Alea K. Nelson, 55, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 26th. Alea was born in Phoenix, Arizona on June 3, 1963, a daughter of the late Betty and Lee Gourley. Survivors include partner, Darryl Bright; daughter, Jaime Simmons; two sons, Les Worley and Kenny J. Nelson Sr.; grandsons, Jaxyn Summers, Cooper Worley, and Kenny J. Nelson Jr. She is also survived by the Nelson family...

Cheryl Lynn "Cheri" "Mimi" Eck, 68, of Windom, KS, passed away at 5:47 p.m., Sunday, January 27th, while in the company of family members, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Cheri was born in Topeka, Kansas on November 29, 1950, a daughter of the late Mary Lucile "Lucy" (Verschelden) and Florian "Rennie" Andrew Neider. Cheri attended the Topeka and Chicago Heights public schools and graduated fro...

Susan Emma Martin died Saturday, January 26, 2019, at her home in Wichita at the age of 97. She was born on July 12, 1921, at home in Buckhart, Missouri, to Claude Herbert Hibbard and Halie Melissa (Uhlmann) Hibbard. She was the third of four children and grew up in rural Douglas County, MO. She attended rural schools through 8th grade, and graduated from the Ava public high school. She earned ...

Nadine Mabel Willems, 85, of Windom, KS, passed away at 4:15 a.m., Sunday, January 27th, peacefully, at Good Samaritan Village, Hutchinson, Reno County. Nadine was born in rural Inman, Kansas on August 24, 1933, a daughter of Millie Mabel (Bailey) and William "Bill" Walter Brauer. Nadine attended and graduated from Big Lake country school rural Inman and graduated from Inman High School, Inm...

Norman J. Boettcher, age 85, of Bennington, KS, passed away on Sat., Jan. 26, 2019 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis, KS. Norman was born on Aug. 13, 1933 in Springview, NE to Norman K. & Olga K. (Johnson) Boettcher. Norman graduated from high school in Newport, NE and then from Wayne State Teacher’s College, Wayne, NE. He married Lois Claycamp on Feb. 9, 1957 in Concordia, ...

Don Morgan Obermeyer, 69, of Palmetto, Florida, passed away at Tidewell Hospice, Saturday, January 5, 2019, and is now in the presence of his Heavenly Father. Don was born to Delbert W. and Marilyn F. (Herrington) Obermeyer, May 14, 1949 in Herington Kansas. Don was preceded in death by his parents and his twin brother, Del W. Obermeyer. Don is survived by his sister, Marilyn Rolfs (Jack) of Sa...

LaDonna Jean (Smith) Salyer, 82, of Salina, passed away January 21, 2019.  LaDonna was born on January 19, 1937 in Salina, Kansas to George William Smith and Lillian Dorothy (Johnson) Smith. LaDonna graduated from Salina High School in 1955. She received a BA from Marymount College in 1971 and then taught for 2 years in Overland Park, Kansas. She returned to Salina as a teacher and later ea...

Bernard M Wojcik, 87, passed on Sunday 27 Jan, 2019. He was born in Baltimore, MD on Aug 6, 1931 to Peter Wojcik and Catherine Majka. An Air Force veteran, he served at Shilling/Smokey Hill AFB during Korea. Before returning to Salina in the early 1970’s, he served as a logistics coordinator for the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, supporting research facilities in India. He wa...

S. Andrew “Andy” Heidrick, 58, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. He was born July 27, 1960, in Beloit, to Jerry Dean and Marlene (Shay) Heidrick. Andy grew up on the family farm near Glasco, graduating from Glasco High School in 1978 and then K-State in 1982 with a business and finance degree. He worked for three years in Oklahoma before completing a Juris Doctorate in 1988 f...

Joan Elaine McConnell, 89, died January 22, 2019. She was born in 1929 at Sedan, KS, to Forest Paul Sears and Mary Grace Johnson Sears. Joan and Rex McConnell were married in June 1949. Both were students at Ft. Hays State University where she was active in sorority and graduated with a Bachelor of History in 1951. After graduation she created a home for her family while teaching in the first f...