Dala Ann Weeks, age 71, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at the Memorial Hospital in Abilene. She was born January 29, 1950 in Abilene the son of Elvin and Mary Ellen (Walters) Mikesell.   On August 24, 2015 Ann married the love of her life Kenneth Weeks in Salina. She was a homemaker and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist/Latter Day Saints in Salina and the Eagles L...

Fumi Osada McFarland, passed away Jan 10, 2021. She was born August 3, 1928 in Japan. She married Clayton McFarland on March 29, 1967 in Japan. She was a member of the buddhist temple in Japan She is survived by her husband, Clayton, of the home; a grandson, Yugi Morita of Japan and a special niece, Becky Tappendick, and several nieces and nephew in Japan and the United States. There will...

Salina- Eric Carl Ebel, 73, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021. Eric was born July 19, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan to Carl and Josephine Ebel. Eric proudly served in Vietnam in the 101st Airborne Army Division. He worked as a detective in Michigan before moving to Salina. He had many friends, an amazing sense of humor, and was always the life of the party. Eric was preceded in death by his p...

Neil Ernest Dykes, 42, of McPherson, Kansas., passed away at 5:22 p.m., Thursday, January 28th, 2021 while in the company of his wife and mother-in-law, at Ascension Via Christi, St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. Neil was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 9, 1978, a son of Lorraine J. (Griego) and Rex Duane Dykes, I. Neil attended Lincoln and Washington grade schools, McPherson Middle Sch...

John Matthew Hein, 46, of El Dorado, Kansas passed away Friday, January 1st, 2020 suddenly at his residence. John was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 17, 1974, a son of Melinda L. (Tucker) Grisham and Bobby C. Hein John attended Lincoln grade school, McPherson Middle School and McPherson High School, McPherson, Kansas. John Matthew Hein was united in marriage to Danielle Frazier in May...

Funeral services for Della Lou Henkle, age 87, of Abilene, will be 10:00 am Friday, February 5, 2021 at the First Christian Church in Abilene with Pastor Jason Koehler officiating. Mrs. Henkle passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 at Village Manor in Abilene.   She was born February 8, 1933 in Burlington, Kansas the daughter of George Nathan and Ada (Boyer) Macoubrie. On June 2, 1951 she...

John C. Massey Jr., 77, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021. He was born June 26, 1943 in Wilmington, NC. He worked for The Waldinger Corp as a Project Manager. John was also a member of Kansas Bass Masters, AFSO, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and Post 0256 Wichita Chapter American Legion. He was preceded in death by his parents, John C. Sr. and Ressie L. (Davis) Massey; wife, J...

Elizabeth (Baustian) Nelson Myers was born in Lindsborg, Kan., on April 1, 1923. Her parents, Edith (Lundquist) and H.F. Baustian, were long-time educators in McPherson, Saline, and Ottawa counties. Elizabeth, known to many as Betty Marie, was a graduate of Windom High School and Bethany College. She earned her Master of Science degree from Emporia State University and pursued additional gradua...

Linda J. Palmquist, 78, of Concordia, KS died on February 1 at Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, KS. Born Linda Jean Basso on December 10, 1942, in Kansas City, MO, she was the youngest child of Andrew and Olive “Maxine” Basso. Linda graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, MO. She later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Pre-Art Therapy from Kansas St...

Eva Maria Lankhorst, 84, of Salina, passed away Friday, January 29th, 2021. Eva was born in Bandung, Indonesia (Formerly the Dutch East Indies), on September 9, 1936, a daughter of the late Christine Adele (Poth) and Henk Gortz. After World War II, her family moved to Holland, where she finished high school and then attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Eva married Han Lankhorst and moved to...