Lourena Laura Korinek, 74, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 24, 2025. Lourena was born in Ellsworth, Kansas on September 23, 1950, a daughter of the late Alice E. (Merrill) and Earl J. McCall. She was a cosmetologist for 40+ years and worked for TLC until retirement. On September 20, 1969, Lourena married Frank H. Korinek Survivors include her husband, Frank; daughter, Ni...

Wynona (Noni) May Larson, 89 years young of Salina, Kansas passed away January 17, 2025, at her son’s home in Madera, California. Wynona was born March 16, 1935, the daughter of Glenwood Emerson Morgan and Jessie (Senner) Morgan Jones from rural Concordia. Wynona attended Concordia High School for 3 1/2 years and graduated from Wichita High School due to her family relocating her senior year....

Edith Ann "Edie" Skarky, 73, passed away Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 at Showalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas after a long, courageous struggle with health issues. She enjoyed living the past few years at Showalter and considered it her home and the staff her family. Edie (as she preferred) was born in Enid, Oklahoma on April 3, 1951 to parents, Amanda Mae (Wetzel) and Jerry Fred Skarky. She, alon...

Brent Dana Kirkhart, 64, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025. Brent was born in Minneola, Kansas on November 20, 1960, to Sandy (Stoddard) and Lyndell Kirkhart. He grew up in Minneola, where he attended school from kindergarten through graduation. He was an outstanding athlete, participating in football, basketball, and track throughout his junior and high school years....

Karen Kay (Stucky) Patterson, 76, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ and loved ones who welcomed her on January 16, 2025. She was born September 1, 1948 in Newton, Kansas to Roy and Marie (Claassen) Stucky, graduated from Berean Academy High School and attended Calvary Bible College. On March 15, 1968, she married her soulmate and lifelong partner Roy Dale Patterson in Wichita, Kansas. ...

Robert E. Garrison, Jr., passed away Saturday January 18, 2025, after a brief illness. He was born August 2nd, 1963, to R.E. “Bob” and Elizabeth “Betty” Garrison in Salina, KS. He was his parents’ pride and joy. Rob graduated from Salina Central High School in 1981. Being a proud member of the FFA, he went on to study agriculture at Kansas-State University, and finishing with a deg...

Lisa Marie Laue, 67, of Assaria, KS, passed away peacefully at home on January 16, 2025. Lisa was born in Kansas City, KS on December 31, 1957, to Kent and Josephine (Buckingham) Coolidge. Lisa attended Salina South High School and was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Salina, KS. She was a long-time employee of the Salina Journal and most recently a manager at Kwik Shop. Lisa lived ...

Ruth Zier, 95, of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2025, at the Bethany Home, Lindsborg. Ruth was born on April 2, 1929, in Lincoln County, Kansas, to Ben and Olga Tatkenhorst. She graduated from Lincoln High School. She married Virgil Zier on May 30, 1948. Virgil and Ruth farmed in Lincoln County. Ruth also was employed as a clerk at the Lincoln County Courthouse and later at...

Carol Jean Thrasher, 71, of Clyde, Kansas passed away at NCK Medical Center on January 20, 2025. She was the oldest child born to Salomon and Susie (Garcia) Sigala, on August 18, 1953, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The family moved to La Puente California where she attended school and graduated from La Puente High in 1971. She met Kevin Thrasher in a bowling league in the winter of 1971 and th...

Dora Lee (Crutchfield) Freeman, 93, died Thursday, January 16, 2025, in Salina, KS. She was born August 2, 1931, near Sheridan, AR., the daughter of George and Ella Crutchfield. She married Dakron Spates (Pete) Freeman on March 11, 1950, in Benton Arkansas. They met while working at the State hospital in Little Rock Arkansas. When their first child was still an infant, they moved to California....