Bernetha Laurene Beneda went to be with the Lord on Aug. 27, 2018 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS at the age of 92. She was born on Sept. 20, 1925 to Walter & Lulu (Price) Ekstrom on a farm near Hollis, KS. She attended Hollis Grade School thru 1939 and then went on to graduate from Concordia High School in 1943. She worked at the Cloud County Bank and later at the Concordia Ice C...

Dr. James E. “Jim” Douglass, age 84, passed on to his eternal reward on Wed., Aug. 22, 2018 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia, KS. Jim was born on Nov. 26, 1933 in New Brighton, PA to Edward T. & Anna O. (Patterson) Douglass. Jim attended a one room country school for three years and completed his public education in Beaver Falls, PA. He had no intention of pursing a college education, bu...

Robert “Bob” Gerdes, 90, Salina, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. He was born to Lillie and George Gerdes of Amorita, OK on Oct. 6, 1927 and graduated from Amorita High School. Bob joined the United States Navy as did so many young men in those years. He had 11 brothers and sisters; all but his sister, Mary, have preceded him. Bob married Dorothy Maltbie of Amorita, OK on May 28, 1947...

Nina May Heitsman, 79, of Salina, passed away Saturday, August 18th, at Salina Regional Health Center. She completed her life’s journey with her family by her side. Nina was born May 14th, 1939 in Salina to Richard and Nina Dearing, Survivors include: her son, Richard Heitsman (Sandy) of Wichita, and her son Johnny Heitsman (Chris) of Salina. Three grandchildren Ryan, Kristin and Brett Heit...

Kathlyn Jean Schoof (Kennedy) 89, of Salina, passed away Friday, August 24, 2018. She was born August 22, 1929 in Wichita, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Carrie Kennedy; loving husband of 40 years, Donald D. Schoof; brother, George R. Kennedy; grandson, David Karl Schoof; son-in-law, Jim Wilson. Survivors include her, children, Larry Schoof of Manhattan, Linda Wilso...

Cleta Jean Schneider, 81, of New Cambria, passed away Saturday, August 25th. She was a daughter of the late John and Leona (Swenson) Mowbray. Survivors include her husband, Vernon; daughters, Karla J. Alley (Richard Giersch), and Kendra L. Goldsmith both of Salina; sons, Keith L. Johnson of Culver, and Kevin D. Johnson (Jane) of New Cambria; brothers, Virgil Mowbray (Jane) of Ardmore, Oklahoma,...

William "Bill" McDaniel, age 67, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 peacefully at his home in Concordia. He was born May 7, 1951 in Concordia, Kansas to Harland and Alberta (Baltazor) McDaniel. Bill was a 1969 graduate of Concordia High School. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business in 1973 from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas. He married Linda Wood on June 11, ...

Ray E. Moline, 88, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018. He was born June 12, 1930 in Omaha, Neb. to William and Clara (Pietryga) Moline. Ray served in the US Maine Corps from 1952 to 1954 and was a manger for J.C. Penney working for 45 years in Omaha, Kansas City, Ottawa, and Salina. Outside of work Ray was an avid golfer proudly having 10 holes in one. He also loved gardening and f...

Wendell W. Kellogg, 77, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, August 18th, 2018. Wendell was born in Rooks County, Kansas on July 1, 1941, a son of the late Leona (Cook) and Walter Kellogg. He was in the National Guards, service in Vietnam as a Jagg officer from 1968-1970 and was a member of the VFW. Wendell graduated from both K-State and KU with the Juris Doctorate. Wendell was an at...

Joan Elaine Morton, 90, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 17th, 2018. Joan was born in Jewell County, Kansas on October 22, 1927, daughter of the late Jessie (McGee) and Delbert Woodburn. Survivors include daughter, Cynthia Morton, (Michael McGuire), of Oakland, California; son, Jonathan Morton, (Diane), of Beverly, Kansas; sister-in-law, Avis Palmquist, of Lindsborg, Kansas. She...