Norman J. Boettcher, age 85, of Bennington, KS, passed away on Sat., Jan. 26, 2019 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis, KS. Norman was born on Aug. 13, 1933 in Springview, NE to Norman K. & Olga K. (Johnson) Boettcher. Norman graduated from high school in Newport, NE and then from Wayne State Teacher’s College, Wayne, NE. He married Lois Claycamp on Feb. 9, 1957 in Concordia, ...

Don Morgan Obermeyer, 69, of Palmetto, Florida, passed away at Tidewell Hospice, Saturday, January 5, 2019, and is now in the presence of his Heavenly Father. Don was born to Delbert W. and Marilyn F. (Herrington) Obermeyer, May 14, 1949 in Herington Kansas. Don was preceded in death by his parents and his twin brother, Del W. Obermeyer. Don is survived by his sister, Marilyn Rolfs (Jack) of Sa...

LaDonna Jean (Smith) Salyer, 82, of Salina, passed away January 21, 2019.  LaDonna was born on January 19, 1937 in Salina, Kansas to George William Smith and Lillian Dorothy (Johnson) Smith. LaDonna graduated from Salina High School in 1955. She received a BA from Marymount College in 1971 and then taught for 2 years in Overland Park, Kansas. She returned to Salina as a teacher and later ea...

Bernard M Wojcik, 87, passed on Sunday 27 Jan, 2019. He was born in Baltimore, MD on Aug 6, 1931 to Peter Wojcik and Catherine Majka. An Air Force veteran, he served at Shilling/Smokey Hill AFB during Korea. Before returning to Salina in the early 1970’s, he served as a logistics coordinator for the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, supporting research facilities in India. He wa...

S. Andrew “Andy” Heidrick, 58, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. He was born July 27, 1960, in Beloit, to Jerry Dean and Marlene (Shay) Heidrick. Andy grew up on the family farm near Glasco, graduating from Glasco High School in 1978 and then K-State in 1982 with a business and finance degree. He worked for three years in Oklahoma before completing a Juris Doctorate in 1988 f...

Joan Elaine McConnell, 89, died January 22, 2019. She was born in 1929 at Sedan, KS, to Forest Paul Sears and Mary Grace Johnson Sears. Joan and Rex McConnell were married in June 1949. Both were students at Ft. Hays State University where she was active in sorority and graduated with a Bachelor of History in 1951. After graduation she created a home for her family while teaching in the first f...

Joyce M. Hardaway, age 93, formerly of Jamestown, KS, passed away on Wed., Jan. 23, 2019 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia. She was born in Rural Jamestown, KS on Sept. 26, 1925 to Herbert & Edith (Hinson) Nelson. Joyce graduated from Jamestown High School. She married Dean L. Hardaway on Dec. 25, 1946 in Belleville, KS. She was a lifelong area resident. Joyce sold Avon for over 20 years an...

Louise Haworth, 91, of Salina, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. She was born Aug. 28, 1927 to Fred and Clara (Detmer) Bolte. She married Lee Haworth Jan. 23, 1949. He preceded her in death Sept. 17, 2010. Louise was active in several bridge groups and Silver Needles Quilting Guild. She had made quilts for each grandchild and great-grandchild. Survivors: daughter, Joanne Rodecap (Doug) of Aubu...

Dolan R. Duewell, age 91, left this earthly life on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia. He was born on May 23, 1927 in Lincoln, Kansas to Carl and Grace (Cheney) Duewell. Dolan served in the US Army and then Air Force during WWII from March 1945 – Feb. 1948 and later was called up from the reserves from Oct. 1950 – Oct. 1951, He was honorably discharged. He marr...

Charity Lynn Sims-Fears, 57, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 15th, 2019. Charity was born in Heidelberg, Germany on November 27, 1961, a daughter of the late Marilou (Meredith) Myers and Jack Neil Moore. On January 2, 2004, Charity married Joseph Fears in Salina. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Fears; daughter, Michelle Bloodgood, (Ryan) of Manhattan; two sons, Micha...