Dwayne Walls, 75, passed away Friday, November 11, 2022, at his home.  He was born February 20, 1947, in Wheeler, TX, the son of Eula Mae (Newberry) and Acie Elbert Walls. Dwayne attended school in Duncan, OK, graduating in 1965, and Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.  He graduated in 1969, with a BS in Vocational Agriculture Education. He took a job as a Vocational Agriculture teache...

Jackie Bernice Meuliwent to her heavenly home on Thursday November 10, 2022.  She was born in Abilene, Kansas to Jacob & Gladys Rittgers on December 29, 1951.  She attended Abilene schools and graduated from Abilene High School in 1969. After a whirlwind romance (less than three months), she married Steve Meuli in 1971.  Jackie was quickly converted from a city girl to a farm wife.  The...

Harold Russell Waggoner, 80, of Salina, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022. He was born in Lyons, Kansas and was the son of Mary (Oden) Waggoner and Royal Glenn Waggoner, Sr. He attended Sterling Elementary School and graduated from Sterling High School in 1960. He was drafted into the United States Army and served in the Dental Unit in Baumholder, Germany. On April 13th, 1968, he was uni...

Alvina (Dirks) Nelson was born on January 16, 1924, to Abraham and Anna (Buller) Dirks at their farm home near Buhler, Kansas, and she passed November 6, 2022, in Salina, Kansas. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1941 and McPherson College in 1945. On August 29, 1948, she married Harold Nelson. She taught elementary school in Salina, and retired in 1984. In her retirement, she follow...

Melvin Ray Crowder, Jr., 79, of Salina, passed away Sunday, November 6th, 2022. Melvin “Sonny” was born in Salina, Kansas on August 19, 1943, a son of Grace Irene (Roseberry) Igo and Melvin Ray Crowder, Sr. Early in his childhood the family moved to a home near Anderson, Missouri, then later in Iowa. His family lived there for several years before moving back to Salina with the dissolut...

Kelly Robert Chinn, 68, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 31st, 2022. Kelly was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas on January 8, 1954, a son of the late Zeta M. (Hamilton) and Robert Laverne Chinn. He was a Respiratory Specialist and worked at B & K Pharmacy for about 18 years. Kelly was a fantastic artist, wonderful grampy, an excellent storyteller, funny, and witty. Sur...

Myredith E. Buss, 83, of Salina, Kansas, was born on Thursday, November 17, 1938 and passed away Thursday, October 27, 2022 with her family at her side.  A Thursday child; generous and loving throughout her life. As a child of the Great Depression, Myredith's early life was not easy. She worked in the orchard and garden, fished with her brothers in a nearby river, and froze her fingers raising...

Rory Dee Schropp, 65, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones in the Lindsborg Community Hospital on November 6, 2022. He was born May 6, 1957, to loving parents Harold and Frances (Hawk) Schropp in Lyons, Kansas. Family was always the most important thing to Rory. He adored his parents, siblings, and extended family, and always had a close emotional connection with family pets. Through...

Jake Logan Luther, 26, caring husband, adoring stepfather and loyal friend to many, passed away November 5, 2022. He began his life of overcoming odds when he defied the doctor’s prognosis and was born on September 10, 1996, in Wichita to his loving mother Nancy Carloyn Luther, who preceded him in death in 2016. Jake was a survivor of accidents at ages 10 and 25, both requiring him to learn t...

Mildred Allene Pugh, 91, of Salina, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022.  She was born at home on Christmas Day, December 25, 1930, in Salina, Kansas, to Martin D. and Ersulla (Rand) Eikelberger. She graduated from Washington High School in Salina, in 1948. She married Robert F. Johnson on June 6, 1948.  There were two children born to this union.  A son, Russell Kent Johnson and a daugh...