Martha Lou Perret, 68, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2019. She was born March 13, 1951 in Concordia, KS. She was a foster parent for 7 years. Martha was also the Kansas National Guard Family Readiness group leader. She was preceded in death by her parents, Max and Maxine (Naillieux) Sterling; grandson, Dominique McNabb; brother in law, Darrel Basnett; brother, Harold Sterling; s...

Gary Lynn Walton, age 78, of Concordia, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Salina Regional Medical Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born on June 1, 1940 in Wayne, Kansas to Byron and Edna (Wood) Walton. He attended Huron High School in Huron, SD. Gary married Kathryn G. Voorhees on March 18, 1963 in Huron, SD. They were happily married for over 56 years. He was a past member of the As...

Russell Dean Carter Sr., of Salina, passed away Friday, May 10, 2019. He was born on January 20, 1935 in Salina to James Larkin and Edna (Thorne) Carter, one of 13 children. Russell was a USMC combat veteran, serving in Korea, and was a lifetime member of the VFW. He loved to fish and hike and enjoyed listening to classical music. He loved traveling and took his children to most of the US Natio...

"Clena B. (Holcom) Green, 93, of Salina, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019. She was born June 21, 1925. Clena was a homemaker for many years before starting work at Planters Bank. She continued for over 30 years before retiring from Bank IV in 1994. Survivors include: daughters, Dixie Hostetler (Dennis) of Wakefield, and Debbie Christie (Dwight) of Mentor; grandchildren, Joe Stroede (Jo...

William Jackson “Bill” Harbin, 91, of Salina, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, March 31, 2019. Bill was born May 9, 1927, in Neodesha, Kan. His family relocated to Kansas City, Kan., where he graduated from Wyandotte High School one year early to serve in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Bill came back to Kansas and attended K-State University where he met his wife, Ada Mae ...

Anne Karen “Miss N” Nettleton, 74, of Salina, passed away April 3, 2019 after battling multiple myeloma since 2013. Anne was born in Warren, Ohio, to Katherine Anne (Maurer) Nettleton and Willard Winter Nettleton. She grew up in Seattle, Wash., and Stillwater, Okla. She attended Webster College in St. Louis and received both Bachelor and Master of Arts in Education degrees from Oklahoma State ...

Frederick Lynn Stegmaier, age 77, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS. He was born Feb. 22, 1942 in Rural Jamestown, Kansas to Fred and Alice (Webb) Stegmaier. Fred was a 1961 graduate of Jamestown High School. He served 20 years in the United States Navy from 1961-1981 and during the Vietnam War. He married Clara Parsons on December 15, 1963 in ...

John Henry "Butch" Carter, Sr., 71, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 4:25 p.m., Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 while in the company of family members, at Salem Home, Hillsboro, Kansas. John was born in Dighton, Kansas on August 28, 1947, a son of Sylvia (Fattig) and Charles Albert Carter. Butch attended St. Joseph grade schools, St. Joseph, Missouri. Through the years Butch worked for himse...

Gerald Lanoue, age 84, lifetime Concordia resident, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on November 5, 1934 in Concordia, Kansas to Dona and Gretchen (Hill) Lanoue. Gerald attended Concordia Schools. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War and was honorably discharged. He married Shirley E. Bergstrom, on Novem...

Edna Marie Whitehair, 94, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019. She was born October 23, 1924 to Ottis and Rachel Kennard Clapp in Burlington, Kansas. She was married to Wayne Whitehair on November 22, 1948 at St. Andrew’s Church in Abilene, Kansas. They lived on a farm east of Abilene. Edna graduated from Burlington High School and moved to Abilene where she worked as a bookkeeper for Fisk Imp...