Connie Jane (Bolliger) Brax 85, passed away July 25, 2019 due to complications related to dialysis. Connie was born October 30, 1933 to Felix and Mary (Swan) Bolliger. She graduated from Dickinson County High School in 1951 and Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina in 1952. Connie was a 45 year employee of the USDA Natural Resources Soil Conservation Service – starting in the typing po...

Gladys Marie Connor, 84, died July 24, 2019. She was born Feb. 19, 1935 in Hays, KS. the daughter of Charles and Mattie (Thiel) Connor. She was an RN at the former Mercy Hospital in Denver, CO. She is preceded in death by her sister, Sister Patricia Connor. She is survived by her sisters, Karen Vail, Salina, Kay (Joe) Religa, Brookville and Loretta Blackwill, Quinter; and brothers, James Connor...

Bobby Jay Hale, age 56, Lifetime resident of Concordia, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Sunset Home, Inc. in Concordia. He was born on August 16, 1962 in Concordia, Kansas to Theodore and Virlene (Ryan) Hale. Bobby was a 1980 graduate of Concordia High School. He worked for 19 years at Cloud County Community College as a dishwasher. Bobby also mowed yards for Concordia residents fo...

Junior Ray Myers, age 89, of Topeka, Kansas, died Wed., July 24, 2019 at Tammy the Pro Home Plus, Topeka, KS. He was born on Jan. 26, 1930 in Otego, KS to Herman & Nina (Pierce) Myers. Ray graduated from Mankato High school in 1948. He married Wanda L. Terrill on May 25, 1952 in Burr Oak, KS. She survives the home. Ray was a salesman for Sears and retired in 1988. Ray is survived b...

Vernon Ray "Ham" Koehn, 86, of Galva, Kansas, passed away at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 while in the company of family members, at Cedars Health Care Center, McPherson. Vernon was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on September 17, 1932, a son of Jonas and Amanda (Schmidt) Koehn. Ham attended Galva Grade School and graduated from Galva High School, Galva, Kansas in 1951. He was a member...

Funeral services for Gertrude H. Moennich, age 96, of Hope, will be 10:00 am Monday, July 29, 2019 at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Tampa, Kansas with Reverend Clark Davis officiating. Mrs. Moennich passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina. She was born May 14, 1923 in Marion, Kansas the daughter of John and Christena (Jirak) Bezdek. On May 25, 194...

Yvonne Eilene Friesen, 81, passed away at 4:20 p.m., Saturday, July 20th, while in the company of family members, at Cedars Health Care Center, McPherson, Kansas. Yvonne was born in Galva, Kansas on September 28, 1937, a daughter of Mable Adeline (Giesel) and Henry H. Ratzlaff. Yvonne attended Moundridge Grade School, Moundridge Junior High, and one year at Moundridge High School, Moundridge...

Joy Chavey, age 82, lifelong Clyde resident, entered into rest on Friday, July 19, 2019 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born on April 2, 1937 in Boise, Idaho to Ivel C. and Margaret A. (McQuillen) Griswold. Joy attended Clyde High School. She married Louis Chavey on May 19, 1953 in Clyde, Kansas and to this marriage five children were born, Coleen, Jim, John, Ri...

Mike Heizer, 80, of Salina, passed away Friday, July 19, 2019. He was born March 22, 1939, in the Salina area. Mike started working at age 14 as a paper carrier for the Salina Journal. He also worked at the Busy Bee Café. Mike was hired by Lee Haworth Construction Company when he was 16 years old. He became a master carpenter and retired from there, after more than 50 years of service. Mike ma...

Mary Alice Gillum, 88, of Salina, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2019. She was born February 19, 1931 in Kiowa, KS. She worked for Beach Aircraft for 17 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and M. Maude (Vannaman) Colson; first husband, Harley D. Crowl, second husband, Thomas Gillum; son, Kenneth Lee Crowl; sisters, Irene Frederick, LaVerne Lunsford, LaFerne Anderson; broth...