Robert Smith, 64, of Salina, passed away on Monday, May 3, 2021. He was born June 28, 1956 in Buffalo, New York.   He had many jobs and adventures in his life. Growing up in a military family he moved a lot as a kid, at 16 he moved to Brooklyn by himself. He soon took to the open road quick driving a semi for most his life, and riding his bike just as much. He eventually needed a new ch...

Barbara Jo (Blum) Marks, 74, of Salina and more recently Prairie Village, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 1, 2021. She was born January 19, 1947, in Omaha, the daughter of Allen and Josephine Blum, who lived for decades in the Topeka area. Barbara was a sweet and loving mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband Ed and her parents. Survivors include...

Donna Elaine Brehm (Carson), 69, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 20th at home in Salina KS. Donna was born in Salina KS in 1952 to Jimmie K. and Donna L. Carson as the oldest of 5 children. After graduating from Salina Central High School, she married, raised two daughters and began a successful career managing hog farms. She was happily wed to Donald (Mike) Brehm in 2010 and was known f...

Dennis D. McWilliams, 73, of Salina, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021. He was born October 19, 1947, in Manhattan, Kan., to Donald and Oneita (Chestnut) McWilliams. Dennis married Angela McCaslin on June 16, 1989, in Salina. Dennis was proud of his western Kansas roots and bled purple for his K-State Wildcats. He was active at First Covenant Church, Salina, and retired from Great Plains Manuf...

SALINA, KS - LoVaune Rasmusson, 90, of Salina, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021. She was born on August 30, 1930, at Lindsborg, KS to Melroy and Olga (Lundquist) Anderson. LoVaune graduated from Lindsborg High School and attended Bethany College. She married Ermal L. Rasmusson on June 6, 1953. LoVaune loved to bake and enjoyed entertaining. Her Swedish Heritage and spending time with her fami...

Donald Dale Vaupel, 91, of Salina, passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021.  He was born February 16, 1930 in Salina, KS. Donald was a 3rd generation farmer, he also owned and operated a dairy. Donald was a very creative man and loved to tinker and invent things that he used to run his farm. Many of those things are still used today on the family farm. Donald always made paper airplanes that h...

Ernest “Ernie” Eugene Cole, 85 of Salina, passed away, Tuesday, June 22, 2021.  He was born Sept. 25, 1935, in Salina. Ernie worked as a custodian for USD 305 for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest H. Cole and Cora VanNess; sisters, Darlene Woods, Betty Rice; 2nd wife, Shirley D. Cole in 2016; son, Donald E. Cole and daughter Sylvia Thomas. Survivors include ...

Ruth Eloise Jackson, 93, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 25th,2021. Ruth was born in Stockton, Kansas on September 16, 1927, a daughter of the late Betsy (Chandler) and Earl Hance. She married Ivan Jackson September 11,1944, who proceeded her in death on November 19, 1987. Survivors include her sons, Terry Jackson ,Richard Jackson (Michelle), of Salina, Kansas; a brother, Don ...

Brenda Lee Castelli, 54, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 29th, 2021. Brenda was born in Salina, Kansas on December 10, 1966, a daughter of Verlee A. (Brin) Burton and Lester L. Burton. On June 8, 1999, Brenda married Jim Castelli in Hays, Kansas. Survivors include her parents, Verlee and Lester Burton; husband, Jim Castelli; children; Kenda and Chase Barker, Kylee and Dudley ...

SALINA, KS — John L. Zimmerman died on June 25, 2021, in Salina, KS, less than two weeks after celebrating his 96th birthday.  John was born June 12, 1925, on a farm near Elsmore, KS, to John and Agnes (Alderman) Zimmerman.  In his early teens, after the death of his father, John moved along with his mother and his three sisters to Chanute, KS.  He graduated from high school in Chanute, the...