Edward Eugene Glassburn Jr., known to his loved ones as Gene, was born on November 7, 1952 in Salina, Kansas to Edward Eugene Glassburn Sr and Sharon L Glassburn. He passed away on May 1, 2024 in his hometown of Salina, KS. Gene was preceded in death by his parents, Edward Eugene Glassburn Sr and Sharon L Glassburn, his brother Louie Fair Glassburn (known as Pete), and his son-in-law Dennis Pro...

Surrounded by family members singing her favorite hymn, Phyllis JoAn Fink Wilson, a “Super-Duper” wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend, began her new life on May 1, 2024, at age 92. Born to Clinton and Dora Fink on December 1, 1931 in Quinter, Kansas, JoAn graduated from the University of Kansas where she met her future husband, Richard “Dick” Wilson, in a dance...

David Norman “Red” Dunlap, 73 years of age, of Aransas pass Texas, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024 at his residence in Concordia KS.  He was born on March 13, 1951 in Portsmouth, Virginia to James and Aileen (Smith) Dunlap. Red served in the United States Navy from March of 1969 to September of 1970 during the Vietnam War.  He was honorably discharged. He was a member of the American Le...

Cary J. Stupka, age 58, of Concordia, KS, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at his home surrounded by family. He was born on July 1, 1965 in Larned, KS to Charles R. “Chuck” and Marilyn F. (Hutfles) Stupka. A graduate of Fort Scott High in the class of 1984, Cary entered into carpentry school (Goodland, KS). Mastering his craft over the years, he constructed many projects through the st...

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 ...