Survivors include wife: Sharon Cassel of...
Melba Mae Lonberger
Nov 19, 2011
Melba Mae Lonberger Melba Mae Lonberger, 86, died November 19, 2011, in Salina, Kansas. She was born May 19, 1925, to Frank Harris and Maebelle Rathbun Keeler, in her parents' home near Barnard, Kansas, the fourth of five children. As a child she loved animals, and like her older sister, Maxyne, she collected pictures of movie stars. She enjoyed...
Jonny M. Plummer
Nov 17, 2011
Jonny M. Plummer, 57, of Salina passed away Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Kenwood View Rehab & Health Care. Jonny was born in Oakley, Kansas on October 23, 1954, a son of the late Margueritte (Cope) and Leslie Plummer. He was a high school graduate and attended some trade school He worked as a painter and carpenter. Jonny is...
Patricia Mae Arnold
Nov 17, 2011
Patricia Mae Arnold Patricia Mae Arnold, 71, of Salina, passed away Thursday, November 17th, at Kay Pogue Hospice Center. Patricia was born in Salina, Kansas on April 17, 1940, daughter of the late Lela Mae (Shirk) and Cecil Pedersen. In 1958, she graduated from Salina Central High. She worked as a Secretary for the City of Salina - Street...
Carolie Jean Hoffman
Nov 3, 2011
Carolie Jean Hoffman Carolie Hoffman, 86, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at her home in Enterprise, Kansas. Carolie was born August 7, 1925 at Galatia, Kansas, daughter of Hoyt and Laura (Saylor) Wolfenbarger. She attended Talmage Elementary School and graduated from Chapman High School in 1943. She married Earl McKeeman (1945-57) and Reed Hoffman in 1959 to present...
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...
Dorothy Maydean Huebner
Jan 26, 2012
Dorothy Maydean Huebner, 85, of Salina, passed away Thursday, January 26th, at Holiday Resort. Dorothy was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on January 31, 1926, to the late Maydean (Douglas) and Clarence 'Butch' Sweet. She would recall fondly how her mother was a 'flapper' and how her parents were a fashionable couple of 'the Roaring 20s.' She grew up...
Delores I. Robinson
Jan 26, 2012
Delores I. Robinson, 78, of Abilene, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 26th, at her home. Delores was born on March 9, 1933 to Blanche and George Wilson, at their rural Abilene farm house. She was a graduate of Abilene High School class of 1951. On October 27, 1951, she was married to William Robinson. Their union was blessed with...
Mildred Ann Drayer
Jan 20, 2012
Mildred Ann Drayer, 78, formerly of Delphos, passed away Sunday, January 20th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Mildred was born in Rowley, Iowa on May 1, 1934, to the late Ellen (Pike) Doyl and William Nowadzky. She worked as a health care provider for over forty five years. Mildred is survived by daughters, Mary Arvelo of Salina, and companion...
Agnes "Yvonne" Hawks
Jan 18, 2012
Agnes Y. 'Yvonne' Hawks Agnes Y. 'Yvonne' Hawks, 68, of Smolan, passed away Wednesday, January 18th. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama on February 5, 1943, a daughter of the late Eva (Thompson) Stoddard and Ralph Sanders. Yvonne attended New Community Christian Church in Salina and was a member of the Eagles Auxilliary in Salina. On December 8, 1962,...
Pamela Denise Robson
Jan 17, 2012
Pamela Denise Robson Pamela Denise Robson, 56, of Salina, passed away Sunday, January 17th. Pamela was born in Moses Lake, Washington on September 4, 1955, a daughter of Barbara (Orendorff) Robson and Donald Everett Robson. Survivors include her parents: Barbara Robson of Salina and Donald Robson or Vail, Arizona; brother: Alan Robson of Silver Spring, Maryland; and sister: Susan...
Ronald "Randy Brown
Jan 9, 2012
Salina, KS Ronald Lee 'Randy' Brown, Jr. Ronald Lee 'Randy' Brown, Jr., 51, of Salina, passed away Monday, January 9th, at the Kaye Pogue Hospice Center. Randy was born in Salina on December 18, 1960, to Ronald Lee Brown, Sr. and the late Sandra Jean (Falk) Hanson. Randy attended Salina South High School and worked as a material handler...
Jesse A. Sills
Jan 8, 2012
Jesse A. Sills Jesse A. Sills, 84, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, January 8th, 2012. Jesse was born in South Bend, Indiana on November 19, 1927, a son of the late Frankie (Opelt) and Carl Ralph Sills. Survivors include two daughters, Elaine Chambers of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Eileen Snow of Tulsa, Oklahoma; son, Jesse A. Sills Jr, of Spokane,...
Dewite J. Constable
Jan 3, 2012
Dewite J. Constable, 73, of Salina passed away Tuesday, January 3rd, at Kenwood View Rehab & Health Care. Dewite was born in Bennington, Kansas on November 6, 1938, to the late Merle (Smith) and H. Victor Constable. He worked as a truck driver for J.B. Hunt and as a maintenance man at Tony's Pizza Service. In his free time...
Christine Perez Cobler
Jan 1, 2012
Christine P. Cobler, 84, of Minneapolis, passed away Sunday, January 1st, at Ottawa County Health Center. Christine was born in Bryan, TX on July 25, 1927, to the late Ceserina Zega and Leocadio (Perez) Zega. She worked as a Home Health Care Aide. She is survived by her siser Pauline and many nieces and nephews. Christine was preceded in...
Eric A. Morton
Dec 26, 2011
Eric A Morton, 49, of Salina, passed away Monday, December 26th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Eric was born in New Brunswick, NJ on January 1, 1962, to Annie K. (Jordan) Anderson and George R. Morton. Eric worked as a truck driver Eric is survived by his wife, Tara Peoples of the home; his parents; grandmother, Alice Brockaw; sons,...
Dean E. Launchbaugh
Dec 19, 2011
Dean E. Launchbaugh, 81, of Salina passed away Monday, December 19th, at his home. Dean was born in Mankato, KS on October 3, 1930 to the late Ruby (Cripe) and Merle Launchbaugh. Dean was a high school graduate and he worked as a federal meat inspector. He was also a member of the VFW and American Legion. Dean married...
Earl Leon Cassel
Nov 27, 2011
Earl Leon Cassel Earl Leon Cassel, 68, of Salina, passed away Sunday, November 27th, at Salina Regional Health Center, Kansas. Earl was born in Salina, on March 23, 1943, a son of the late Bessie J. (Pierce) Luck and William McKinley Cassel. On Oct. 9, 1989, Earl married Sharon (Jacobs) Cassel in Salina. Survivors include wife: Sharon Cassel of...
Melba Mae Lonberger
Nov 19, 2011
Melba Mae Lonberger Melba Mae Lonberger, 86, died November 19, 2011, in Salina, Kansas. She was born May 19, 1925, to Frank Harris and Maebelle Rathbun Keeler, in her parents' home near Barnard, Kansas, the fourth of five children. As a child she loved animals, and like her older sister, Maxyne, she collected pictures of movie stars. She enjoyed...
Jonny M. Plummer
Nov 17, 2011
Jonny M. Plummer, 57, of Salina passed away Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Kenwood View Rehab & Health Care. Jonny was born in Oakley, Kansas on October 23, 1954, a son of the late Margueritte (Cope) and Leslie Plummer. He was a high school graduate and attended some trade school He worked as a painter and carpenter. Jonny is...
Patricia Mae Arnold
Nov 17, 2011
Patricia Mae Arnold Patricia Mae Arnold, 71, of Salina, passed away Thursday, November 17th, at Kay Pogue Hospice Center. Patricia was born in Salina, Kansas on April 17, 1940, daughter of the late Lela Mae (Shirk) and Cecil Pedersen. In 1958, she graduated from Salina Central High. She worked as a Secretary for the City of Salina - Street...
Carolie Jean Hoffman
Nov 3, 2011
Carolie Jean Hoffman Carolie Hoffman, 86, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at her home in Enterprise, Kansas. Carolie was born August 7, 1925 at Galatia, Kansas, daughter of Hoyt and Laura (Saylor) Wolfenbarger. She attended Talmage Elementary School and graduated from Chapman High School in 1943. She married Earl McKeeman (1945-57) and Reed Hoffman in 1959 to present...


