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...

Harlen Prater passed away on May 3rd. He was 87-years old. Harlen was born on August 28th, 1936. More information will appear as it becomes available....

With family and friends close by, D. Duane Scoville passed away May 3, 2024, after a long illness. He was 69. Duane was born Jan. 5, 1955, in Lindsborg, Kansas, to Donald and Pat Scoville, He was the third-born of four children. They grew up mainly in Smolan, Kansas. A U.S. Navy veteran from the Vietnam era, Duane’s passion was riding horses, training them and working as a cowboy. He enjoy...

Deirdre Ann Alden (nee Langan) passed away on April 30, 2024 in Salina, KS, with her daughter Aislinn at her bedside, after a hard-fought one-year struggle with cancer. Born to Sean and Una Langan on June 12, 1962 in San Francisco, CA, Deirdre attended St. Cecilia’s elementary and St. Rose Academy high schools in the City.  She received her nursing certificate after attending the University ...

Charles W. “Chuc” Koepplin, 80, of Salina, passed away April 30, 2024.  He was born on September 25, 1943 in Mankato, Minnesota to William Charles and Edna Ivy (Lamp) Koepplin. Chuc spent eight years in the United States Airforce. He married Joyce Peiffer on October 17, 1963, upon leaving the Airforce, he returned to Salina, where he spent the rest of his life.  He worked for Beech Air...