E. Dean Williams was born March 3, 1928, in Glasco, Ks. and died February 13, 2024, at the age of 95. He was the youngest of 6 children born to Jesse and Emma Olson Williams and graduated from Glasco High in 1946. He then served for 2 years in the U.S. Navy Air Corps before returning to Glasco upon his honorable discharge. Dean then went to work at the Co-Op service station for a year and then the...

Bonnie E. Sjogren, age 74, of Concordia, KS, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born on January 21, 1950 in Colony, KS to Earl R. & Mary E. (Best) Clemans, Jr. Bonnie graduated from Crest High School in 1968, she then graduated from Ft. Scott Community College in 1970 and attended Kansas State University. She married Charles Sjogren on F...

Doris (Soderstrom) Carlson,92, affectionately known as Sody, The General, The Queen, passed away May 23, 2024, at Bethany Home in Lindsborg.  She was born November 5, 1931, to LaVerne (Sody) and Amanda (Siemsen) Soderstrom in Lindsborg. She attended schools in Lindsborg including Bethany College, where she received her degree in Elementary Education. On June 5, 1954, she married Bill Carlson. The...

Dewey G Nelson, 74, Concordia, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 24, 2024 at Advena Living of Clay Center. He was born on June 10, 1949 to Durrel and Velma (French) Nelson in Belleville, Kansas. He attended Concordia Schools and graduated in 1968. He went on to work for ABB and Cloud Ceramics. Dewey married Kathy Bible in 1970 in Golden, Colorado. Dewey could do just about anything he wa...

Marilyn Sorenson, 76, was born Marilyn Murdick on July 6, 1947 in Ottawa County, KS. She married Jerry Sorenson in 1989 and he survives of the home.  Other survivors include her three children, David Spain, Shellie Spain, and Jason Thayer; stepchildren, Jerry Lee Sorenson, Jeana Breen, Jody Gawith; seven grandchildren and numerous bonus grandchildren and friends. Marilyn was a woman with a ...

As Aviators do, Guy Junior Prichard, 101 years, 7 months “flew into the sunset” May 23, 2024, in Salina Kansas. He was born, October 29, 1922, to Iva (Bennett) and Guy Jennings Prichard at home in rural Enterprise, KS. He married Evelyn (Allen) on Dec 22, 1946, making Enterprise, KS their lifetime home as they raised 4 children. He rode a pony to grade school, farmed with his father usi...

Ernest Neal Long, 86, of Hampton, CT passed away on December 26, 2023. He was born in Tescott, KS, son of the late Harold and Lola (Newland) Long. Neal was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in Stuttgart, Germany. While in the military, he was on the Army boxing team, winning the light heavyweight championship and skydiving team, with over 400 jumps in his career, even as Santa Claus. Because of his ...

Mary Alberta Mullen, 75, of Salina, passed away Thursday, May 23rd, 2024. Mary was born in Concordia, Kansas on August 20, 1948, a daughter of Margaret Marie (Butler) and Albert George Gruenthal. She was an Elementary Teacher at St. Mary's Grade School. On June 27, 1975, Mary married Don Mullen in Salina. Survivors include her husband, Don; daughter, Christina Mullen, of Salina; and he...

Garry Wayne Everson, 89, died May 15, 2024, in Salina, Kansas, where he had made his home since 1967.  He was born on a farm February 8, 1935, the sixth of six sons of Gillis and Ella (Gunlicks) Everson of Mankato, Kansas. His five brothers predeceased him: Raymond, Hutchinson, Kansas; Merrill, Edina, Minnesota; Lester, Mankato, Kansas; Glen, Hutchinson, Kansas; and Jerald, Big Timber, Montana.�...

Donald Edwin Lloyd, 94, of Salina, passed away Friday, May 17th, 2024. Don was born in Tacoma, Washington, on October 29, 1929, a son of Thalia (Starling) and Harry Lloyd. Describing his childhood “as the best time and place to be a kid.” Don thrived on the outdoors, being with friends, and getting into trouble. The United States Air Force providentially moved Don to the Schilling Air Fo...