Mary Ballard, age 68, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, KS. She was born on March 12, 1950 in Athens, TX., to Marvin & Arline (Pearce) Wardell. She graduated from Bryan Adams High School 1968. Mary attended Hardin Baylor College and transferred to University Texas Austin and graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor’s degree in history. She married...

Dorothy W. Kennedy, 86, formerly of Salina, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Dorothy was born March 4, 1932, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Dorothy (Orr) and Lee Wandling and had a younger brother, Warren. Her family moved to several cities in her youth settling in Milwaukee, Wisc., where she graduated from Downer High School. She graduated...

Funeral services for George S. “Sam” Rock, age 72, of Abilene, will be 10:30 AM Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene with Pastor Stan Norman officiating. Mr. Rock passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He was born January 28, 1947 in Abilene the son of Roland E. and Ellen M. (Jameson) Rock. He graduated from Abile...

Frances Nell Guenther Jones, 94, of Salina, went to be with the Lord February 21, 2019. She was born August 18, 1924 in Little Rock, AR to William Guenther and Nell Douglas Guenther, the second of two children. Frances attended the University of Illinois to study accounting. There she met Art Jones at the Baptist Student Union. They married in North Little Rock, on January 12, 1952, and establi...

Joyce Jean Mann, 74, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2019. She was born December 14, 1944 in Topeka, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey William and Anna Elizabeth (Schell) Lynch; brother, Ron Lynch, Jerry Lynch, sister, Judy. Survivors include her loving husband of 24 years, Orville Mann of the home; sisters Janice Garrett of Salina, Barbara Lynch of Tope...

Fred DeArmond, age 83, of Concordia, KS, left this earthly life on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia. He was born on Dec. 19, 1935 at his grandparent’s home in Pittsburg, KS to Wally E. & Helen (Magie) DeArmond. Fred attended schools in Pittsburg and graduated from high school in 1954. He graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1958 with a Bachelor’s...

James Edward (Jim) Rempe, 79, of McPherson, KS passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019 at the Cedars House, McPherson. James was born in Plainville, Kansas on May 7, 1939, a son of Mary Josephine (Hoff) and Ernest J. Rempe. Jim attended Sacred Heart Catholic elementary school in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School in 1957. He then attended and graduated from Kansas State Un...

Kathleen Schmitt, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 17th, in her Salina, Kansas home surrounded by family who loved her dearly. Mildred Kathleen (Weed) Schmitt was born on January 12, 1940 in Weskan, Kansas to the late Mildred and Theodore Weed. She was the youngest of the family and grew up with three brothers, Teddy, Don, and Duane. As a young girl she learned the importance of fam...

Donald C. Fleming of Formoso, Kansas, was born on September 13, 1936, in Stilwell, Kansas, to Chester and Alta Mae Fleming. The Lord called Don home on February 14, 2019, in Beloit, Kansas. After graduating from high school in Adrian, Missouri, Don enlisted in the US Army, and then returned to Adrian to farm with his uncle. Don met the love of his life, Ruth Ann Howland, and they were marrie...

Funeral services for Andrea M. “Andy” Gibson, age 56, of Abilene, will be Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene with Pastor Stan Norman officiating. Andy passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born October 13, 1962 in Abilene the daughter of Wade and Patricia (Delaney) Phil...