Loren L. Peck passed away on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 at Enterprise Estates. He was born in Clay County, on June 10, 1931 at the farm home of his parents Henry and Edna (Schweitzer) Peck. The family moved to a farm west of Hope in 1935. He attended the Tennessee and Dillon Grade Schools. He went to Hop High School one year and the family moved to northeast of Woodbine, and graduated from Chapman High ...

Myrna Lee Bartell (Kleinsorge), 81, passed away December 28, 2020 at Salina Regional Health Center. Myrna was born June 24, 1939 to Leo & Valaria (Mumm) Kleinsorge in Leoville, KS. The oldest of 9 Siblings, she grew up on a farm northwest of Selden, KS. Myrna graduated from Seldon High School in 1957 and began working at the hospital in Colby where she met Virgil Bartell. They were married ...

Richard D. Blackburn passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born February 5, 1937 in Ellsworth, Kansas the son of Paul and Dorothy (Pohle) Blackburn. He graduated from Ellsworth High School and from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy.   Richard proudly served his country in the United States Army. He had worked for Ricco...

John F. Geisler, age 59, entered into rest on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born on August 12, 1961 in Concordia, Kansas to Clarence D. and Dorothy E. (Otott) Geisler.   John was a 1978 graduate of Clyde High School, with recognition in football and baseball. He attended Ft. Hays State University, on a football scholarship. &...

After 5 years of battling cancer with such a courageous and optimistic spirit, Mary Ruxlow, 53, of McPherson, Kansas passed away at 8:53 a.m., Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 while in the company of her husband, at her home.   Mary was born in Richfield, Minnesota on January 25, 1967, a daughter of Louise and John Paul.   Mary attended the Richfield grade schools and graduated f...

Thomasina Clarice “Claire” Taylor, 62, died December 28, 2020. She was born December 9, 1958 in Memphis, TN the daughter of Darwin and Nadine (Hawks) Weeks. She had been a lamp assembly worker at Philips Lighting, Salina. Claire is survived by her companion, Michael L. Taylor, Salina; her daughter Tiffanie (Loseman) Godson, Oklahoma City, OK, and a grand daughter, Madelynn McMurry. Memor...

Glenn L. Headley, 84, of Salina passed away Sunday, December 27 at Salina Presbyterian Manor. He was born April 29, 1936 to Clifford and Ethel Headley in Downs, Kansas, the fifth of six children. Upon graduation from Downs High School in 1954, Glenn moved to Salina, Kansas. As a freshman at Kansas Wesleyan, Glenn began working at Stevenson’s Clothing which turned into his life-long profession, e...

Dolores Marlyn Lowrey, 89, die Dec. 25, 2020 at Pinnacle Park, Salina. She was born April 26, 1931 in McPherson, KS. the daughter of William and Eva (Kenison) Lowery. She was retired and a diehard Royals fan. Dolores is preceded in death by her parents; her brothe,r Lawrence Lowrey, and her lifelong friend, Wanda Klenk. Dolores will be cremated and her ashes inurned with her parents in th...

Doris Jean Parkhurst Petrilyak, "Dottie" age 91 passed peacefully on December 22, 2020. . She was preceded in death by her husband Nicholas Petrilyak, son Nicholas M. Petrilyak, her parents Harry I. & Anna Hilman Parkhurst, and brother Robert L. Parkhurst. Dottie was born May 3, 1929 in Glen Ridge New Jersey. She graduated from Montclair High School, Montclair NJ.  In 1949 she graduated fr...

Robert Dale Troyer, 82, of Lindsborg, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 26th, 2020.   Robert was born in Bel Aire, Kansas on February 19, 1938, a son of the late Beulah May (Carnegie) and Bezzie Othel Troyer.   He retired as a Truck Driver from John E. Jones Oil Co. in Stockton, Kansas. He had also worked at various other companies including Hamilton Transport, Neitzel T...