Jerry Lee Hickel, 64, passed away on August 31, 2023 at 9:57 AM at 464 Maple Ave. in Salina, KS. Jerry was born on June 17, 1959 in Salina, KS to parents Edward and Lois Elliott Hickel. Jerry served in the US Navy. He liked watching westerns and Hallmark when he was not at work. He enjoyed woodworking and built many things for family and friends. He took great pride in his yard and kept i...

(Paulyne) Kay Richter, 86, passed away on September 8, 2023, at Bethany Home in Lindsborg, Kansas.  She was born on October 21, 1936, to Ernest and Ruth (Clark) Farmer of rural Jamestown, Kansas.  She married Robert C. Richter on October 9, 1955, in Jamestown.  In 1958 they moved to a farm outside Assaria, Kansas that would be the family home for the rest of their lives. Three children, Linda, ...

Margaret Book, 94, of Salina, KS passed away September 8th, 2023. Margaret was born March 13th, 1929, to the late Russell and Margaret Taylor in West Mifflin, PA. Margaret was a military wife traveling to six different states and to the Panama Canal Zone with her husband, the late Arthur Book. Margaret retired after 35 years of service with K-Mart then continued working another seven years w...

Bradley (Brad) Lowell died September 1, 2023 at his home in Concordia, KS. He was born January 26, 1938, to Arthur V. and Gladys Katherine (nee Bradley) Lowell at St. Joseph Hospital, now Manna House, in Concordia, Kansas. His mother died in childbirth and for the next several months the Sisters of St. Joseph cared for him in the hospital nursery. His father married Elsie Ulrich in January o...

Timothy “Tim” D. Meyer, age 74, of Sylvan Grove KS, passed away Monday, August 21, 2023, at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS. He was born on March 7, 1949, in Ellsworth, KS to Forrest and LouBelle Meyer. He married Janet Staats on October 31, 1981. He and Janet lived in Sylvan Grove, KS where he worked as a cattleman.  Tim enjoyed being involved in the cattle industry from ranchin...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of the Reverend Canon Bruce Erie LeBarron, who died on August 19, 2023 in Salina, Kansas. He was born in Jamestown, New York, on February 9, 1930, to Erie H. LeBarron and Coralyn A. LeBarron (nee Remington). He was preceded in death by his wife Lilith A. Harding whom he married on June 30, 1956, in Glens Falls, New York. Father LeBarron ...

Nancy C. Hulsey, 80, passed away Friday, September 1, 2023.  She was born on April 9, 1943 in Atchison, KS to Walter and Grace (Paige) Pennington. In her younger years Nancy proudly served in the US Army.  Later in life she loved to play bingo and was a regular at all the bingo halls in Salina.  Nancy always had an open door to family and friends.  Everyone was welcome at her house and she ...

Cammie Lee (Cole) Hines, 61, of Parker, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly on September 3rd. Cammie was born in Salina, KS on June 19, 1962. The oldest of three daughters that blessed the marriage of Ron and Shirley Cole (Townsend). Cammie was raised in Brookville, KS where she was an avid horseback rider. She could often be found helping her dad gather cattle in the surrounding pastures of thei...

James Rodney McChesney, 86 of Clifton, KS, died Monday Sept. 4, 2023, at Park Villa Nursing home in Clyde, Kansas. James was born March 29, 1937, in Clay Center, the son of Wilder McChesney and Catherine Marsh McChesney of Morganville, KS. James (Jim, Jimmy) graduated from Clay Center High School in 1955. Jim had many achievements from the State Board for Vocational Education, Topeka, Kansas...

Laura “Laurie” Kay Donmyer passed away unexpectedly in her home on September 3rd, 2023 at the age of 61. Laurie was born August 16th, 1962 to Ralph and Mary Boor in Salina, Kansas. Laurie grew up in Salina and attended Sacred Heart High School and later attended Marymount College and Kansas Wesleyan. Laurie and her younger sister Cindy were only 14 months apart and close in age to many of h...