Margaret E. Jacobs, 93, of Solomon, departed this life April 12, 2019, at her home. Margaret was born Oct. 26, 1925, in Tipton to Alphonse and Elizabeth (Krier) Fischer. She was united in marriage on Sept. 1, 1952, to Edward J. Jacobs. The Jacobs family moved to Solomon in 1959, where they raised their six children. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and St. Ann's Alter Soc...

Funeral services for Belva Jean (Shriner) Lightner, age 89, of Solomon will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2019 at the Solomon United Methodist Church in Solomon with Pastor Ever Mudambanuki and Pastor Phillip Hett officiating. Jean passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Bethany Home in Lindsborg. Jean was born December 4, 1929 in Geneseo, Kansas, the daughter of Nelson and Mildred (...

Emilie “Mima” Boedeker, 87, of Salina, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019. She was born Sept. 30, 1931, in Dacice, Czechoslovakia, to Franz Novak and Julia (Kyjankova) Novakova. In her early years Emilie worked for the underground in Czechoslovakia and spent some time in prison for rebelling against the Communist government. She later defected to Italy and traveled to Switzerland, France ...

Margaret E. Jacobs, 93, of Solomon, departed this life April 12, 2019, at her home. Margaret was born Oct. 26, 1925, in Tipton to Alphonse and Elizabeth (Krier) Fischer. She was united in marriage on Sept. 1, 1952, to Edward J. Jacobs. The Jacobs family moved to Solomon in 1959, where they raised their six children. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and St. Ann's Altar S...

Donald Dean Baker, 78, of Salina passed away peacefully April 2, 2019, at Lindsborg Hospital. He was born in Smith Center on July 12, 1940. During Donald’s life as a truck driver, he traveled around the United States. Donald is survived by his daughters, Cynthia Cote (David) of Londerzeel, Belgium, and Deana Johnson (James) of Salina; three grandsons and their spouses; three great-grandchildr...

Glen Lee Elliott, 90, of Salina, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019. He was born June 4, 1928 in Stockton, KS. He served in the Marines/AirForce for a total of 20 years, 1 month, and 17 days. Following his service to our country he worked at Salina Board of Education, and owned Elliott TV. He then worked and retired from St. Johns Hospital as a Bio-Medical Tech Supervisor, also served as an Elde...

Tom Zugelder, age 80, entered into rest on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at the Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born on Nov. 8, 1938 in Dayton, Ohio to Howard and Bertha (Prestel) Zugelder. Tom served in the in the U.S. Air Force. He was honorably discharged. On April 19, 1958 he married Sharon Fulmer at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Concordia. She preceded him on July ...

Rev. Alyois (Aully) E. Holst, age 97 years, resident of Salina, Kansas passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at his home in Presbyterian Manor. He was born November 6, 1921 in Redwing, Minnesota to Alyois Holst and Helen (Hoffman) Holst. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Joyce (Bishop) Holst, his son, Larry Holst, and his brother Melvin Holst. He is survived by his child...

William "Bill" Paul Perricotti, 77, son of the late Mildred (Bates) and Louis Perricotti, born in Tewsbury, Massachusetts on July 11, 1941. Bill went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019. Bill retired from the US Army in 1979 after serving 21 years. He then worked as service manager in Manhattan, Salina and Abilene car dealerships. He, then, spent 18 years at Emmanuel Chr...

Jerry D. Ruud, age 78, entered into rest on Monday, April 1, 2019 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis, Kansas. He was born on December 9, 1940 in Concordia, Kansas to Arthur and Lillian (Cyrier) Ruud. Jerry went to country school at district #19 and district #93, he then started the 8th grade in Concordia. He was a 1958 graduate of Concordia High School. He received his Bachelor’s...