Harold J. “Jim” George Jr. was born on August 25, 1934 in El Dorado, Kansas, to Harold J. and Charline (Cross) George. He died on December 22, 2018, at home, at the age of 84. Jim graduated from Clyde High School in 1951. He attended the University of Kansas and graduated with the Class of 1955. After a short period as an accountant with Arthur Anderson & Co., he entered pilot training ...

Everell “Rick” Richard Carlson Jr., 64, died peacefully December 24, 2018 at home surrounded by his family. Rick was born August 1, 1954 in Clay Center, KS to Everell Sr. and Donna (Pettet). He was united in marriage to Janet Fiske on June 9, 1984. With this marriage came two children and a lifetime of memories. During his time here on Earth, Rick touched many lives. After high school, h...

Barbara Juliann Serrault, 86, of Salina, passed away Dec. 17, 2018 surrounded by her family and friends. She was born June 22, 1932 to Ray and Ruth Linholm. Barbara married her husband Bruce in 1953. They had six children, Bruce, Cindy, Bill, Chuck, Julie and Jill. They traveled to numerous places during her husband’s time in the service but ultimately returned home to Salina. Barbara lived a...

Dallas "Teena" Augustine Riedel, 64, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 16th. Dallas was born in Atwood, Kansas on July 12, 1954, a daughter of Wilma June (Wade) Wohler and the late Clarence Clifford Donaldson. Survivors include her mother, Wilma Wohler of Salina; daughter, Deedra Davis (Robert), of Junction City; sons, Jerad Libhart, of San Antonio, Texas, and Jason Libhart (Sh...

It is with heartfelt sadness, we announce the passing of our beloved Ed De Herrera III, born in Saguache, Colorado on August 4, 1951. Eddie passed away Monday, December 17th, 2018 at Salina Regional Health Center after an extended illness. He is preceded in death by his father, Eddie De Herrera II and brother, Jimmy De Herrera. For 19 years, he was the Hospitality Manager at Carlos O' Kel...

William “Bud” Hefner, age 89, died Monday, December 17, 2018 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS. He was born on Oct. 11, 1929 in rural Concordia, KS to John R. & Alice (Moore) Hefner. He attended country school #44 rural Concordia and was a 1947 graduate of Concordia High School. Bud served in the US Army during the Korean War as a vehicle mechanic from June 1951 – March 1...

Cleo Allene Benson, recently of Salina from Fredricksburg, TX. died December 11, 2018. She was born Jan 23, 1926, in Marinette, WI, the daughter of Earl and Mabel (Ryan) Williams. Cleo grew up in Rackard, IL. She married Gilbert Benson in Denver, CO on Nov. 5, 1943 and later moved to Chicago and then Racine, WI. She worked in a girl Friday office for R.K. News Agency, Kenocha, WI. On retirement in...

Former Phillipsburg resident, Clarissa A. Bretton, passed away December 12, 2018 at the McPherson Health & Rehab in McPherson, KS at the age of 67. She was born April 7, 1951 in Concordia, KS, the daughter of Whitey & Clara (Staley) Benge. Survivors include 2 sons; Brian Shrader of Phillipsburg and Wayne Shrader of New Castle, WY, 2 daughters; April & Angela Bretton of Smith Center,...

Charles Keith Chartier, age 83, passed away peacefully on, Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the Harry Hynes Hospice Unit in the Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Charles was born March 29, 1935 on a family homestead near Concordia, Kansas to Elmer and Blanche (Cooper) Chartier. Charles was a 1953 graduate of Concordia High School. He married Mary Sorell on June 19, 1954 in St. Joseph Ca...

Sister Margaret Jilka died December 12, 2018, at Mt. Joseph Senior Village in Concordia, KS. She was 88 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 69 years. She was born in Salina, Kansas on February 17, 1930 to Jerry and Agnes Wearing Jilka, the fifth of five children, and was baptized Margaret Mary. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, Kansas on September 8, 1948. On March 19, 1949, M...