Douglas James Olson passed away in Salina, KS on Friday, October 18, 2024, at the age of 72. He was born July 1, 1952, to parents Alfred and Carol Olson at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, KS. He graduated from Salina South High School (class of 1971) and attended Kansas Technical Institute in Salina, KS becoming a surveyor by trade afterward. He married, Sally Ann (Shrader) Olson on July 1st, 197...

FORT WORTH, TX - Elvera A. (Himmelwright) Riggs passed away Sunday, October 6, 2024 at her home. Elvera was preceded in death by her husband, Parents, three brothers and one sister. Elvera is survived by her three children: Debra (Michael Barnhart), Regina, and Wesley (Haiqong), four grand children: Laura and John Barnhart, Veronica (Sam Vallagomesa) and Douglas Riggs, and one great grand da...

We mourn the loss of Gloria Bell (Oberndorfer) Lewandowski, 89, who died Thursday, October 17, 2024 in Salina, Kansas. Gloria was born in Sylvan Grove, Kansas on January 5, 1935 to Esther S. and Walter R. Oberndorfer. She graduated from Sylvan Grove High School in 1953 and attended St. John’s Lutheran College in Winfield, Kansas. While working in Salina, Kansas in the mid-1950s, Gloria met her f...

Lowell Leroy Lamer, 69, passed away on October 18, 2024. He was born on July 26,1955 in Salina, KS. He was a lifelong resident of Salina and graduated from Salina Central High School in 1973. He earned a bachelor’s degree from K-State Salina. He was a lifelong cartologist and spent decades developing his craft of map making. He was united in marriage to Janie Lamer on January 17, 1976. They were...

Geraldine L. "Geri" Long, 91, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 19th. Geri was born in Vesper, Kansas on February 27, 1933, to Josie and Harry  Bunch. Geri graduated from Vesper High School and spent most of her life working in sales at Sunflower Pool and Spa. Geri and her husband, Theodore L. Long, were married in WIchita, Kansas in 1955. Survivors include her husband,...

Linda Maxine Davis, 80, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 17th, 2024. Linda was born in Carson City, Nevada on July 27, 1944. She was a Certified Nurses Aide most of her life and wholeheartedly enjoyed taking care of others. Survivors include her children Bruce Light, Theresa Light, Kathy Loftin, Robert Loftin and daughter Kim Walden, Brenda Crowder and son Bill Serrault; g...

Justin Wayne McQuillan, 43, of Gypsum, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 16th, 2024. Justin was born in Salina, Kansas on June 1, 1981, to Ronald and Jody McQuillan. After graduating from Tescott High School, he attended Salina Area Technical College where he studied welding technology. After graduating he was a welder for Bergkamp Inc. In his free time he loved to hunt, ride four wh...

Alex “Butch” Thacker of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at the age of 82. Born on March 10, 1942, in Russell, Kansas, to Percy and Ruby (Corwin) Thacker, Alex grew up on a farm near Paradise, Kansas, and graduated from Paradise High School. Alex attended Fort Hays State University for a year, but he was eventually drafted into the Army, proudly serving in Vietnam a...

Pastor Byron David Newland, 88, of Ottumwa, Iowa died on October 14, 2024 at Ottumwa Regional Health Center. He was born September 12, 1936 in LaPorte, Indiana to Garland and Gertrude “Midge” Parish Newland. He married Marthana Bloom on December 8, 1960 in Crescent City, California. A graduate of LaPorte High School, he earned a B.A. in Divinity from Chicago Bible College, a B.A. in Engl...

Martin B. Opat Jr., 82, of Salina, Kansas, passed away on October 17, 2024.  Martin (Marty) Opat, the son of Martin and Freida Mary (Newman) Opat was born on August 27, 1942, in Salina, Kansas.  The Opat family immigrated from Poland and Marty was the youngest of nine sons: Andrew, Joseph, Leo, Edward, Adam, Thomas, John, and Jim. Marty attended Lindsborg High School in Lindsborg, Kansas, and g...