Obituaries
Obituaries for Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Helen "Rita" Nestler
Jan 14, 2011
Mrs. Helen M. 'Rita' Nestler, 80, of New Cambria passed away, Friday, January 14th, 2011 at Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center in Salina. Mrs. Nestler was born in Chanute, Kansas on June 19, 1930, the daughter of the late Edward and Irene (Meagher) Kelley. At the age of 18 mos., she was adopted and raised by her aunt and uncle...
Robert E. Unselt
Jan 9, 2011
Mr. Robert E. Unselt, 48, of Salina, passed away Sunday, January 9th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Mr. Unselt was born in Rapid City , South Dakota on May 5, 1962, the son of Albert R. Unselt and Enid B. (Hill) Mitchnick. He was a high school graduate and worked as an over the road truckdriver. He married Rebecca...
Mary Marie Hachmeister
Jan 5, 2011
Mary Marie Hachmeister Mary Marie Hachmeister, 88, Ellsworth, Kansas, passed Wednesday, January 5th, 2011. Mary was born in Rural Waldo, Kansas on August 28, 1922, the daughter of the late Clyde and Merial Pierce. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church Lincoln, Kansas. Survivors include daughter: Marjeana Finnesy of Glendale, Arizona, son: Bud Hachmeister and wife Jo...
Louis W. Sr.
Jan 1, 2011
Pastor Louis W. Winn, Sr. Louis W. Winn, Sr., 75, Senior Pastor of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, of Salina, passed away Saturday, January 1, 2011 at Salina Regional Health Center. Pastor Winn was born in Oktaha, Oklahoma on July 7, 1935, the son of the late Acil and Eddie A. (Thomas) Winn. In 1953, Pastor Winn joined the...
John Ellis Noeller
Dec 31, 2010
John Ellis Noeller, 83, of Smolan, died Friday, December 31st, at the Lindsborg Community Hospital. He was born near Augusta, Kansas on February 24, 1927, the son of the late George and Lela Noeller. He was a crew chief for 39 years with Beech Aircraft in Salina. John was married to Claire 'Joan' Mintener and she precedes him in...
Bernita L. Dumis
Dec 31, 2010
Bernita L. Dumis passed away December 31, 2010 at Smoky Hill Rehab Center in Salina. She was born June 30, 1930 in Salina to Bernard and LaRee (Rolph) Kirby. Raised in Cloud County, she was the oldest grand daughter of Carl and Bessie Rolph. Bernita married Reeder Dumis and lived in Arkansas. After her husban's death she moved back...
Earl Copeland
Dec 28, 2010
Earl LeRoy Copeland Earl LeRoy Copeland, 82, Salina, KS died on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010 at Bethany Home in Lindsborg, Kansas. Earl was born at the family farm at Sparks, Nebraska on April 13, 1928, the son of the late John Frederick and Clara Ethel (Ogle) Copeland. He worked as a Carpenter, Painter, Farmer and Handyman. In his later...
Rosa Belle Nelson
Dec 24, 2010
Rosa Belle Nelson, age 99, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2010 at the Ottawa County Health Center in Minneapolis, KS.Rosa Belle lived most of her life in the home near Culver where she was born on December 10, 1911 to Annie Belle and George Clinton Hinkle. From the time she was a little girl, Rosa Belle knew she...
Patricia Miller
Dec 24, 2010
Patricia J. Miller Patricia J. Miller, 69, of Beloit, passed away Friday, December 24th, 2010. Patricia was born in Boulder, Colorado on August 15, 1941, the daughter of the late E. V. Miller and Mary (Phillips) Widner. Survivors include daughter: Melissa Miller of Beloit, Kansas; brother: Robert Miller and wife Adella of Brookville, Kansas; Half Sister: Shirley Lewis of...
Harrison "Wally" Mcwhorter
Dec 11, 2010
Mr. Harrison Waldo 'Wally' McWhorter, Sr., 65, of Bennington, passed away Saturday, December 11th, 2010 at Hospice of Salina. Mr. McWhorter was born in Syracuse, N.Y. on April 26, 1945, the son of the late Henry W. and Tessa G. (Gillespie) McWhorter. Wally graduated high school and attended some college. He married Ilene M. Cheever on November 8, 1965...
Richard Bennett
Dec 11, 2010
Salina, KSRichard Merle Bennett On Saturday, December 11th, 2010, at the age of 86, Richard departed to his heavenly home. Richard was born in Deer Creek, IL on October 31, 1924, the son of the late Jesse and Mabel (Siddons) Bennett. Richard was a mechanic for Sid Bacon Clark, and a landlord for over 50 years. He was a...
Floyd E. Nelson
Dec 10, 2010
Mr. Floyd E. Nelson, 61, of Salina passed away Friday, December 10th, 2010 at Hospice of Salina after a short battle with cancer. Mr. Nelson was born in Rydal, KS on June 15, 1949, the son of the late Howard and Zella M. (Walter) Miller. Floyd's father died when Floyd was a young boy and he was raised by...
Aldon "Al" Botts
Dec 3, 2010
Aldon L. 'Al' Botts Aldon passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010 at the age of 90. He was born December 30, 1919 in Rising Star, Texas. He had been a resident of Salina for many years during which time he was employed with City Taxi as a driver. In his later years, he was a house painter. Al...
William "Bill" Weaver
Nov 27, 2010
William A Weaver On Saturday, November 27th, William A. Weaver went to meet his maker. William was born in Junction City, Kansas on February 17, 1934, the son of the late Ardon and Hazel (Graham) Weaver. He attended Emmanuel Four Square Church in Salina, Kansas Bill work at the Junction City Daily Union for 13 years, retired from the...
Barbara Mick
Nov 27, 2010
Barbara Mick, 99, of Salina, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Barbara Katherine Mick was born in Woods Field, Ohio on November 2, 1911, the daughter of the late William and Matilda (Hine) Miller. On November 25, 1936, Barbara married Bernard (B.J.) Mick at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina, KS She was a loving mother and grandmother and...
Margaret Ann Higgins
Nov 26, 2010
Margaret Ann Higgins, 64, of Salina, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Higgins was born in Herington, Kansas on February 18, 1946, the daughter of the late Emmett Sheridan and Ella Marie (Williams) Allen. She was a high school graduate and graduate of the St. Francis School of Nursing. She worked as a nurse in...
Robert "Bob" Petty
Nov 26, 2010
Robert W. 'Bob' Petty Robert Wayne 'Bob' Petty, 80, of Salina died Friday, November 26th, 2010. He was retired from Rockwell International as Jet Propulsion Mechanic in Simi Valley, California for 22 years, and was also a real estate agent in California for many years. Robert Wayne Petty was born in Paragould, Arkansason July 30, 1930, the son of...
Miranda I. Gilliland
Nov 26, 2010
Miranda Ida Gilliland, 20, of Larned died Friday, November 26th, 2010 at Via Christi- St. Francis in Wichita. She was born in Hays, Kansas on March 22, 1990, the daughter of the late Nancy (Hilgers) and Randall Gilliland. Miranda worked as a waitress. She was preceded in death by her mother. Miranda is survived by her father Randall, sister,...
Michael D. Seitz
Nov 26, 2010
Mr. Michael D. 'Mike' Seitz, Sr., 47, of Salina passed away Friday, November 26th, 2010.Mr. Seitz was born in Springfield, Missouri on April 17, 1963, the son of Darrell Seitz and Sondra Buchanan. He was a was a high school graduate and worked as a satellite televison installation technician. Mike was a member of the U. S. Army Reserves...
Melina Garman
Nov 18, 2010
Melina Keilani Garman, of Salina passed away Thursday, November 18th, 2010 at Geary Community Hospital, Junction City. She is the infant daughter of Tafaomaleuatogi and Sunni A. (Lobdell) Garman. She is survived by her parents, brother Tafao Garman, Jr.; sister, Halia Garman; and her maternal and paternal grandparents. Family will receive friends at Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home from 9 am...
Helen "Rita" Nestler
Jan 14, 2011
Mrs. Helen M. 'Rita' Nestler, 80, of New Cambria passed away, Friday, January 14th, 2011 at Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center in Salina. Mrs. Nestler was born in Chanute, Kansas on June 19, 1930, the daughter of the late Edward and Irene (Meagher) Kelley. At the age of 18 mos., she was adopted and raised by her aunt and uncle...
Robert E. Unselt
Jan 9, 2011
Mr. Robert E. Unselt, 48, of Salina, passed away Sunday, January 9th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Mr. Unselt was born in Rapid City , South Dakota on May 5, 1962, the son of Albert R. Unselt and Enid B. (Hill) Mitchnick. He was a high school graduate and worked as an over the road truckdriver. He married Rebecca...
Mary Marie Hachmeister
Jan 5, 2011
Mary Marie Hachmeister Mary Marie Hachmeister, 88, Ellsworth, Kansas, passed Wednesday, January 5th, 2011. Mary was born in Rural Waldo, Kansas on August 28, 1922, the daughter of the late Clyde and Merial Pierce. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church Lincoln, Kansas. Survivors include daughter: Marjeana Finnesy of Glendale, Arizona, son: Bud Hachmeister and wife Jo...
Louis W. Sr.
Jan 1, 2011
Pastor Louis W. Winn, Sr. Louis W. Winn, Sr., 75, Senior Pastor of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, of Salina, passed away Saturday, January 1, 2011 at Salina Regional Health Center. Pastor Winn was born in Oktaha, Oklahoma on July 7, 1935, the son of the late Acil and Eddie A. (Thomas) Winn. In 1953, Pastor Winn joined the...
John Ellis Noeller
Dec 31, 2010
John Ellis Noeller, 83, of Smolan, died Friday, December 31st, at the Lindsborg Community Hospital. He was born near Augusta, Kansas on February 24, 1927, the son of the late George and Lela Noeller. He was a crew chief for 39 years with Beech Aircraft in Salina. John was married to Claire 'Joan' Mintener and she precedes him in...
Bernita L. Dumis
Dec 31, 2010
Bernita L. Dumis passed away December 31, 2010 at Smoky Hill Rehab Center in Salina. She was born June 30, 1930 in Salina to Bernard and LaRee (Rolph) Kirby. Raised in Cloud County, she was the oldest grand daughter of Carl and Bessie Rolph. Bernita married Reeder Dumis and lived in Arkansas. After her husban's death she moved back...
Earl Copeland
Dec 28, 2010
Earl LeRoy Copeland Earl LeRoy Copeland, 82, Salina, KS died on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010 at Bethany Home in Lindsborg, Kansas. Earl was born at the family farm at Sparks, Nebraska on April 13, 1928, the son of the late John Frederick and Clara Ethel (Ogle) Copeland. He worked as a Carpenter, Painter, Farmer and Handyman. In his later...
Rosa Belle Nelson
Dec 24, 2010
Rosa Belle Nelson, age 99, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2010 at the Ottawa County Health Center in Minneapolis, KS.Rosa Belle lived most of her life in the home near Culver where she was born on December 10, 1911 to Annie Belle and George Clinton Hinkle. From the time she was a little girl, Rosa Belle knew she...
Patricia Miller
Dec 24, 2010
Patricia J. Miller Patricia J. Miller, 69, of Beloit, passed away Friday, December 24th, 2010. Patricia was born in Boulder, Colorado on August 15, 1941, the daughter of the late E. V. Miller and Mary (Phillips) Widner. Survivors include daughter: Melissa Miller of Beloit, Kansas; brother: Robert Miller and wife Adella of Brookville, Kansas; Half Sister: Shirley Lewis of...
Harrison "Wally" Mcwhorter
Dec 11, 2010
Mr. Harrison Waldo 'Wally' McWhorter, Sr., 65, of Bennington, passed away Saturday, December 11th, 2010 at Hospice of Salina. Mr. McWhorter was born in Syracuse, N.Y. on April 26, 1945, the son of the late Henry W. and Tessa G. (Gillespie) McWhorter. Wally graduated high school and attended some college. He married Ilene M. Cheever on November 8, 1965...
Richard Bennett
Dec 11, 2010
Salina, KSRichard Merle Bennett On Saturday, December 11th, 2010, at the age of 86, Richard departed to his heavenly home. Richard was born in Deer Creek, IL on October 31, 1924, the son of the late Jesse and Mabel (Siddons) Bennett. Richard was a mechanic for Sid Bacon Clark, and a landlord for over 50 years. He was a...
Floyd E. Nelson
Dec 10, 2010
Mr. Floyd E. Nelson, 61, of Salina passed away Friday, December 10th, 2010 at Hospice of Salina after a short battle with cancer. Mr. Nelson was born in Rydal, KS on June 15, 1949, the son of the late Howard and Zella M. (Walter) Miller. Floyd's father died when Floyd was a young boy and he was raised by...
Aldon "Al" Botts
Dec 3, 2010
Aldon L. 'Al' Botts Aldon passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010 at the age of 90. He was born December 30, 1919 in Rising Star, Texas. He had been a resident of Salina for many years during which time he was employed with City Taxi as a driver. In his later years, he was a house painter. Al...
William "Bill" Weaver
Nov 27, 2010
William A Weaver On Saturday, November 27th, William A. Weaver went to meet his maker. William was born in Junction City, Kansas on February 17, 1934, the son of the late Ardon and Hazel (Graham) Weaver. He attended Emmanuel Four Square Church in Salina, Kansas Bill work at the Junction City Daily Union for 13 years, retired from the...
Barbara Mick
Nov 27, 2010
Barbara Mick, 99, of Salina, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Barbara Katherine Mick was born in Woods Field, Ohio on November 2, 1911, the daughter of the late William and Matilda (Hine) Miller. On November 25, 1936, Barbara married Bernard (B.J.) Mick at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina, KS She was a loving mother and grandmother and...
Margaret Ann Higgins
Nov 26, 2010
Margaret Ann Higgins, 64, of Salina, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Higgins was born in Herington, Kansas on February 18, 1946, the daughter of the late Emmett Sheridan and Ella Marie (Williams) Allen. She was a high school graduate and graduate of the St. Francis School of Nursing. She worked as a nurse in...
Robert "Bob" Petty
Nov 26, 2010
Robert W. 'Bob' Petty Robert Wayne 'Bob' Petty, 80, of Salina died Friday, November 26th, 2010. He was retired from Rockwell International as Jet Propulsion Mechanic in Simi Valley, California for 22 years, and was also a real estate agent in California for many years. Robert Wayne Petty was born in Paragould, Arkansason July 30, 1930, the son of...
Miranda I. Gilliland
Nov 26, 2010
Miranda Ida Gilliland, 20, of Larned died Friday, November 26th, 2010 at Via Christi- St. Francis in Wichita. She was born in Hays, Kansas on March 22, 1990, the daughter of the late Nancy (Hilgers) and Randall Gilliland. Miranda worked as a waitress. She was preceded in death by her mother. Miranda is survived by her father Randall, sister,...
Michael D. Seitz
Nov 26, 2010
Mr. Michael D. 'Mike' Seitz, Sr., 47, of Salina passed away Friday, November 26th, 2010.Mr. Seitz was born in Springfield, Missouri on April 17, 1963, the son of Darrell Seitz and Sondra Buchanan. He was a was a high school graduate and worked as a satellite televison installation technician. Mike was a member of the U. S. Army Reserves...
Melina Garman
Nov 18, 2010
Melina Keilani Garman, of Salina passed away Thursday, November 18th, 2010 at Geary Community Hospital, Junction City. She is the infant daughter of Tafaomaleuatogi and Sunni A. (Lobdell) Garman. She is survived by her parents, brother Tafao Garman, Jr.; sister, Halia Garman; and her maternal and paternal grandparents. Family will receive friends at Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home from 9 am...


