Arthur "Swede" Erickson, 96, joined his wife Myrna in their heavenly home on Thursday, May 9, 2024.  Art was born August 15, 1927 in Kansas City, MO to Arthur Sr. and Leona Erickson. He grew up in the Chapman, KS area and attended school in Pearl. After his father passed the family moved into town  where Art attended grade and high school and graduated from Dickinson County Community High School...

Sister Jeanne McKenna died May 8, 2024, at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, KS.  She was 91 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 64 years.  She was born in Kingman, KS on September 3, 1932, to Peter and Catherine Heatherman McKenna, the last of ten children, and was baptized Eileen Jeanne.  She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, KS on September 8, 1959.  On March 19, 1960, she...

Ila M. (Abram) McElroy, 95 years of age, of Randall, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Belleville Health Care in Belleville, Kansas.  She was born on April 6, 1929, in rural Randall, Kansas to Dallas W. and Zatha M. (Owen) Abram. Ila attended elementary school in rural Randall.  She graduated from Randall Rural High School, Randall, Kansas. Ila married Gilbert K. McElroy on Sep...

Daisy "Dee" Ann Bank, 88, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, May 10th, 2024. Daisy was born in Shattuck, Oklahoma on October 11, 1935, a daughter of Esther (Schultz) and Sam Krehbiel. She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and her husband, Sanford Bank. Survivors include her sons, Steve Cook of Salina, Kansas and Barry Cook, both of Brookville, Kansas; sisters, Sammie ...

Howard Lee Ecton, 97, of Salina, Kansas, passed away from complications of Dysphagia, on Tuesday, April 30th, at Salina Regional Health Center. Howard was born in Coyville, Kansas on March 16, 1927, to Carl and Blanche (Fishburn) Ecton. His family farmed and he grew up with three brothers, Leonard, Dean, and Charles, who all preceded him in death along with one baby sister. At the age of 18...

Ronald Richard Tremblay, 87, of Salina, KS, passed away Monday, May 6, 2024. He was born on January 30, 1937, in Goffstown, NH, to Rene and Cecile (Beliveau) Tremblay. Ron enlisted in the Air Force in 1955 and was honorably discharged in 1959. He worked for many years as a City of Salina building official and later as an investigator for the Kansas Lottery. He was a past secretary/treasurer of ...

Vera Irene (Andres) Hooper, 99, passed away May 5, 2024 with her son and daughter by her side. She was born August 8, 1924 to Lawrence and Minnie (Syring) Andres on the family farm southeast of Alta Vista, Kansas. After graduating from the Alta Vista High School, where she took the Normal Training Course, she taught the District 62 (South Pole) country grade school in Wabaunsee County for the n...

Gene Edgar Schlesener  passed away on April 4, 2024 at Salina Regional Health Center after his second battle with cancer. Gene was born on his parents' farm just South of hope on September 17th 1943. After Gene graduated Hope High School in 1961. He went to work and continued to work on the farm. He was employed at CE later, known as ABB for 35 years. He then began a career at API in Carlto...

Patricia Mary Morrison, 91, Salina, KS, died May 2, 2024 at Salina Regional Health Center. Patricia Morrison was born Oct. 13, 1932 in Norwich, Norfolk, England to Thomas Frances and Caroline Lockwell (Moore) Amies. Her English childhood memories included holidays at the seaside and blackberry picking as well as the hardships of war: food rationing, carrying gas masks to school, and being pulle...

Patricia Kay (Sheets) Begnoche, 76, of Salina, passed away on January 20, 2024.  She was born on June 24, 1947 in Abilene, to Gerald and Rowene (Bowyer) Sheets. Patti spent her whole life in the Salina and Abilene area.  She worked in loan finance management for many years.  She loved to shop and buy for her family. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband of 42 years, Bob Beg...