Ronald Dean Kolle, 76, of Salina, passed away October 29, 2020. He was born December 23, 1943 in Washington County, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Anna (Reith) Kolle. Survivors include his wife, Violet Kolle; children, Paul (Sarah) Kolle, Lisa (Jeff) Donald; sisters, Betty Jones, Mardell Voelker; brothers, Norman Kolle, and Robert Kolle; grandchildren, Derrick Kolle,...

Gordon Everett Walle, 80, of Culver, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Gordon entered into this world on December 10th, 1939 and grew up in the Culver and Salina communities. Gordon graduated from Culver High School in 1957 and married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Cramton on December 28, 1958. He played football for and graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1962 with a...

Sharon K. Holcom, 77, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020. She was born September 23, 1943, in Council Grove, Kansas to Anthony Joseph and Hazel Grace (Drake) Eisenhauer. She married Virgil G. Holcom on February 4, 1961, in Salina. Survivors include her children, Sandy Wilson (Rick), of Salina, Dennis Holcom (Terri), of Cumming, GA; grandchildren, Zack Wilson, Daniel Wilson (Sarah)...

Wanda Lee Peterson-Petz, 67, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020. She was born March 27, 1953 in Mt. Arie, N.C. She worked in food service for USD 305 for 12 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jay and Rosilee (Brintle) Simmons. Survivors include her husband, Ted Petz; daughters, Shanna Yocham of Moundridge, Heather Castillo (Ivan) of Salina; grandchildren, Taron...

It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our brother, Daniel "Danny" Dougherty, 62 of Salina, KS. Danny passed away Tuesday, October 27th . He was born April 5, 1958 to Virgil and Dorris (Cooper) Dougherty whom he now joins in Heaven. He was the youngest of five children and leaves behind one brother Jimmy "Doc" Dougherty and his wife Marsha of Salina; sister Betty Hewitt and her husba...

Donna Lee Lawson, longtime resident of Abilene passed away at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan, KS on Thursday, October 29th, 2020. She was born November 4, 1930 in the Barnes Community, the daughter of Elsie A. (Wilkinson) and George M. Kappel. They moved to Clay Center in 1939, where she spent most of her early childhood years. In 1942 her family moved to Abilene. She attended local schools and ...

Mary Christine Henderson, 66, formerly of Ellis, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020 at her home in Salina, Kan. She was born December 20, 1953 in Hays to Francis A. and Armella (Braun) Wiesner of Ellis. Mary graduated from Marian High School in 1971. Mary started working as a waitress at the family’s restaurant, City Café, in Ellis. She then worked at the Wakeeney Hospital before moving to...

Phyllis (Kugler) McCosh was born 100 years ago, on September 14th, 1920, and died Saturday, October 24th in the Lakeview Village Rehabilitation Center in Lenexa, Kansas. Her good long life began as a child of John Musselman Kugler and Bertha Burkholder Kugler of rural Abilene. Some of her best childhood memories were fixing a snack when coming home from school and going to the barn while her Mo...

Archie J. Fry, 88, Salina, passed away on October 21st with loved ones by his side. He was born Feb. 3, 1932 to Archie and Alma(Fick) Fry. He was an electrician for Beech Aircraft and Smokey Hill Bomb Range, and drove trucks for Coke-Cola. He loved camping, traveling the country, fishing, hunting and playing Black Jack. Archie had a green thumb with a beautiful yard and big garden. He was a pro...

Clyde Hubert “Ole” Olson was born May 14, 1927 in Lindsborg, KS to Seth Theodore Olson and Elsie Oliva (Nelson) Olson. When he was 5-years old, the family moved to Fremont, KS where his father operated the county grain elevator and was caretaker of the Missouri Pacific Stockyard and Depot. He attended Freemount Grade School for 8 years, finishing in the spring of 1941. He attended and gradu...