SALINA- Our beloved wife and mother, Betty Louise Norton, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the age of 97. She was born April 28, 1927, in Newton, Kansas, to Emma Marie (Holinde) and Hyron Floyd Leckington. Betty married Ellis R. Norton on July 14, 1953, and together they were blessed with four children: Jennifer S. Skidmore (Rick, deceased), Jeffrey R. Norton (deceased),...

Ruby Emaline (Calhoon) Phillips, born on May 15, 1937, in Speed, Kansas, to Willis William and Ruby Grace (Lindenmuth) Calhoon, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at Sunset Nursing Center in Concordia, Kansas. She was the eldest of six children and spent her early years in various communities across Phillips County, Kansas. Ruby attended several one-room schools, completing the...

Robert "Bob" Rickard, 62, passed away Sunday, October 20th, 2024 in Salina. He was born on October 30, 1961 to Bobby and Wanda (Landers) Rickard in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Arrangements by Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home....

David John Youtsey, 87, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 16th, in Salina, Kansas. David was born in Galva, Kansas on March 16, 1937, to Jesse and Theodore Youtsey. David served in the United States Army for 2+ years. He was stationed in Japan. He graduated from Fort Hays State University. And later became an architect at Wilson & Company David and his wife, Neoma "...

Harold Lee Hawkins, 81, of Abilene, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 17th, 2024. Harold was born in Lucas, Kansas on April 26, 1943, to Madonna Louise “Crimen” Gear and Olin Lee Hawkins. Harold served in the United States Marine Corps. On March 24, 1972, Harold married Toni Gellinger in Topeka, Kansas. Survivors include his son, Lee Hawkins (Hilaire), of Olathe, Kansas, and tw...

Joan Wilson, born October 11, 1928, passed peacefully October 19, 2024, at the age of 96. Growing up in Ash Creek area, outside Ellsworth, she was the eldest of Harry and Jessie (Bailey) Long’s five children. Her life was a testament to strength, resilience, and love for family. Joan learned the value of hard work, responsibility, compassion, and play. Get up early to milk cows, hurry to scho...

Sister Virginia Pearl died October 19, 2024, at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia.  She was 94 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 65 years.  She was born in Rossville, KS, on June 24, 1930, to Thomas and Florence Doyle Pearl, the fifth of six children, and was baptized Virginia Lou.  She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia on September 8, 1958.  On March 18, 1959, Virginia...

Douglas James Olson passed away in Salina, KS on Friday, October 18, 2024, at the age of 72. He was born July 1, 1952, to parents Alfred and Carol Olson at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, KS. He graduated from Salina South High School (class of 1971) and attended Kansas Technical Institute in Salina, KS becoming a surveyor by trade afterward. He married, Sally Ann (Shrader) Olson on July 1st, 197...

FORT WORTH, TX - Elvera A. (Himmelwright) Riggs passed away Sunday, October 6, 2024 at her home. Elvera was preceded in death by her husband, Parents, three brothers and one sister. Elvera is survived by her three children: Debra (Michael Barnhart), Regina, and Wesley (Haiqong), four grand children: Laura and John Barnhart, Veronica (Sam Vallagomesa) and Douglas Riggs, and one great grand da...

We mourn the loss of Gloria Bell (Oberndorfer) Lewandowski, 89, who died Thursday, October 17, 2024 in Salina, Kansas. Gloria was born in Sylvan Grove, Kansas on January 5, 1935 to Esther S. and Walter R. Oberndorfer. She graduated from Sylvan Grove High School in 1953 and attended St. John’s Lutheran College in Winfield, Kansas. While working in Salina, Kansas in the mid-1950s, Gloria met her f...