Leslie Hamilton "Les" Funk, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada passed away January 30, 2018 at Trillium Mississauga Hospital Les was born in McPherson, Kansas on September 14, 1936, a son of Amanda Valentine (Nelson) and Corwin Hamilton Funk. Les attended the McPherson grade schools and graduated from McPherson High School, McPherson, Kansas in 1954. He then attended and graduated from McPherson Co...

Key Mar, 86 entered into eternal rest on May 17, 2018. He was born on January 14, 1932 in Canton, China. He was preceded in death by his mother, and his father Henry, a sister and a brother. Key immigrated to the United States at the age of 9 years old, with his father Henry. Key participated in football, basketball, wrestling, and track in high school. He was a 1951 graduate of Salina High. So...

Lula RaMona Parks (Stamper) was born on December 26, 1929 in Optima, Oklahoma. She passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018 in Russell, KS at the age of 88. She was the daughter of Howard & Irene Stamper of Optima, Oklahoma. She graduated from high school in 1948 from Guymon, Oklahoma. During this time, she was a Mother Advisor for the Rainbow Girls in Guymon, Oklahoma. She then attended the Secr...

John (Jack) Howard Christie, 82, of Jefferson City, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at Oak Tree Villas. He was born March 29, 1936, in Jamestown, Kansas, the son of the late Buford Raymond and Florence Gertrude (Ensign) Christie. A 1954 graduate of Simpson High School in Kansas, Jack also attended Kansas State University and Fort Hayes State University. He was united in marriage ...

Elvin Brotton passed away Thursday, May 10, 2018. He was born August 20, 1934, to Earl and Elva (Owings) Brotton in Salina, Kansas. He was a lifelong resident of Salina, graduating from Salina High School in 1952. He married Deloris “Irene” Belcher on April 4, 1954. He is survived by his son Leslie of Salina, son Kim and wife Wendy of Canton, and four granddaughters, Danielle Lee and husband J...

Doris E. Liles, 92, of Mt. Hope, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, May 9th. She was born in Northbranch, Kansas on May 27, 1925, a daughter of the late Alta (Danielson) and Frank Calahan. Doris was a Nurse’s Aide at Salina Regional Health Center for many years, and she also worked as a teller at Solomon State Bank. On May 24, 1943, Doris married Forrest E. Liles in Mankato, Kansas. Surv...

Robert Wilson Weber, M.D. was born July 31, 1926 at Bell Memorial Hospital (original University of Kansas Medical Center) in Kansas City, Kansas. He died on May 11, 2018. He was the son of Clarence Jacob Weber, M.D. and Marian Smith Weber. He graduated from Shawnee Mission Rural High School in 1943. He served in the Navy in the V-12 program and as a medical corpsman. He was a member of Beta The...

Ward Pendleton Ferguson was born on June 28, 1931, to Homer J. and Meroe (Hapgood) Ferguson, raised and schooled in McPherson, Kansas, Ward found there was always something to do. During his youth he worked at various jobs including Tibb Anderson’s root beer stand, the McPherson swimming pool, Dillons grocery store, Bixby-Lindsay Drug Store and a couple of gas stations. He was in Co. A, 1st Batt...

Roy M. Wilbur, 87, of Salina passed away peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday morning, May 8th, 2018, at Salina Presbyterian Manor. He had an extended fight with cancer. He was born and raised the second son of Oscar M. and Mary T. Wilbur and appeared into this world on October 30th, 1930. Roy had four brothers--- Robert D. Wilbur, Raymond H. Wilbur, Richard W. Wilbur, and Roger H. Wilbur. The...

Irene E. Barton, age 83, left this earthly life on May 6, 2018 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia, KS. She was born on May 25, 1934 in Tipton, KS to Louis P. & Mary Ann (Hake) Schmitt. Irene graduated from Tipton Catholic High School. She married Cleo Barton on Jan. 12, 1957 in Tipton, KS and he preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 2012. Irene was a CNA and later the Activities Director at the Ch...