John C. Massey Jr., 77, of Salina, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021. He was born June 26, 1943 in Wilmington, NC. He worked for The Waldinger Corp as a Project Manager. John was also a member of Kansas Bass Masters, AFSO, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and Post 0256 Wichita Chapter American Legion. He was preceded in death by his parents, John C. Sr. and Ressie L. (Davis) Massey; wife, J...

Elizabeth (Baustian) Nelson Myers was born in Lindsborg, Kan., on April 1, 1923. Her parents, Edith (Lundquist) and H.F. Baustian, were long-time educators in McPherson, Saline, and Ottawa counties. Elizabeth, known to many as Betty Marie, was a graduate of Windom High School and Bethany College. She earned her Master of Science degree from Emporia State University and pursued additional gradua...

Linda J. Palmquist, 78, of Concordia, KS died on February 1 at Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, KS. Born Linda Jean Basso on December 10, 1942, in Kansas City, MO, she was the youngest child of Andrew and Olive “Maxine” Basso. Linda graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, MO. She later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Pre-Art Therapy from Kansas St...

Eva Maria Lankhorst, 84, of Salina, passed away Friday, January 29th, 2021. Eva was born in Bandung, Indonesia (Formerly the Dutch East Indies), on September 9, 1936, a daughter of the late Christine Adele (Poth) and Henk Gortz. After World War II, her family moved to Holland, where she finished high school and then attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Eva married Han Lankhorst and moved to...

James H. Reed, 76, of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 29th, 2021, at home. Jim was born in Silsbee, Texas on October 5th, 1944, a son of the late Rosie Ellen (Sparks) and Levi H. Reed. He served in the United States Air Force and worked for UPS for 26 years. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Jolene (Gentry) Reed; four sons, Dave Reed (Shana), of Overland Park, KS, Mik...

Donald D. Collins, age 75, entered into rest on Saturday, January 23, 2021, Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, Kansas. He was born in Concordia on September 5, 1945 to Robert and Nadine (Bergstrom) Collins. Don graduated from Concordia High School, Concordia, Kansas in 1963.On March 1, 1974 he married Pauline J. Fortin in Concordia, Kansas. She survives of the home. Don and his brother, Denni...

Wayne L Holmes left us to join our Family in Heaven on January 22, 2021, in the Loving Arms of the love of his life, his wife, Collen Holmes.  He was born December 6, 1935, in Salina, Kansas, the son of Wayne Sr. And Elnora Holmes.    Wayne was first and foremost, the best friend, husband, confidante, and lover to his wife, Colleen Holmes.  There has never been a lifelong love like the speci...

Hope Marie Greenwood, 50, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 21st, 2021. Hope was born in Belding, Michigan on October 20, 1970, a daughter of Barbara Jean (Lance) Thayer, of Salina, and the late Clifford Thayer. Survivors include her daughter, Brittany Curtis, of Salina; son, Augustus Greenwood, of Salina; two sisters, Julie Sherwood, of Spokane, Washington, Kathy Hernandez, o...

Robert LaVerne Kemmerer went home on January 22, 2021 at the Resident Care Center in Beloit Kansas. Robert was born on October 27, 1929 on the family farm north of Jewell. His parents were Ferd and Bertha (Queen) Kemmerer. He attended Brewer County School and graduated from Jewell High School in 1949. Robert married his sweetheart, Patricia Shaver on September 23, 1951 in Jewell, Kansas and cel...

Jim (D.L.) Paschal, 96, World War II Marine veteran, passed away in Salina, KS on January 23, 2021. Jim was born to Blanche and Clyde Paschal on the family farm outside of Luray, KS, the fifth of six children. Jim and his twin brother, Dwight, were miracle babies. Born prematurely, each weighed three and one half pounds. Shoeboxes in front of the fireplace were their incubators and later they s...