Kay William Tappendick, of Salina, KS, passed away peacefully on December 18, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. Kay was born on July 21, 1949, in Ellsworth, KS. He was the son of Oscar and Deloris Tappendick. Kay was a long time FedEx driver, and a driver for OCCK for the past 4 years. Tapper will be remembered by his ability to make everyone's day a little brighter with his quick wit ...

Barbara Ann Besher, born Barbara Ann Williams on July 30, 1948 in Kanorado, KS, was the daughter of the late John and Violet (Hill) Williams. She departed this life on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at the age of 74. She is survived by her husband of 50+ years, Roger Besher of Salina, KS, son Jeff Besher (wife Laura and sons Kyler and Kayden) of Salina, KS, daughter Brandi Besher of Orlando, FL, ...

James Martin Hall III, 88, of Salina, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 8, 1934, in Great Bend, KS, to Alice (Dewitt) and James Martin Hall II. Memorial service will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, January 14, 2023, at First Presbyterian Church, Salina.  Reception will follow in Blair Hall at the Church. There will be a private family bur...

Scott Alan Holt, 52, of Salina, Kan., passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2022. He was born on August 2, 1970, on a U.S. Army base near Wurzburg, Germany, to Peter Alan and Joyce (Christensen) Holt. Scott worked in Salina for many years at Crossroads Collision and Crestwood, and recently at Coperion K-Tron. Survivors include his wife of 18 years, Stephanie (Begnoche) Holt; daughter, Aundie Dav...

Doris Elaine Karber, 77, of Gypsum, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at the Salina Regional Health Center. Elaine was born on August 21, 1945 in McPherson, Kansas to the late Michael F. Karber and Doris E. (Burch) Hancock. She graduated from Salina High School in 1963. She worked as a Sample Prep Technician at Tony’s Pizza for 35 years retiring in 2010. Elaine was a member of t...

Lexa Jean (Carlson) Brown, 67, of Salina, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022, surrounded by her family.  She was born in Salina, on August 25, 1955, to Phillip and Donna (Krug) Carlson.   She graduated from Salina South High School in 1975.  She married Raymond Brown in 1979.  They made their home outside of Gypsum, KS.  She loved spending time with her family.  She also enjoyed cookin...

Carl Michael Yost, 80, of Salina, passed away Saturday, December 24th, 2022. Carl was born in Goodland, Kansas on September 29, 1942, a son of Louise (Davidson) and Frank Yost. Carl served in the United States Air Force. On November 29, 1988, Carl married Phyllis Brown, in Minneapolis, Kansas. He was a career truck driver and drove for Link Scientific. He drove an MRI machine to the ho...

Judith May Lockhart, 83, of Salina, passed away Friday, December 23rd, 2022. Judith was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 7, 1939, a daughter of the late Edith (Jackson) and Charles Krisher. Survivors include her daughter, Diana Blount-Newman (Paul), of Salina; son, Freddie Mack Kinard (Darlus), of Salina; three step daughters, Pam Feeley (Ray), of Austin, Texas, Valarie Herber, of ...

Tyler Joseph Ritter, 24, of Milliken, Colorado, passed away on December 21st, 2022. He was born on January 27th, 1998 and is the son of Mark Ritter and Jacque and Paul Hanscom. Tyler attended St. Mary’s Grade School and graduated in 2016 from Sacred Heart Jr/Sr High School. Tyler had a love and a passion for all things basketball related and loved going to KU basketball games with his Dad. Ty...

Linda Jean Lagroon, 67, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2022 in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on February 7, 1955 to Donald and Carol Harrison in Salina, Kansas. In 1975, she married Bruce Lagroon and together they had two children. Linda was employed at the Salina Bicentennial Center as the Box Office Manager and Accounts Coordinator for more than 25 years, before retiring in 2009. She e...