Betty A. Wallace, age 81, of Concordia, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS. She was born on December 4, 1937 in Cloud County, KS to Lester N. & Millie Z. (Evert) Bronson. She was a graduate of Concordia High School. Betty was the manager for Gibson Department Store for many years and retired as the purchasing agent for then the St. Joseph Hospital b...

Jeremy Lee Watkins, 42, of Gypsum, Kansas, passed away Sunday, April 21st, 2019. He was born in Salina, Kansas on September 21, 1976, a son of Kathy (Young) Allison, of McPherson and the late James Watkins. Jeremy was a Sergeant and a 20 year veteran of the Salina Police Department. Survivors include his wife, Jennifer (Kasper) Watkins; children, Kaitlyn and Kolton Watkins; and brother, B...

Vickie L. Francisco, 58, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019. She was born July 30, 1960 in Wilson, Ks. She worked for Comfort Keepers as a Nurse. She was preceded in death by her parents Robert and Reberta (Pooley) Brown; sister Connie Brown. Survivors include her husband Phillip Francisco; sons Kenny Stroede of Great Bend, Jason Stroede (Kim) of Holyrood, Ks; grandson Logan...

Dale Lyle Garrison, age 92, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2019 at Park Villa Nursing Home, Clyde, Kansas. Dale was born February 6, 1927 to Glenn and Irma (Lantis) Garrison in Salina. Following high school graduation, he was drafted into the U.S. Army during WWII and was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany as a typist for the War Crimes Commission. He married Ina Lee Courville on June 24, 196...

Norma Jean Brueggemann Bienhoff, Salina, passed away April 16, 2019. She was born August 4, 1927 to Walter and Leona (Stuenkel) Brueggemann near Linn, KS. She married Edgar Bienhoff of Kensington, KS. on December 17, 1950. To their union three children were born; Katherine, Marcia and Stephen. She is survived by her husband, Edgar, daughters, Katherine Douglas (John), and Marcia Bose (Thomas) and ...

Edward Paul Younger, 87, of McPherson, Kansas passed away at 12:16 p.m. on Holy Saturday, April 20th, 2019 while in the company of family members at Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. Ed was born in Hays, Kansas on April 24, 1931, a son of Peter and Katherine (Pfannenstiel) Younger. He was a devoted member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in McPherson. He was a 4th Degree Knight in t...

Harriet Maxine Banninger Slick, 100, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. She was born May 7, 1918, in Bennington to Hubert and Harriet (Raskop) Spohn. Maxine taught school for many years, beginning in a one-room school house at age 18 and retiring from Salina USD 305 in 1982. She married Harold Banninger of Glendale in 1942. They had two children. Maxine was a member of St. John’s ...

Ruthann Kay Nelson, 69, of McPherson, KS, passed away at 9:22 a.m., Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 while in the company of family members, at her home. Arrangements are pending with Glidden – Ediger Funeral Home....

Funeral services for Jennie Ann Burns, age 72, of Abilene, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2019 at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene with Reverend Justin Panzer officiating. Mrs. Burns passed away Monday, April 15, 2019 at her home. She was born July 1, 1946 in Neodesha, Kansas the daughter of John and Myrtle (Spicer) Jacobs. She graduated high school from Neodesha and ha...

Donald R. Hoerner, 74, of Salina, passed away Monday, April 15, 2019. He was born Feb. 9, 1945 in Manhattan, to Ray and Oletha (Hazen) Hoerner. Don was a true MacGyver. If you wanted something fixed, he could do it. He enjoyed spending time with grandkids working on projects together and attending their events. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam era. He retired from Premier Pneumatics in ...