Pearl Mae Ganstrom, age 90, left this life for her eternal home on January 2, 2019, at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia. She was born May 14, 1928, in Concordia, Kansas to Carl and Edith (Olson) Johnson. She and her twin brother, Earl Rae, were the youngest of five children. Pearl attended Concordia schools and graduated from Concordia High School in 1946. She married Gene Ganstrom on Augu...

Clinton Eugene Peterson, 76, of McPherson, KS, passed away at 1:32 p.m., Tuesday, January 1st, while in the company of family members at Schowalter Villa, Hesston, Kansas. Clint was born in Wichita, Kansas on July 3, 1942, a son of Mabel Leona (Brown) and Oscar Anyard Peterson. Clint attended Harmony County School, rural McPherson, and graduated from McPherson High School, McPherson, Kansas ...

Eva J. Wendt, 92, of Salina passed away Tuesday, Jan 1, 2019. She was born July 20, 1926 in Hutchinson, MN, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Rasmussen) Potter. Eva worked as an executive secretary for the LaCrosse, WI newspaper, she worked in hotel management with her husband Ray, and was librarian at Marymount College in Salina. Eva enjoyed spending time with her family and her cat, "Smokey...

Carrol Elaine Funston, 92 of Abilene passed away Monday, December 31, 2018 at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. She was born October 14, 1926 in Jefferson Township in Dickinson County, the daughter of Harvey and Myrtle (Hoffman) Meuli. On October 20, 1996 she was united in marriage to Dean Funston at Rock Springs Ranch in Junction City. Carrol retired from Civil Service in Fort Riley, Kansas. She enjo...

John “Jack” Gallagher, MSgt. USMC (Ret), 86 of Salina passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018. He was born in 1932, in New York City, to William and Marion (Kogel) Gallagher. He married Dorothy DeCola Gallagher on August 5, 1967. He began his 20-year career in the Marine Corps in 1950 with his first tour of duty in Korea during that conflict. His last tour of duty was in Vietnam the war. Upon...

Clayton N. Johnson was born on October 30, 1930 in Salina, Kansas, son of Theodore N. Johnson and Elsie T. Oborg Johnson. Clayton passed away in Lindsborg, Kansas on December 29, 2018. He grew up in Lindsborg, working on the family dairy farm. He graduated from Lindsborg High School and traveled to Colorado to do ranch work until enlisting in the Air Force in October of 1951. Clayton married Emeli...

George John Ash, 71, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 27, 2018. He was born in Salina, Kansas on December 1, 1947, to Mahlon and Hannah Ash, the third of five children.  He attended Gypsum High School and continued his education at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. George worked for Morrison’s Grain and Hog Farm in Smolan, Kansas. He later owned and operated Ash C...

Larry Dean Bergstrom, age 60, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2018 at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, Kansas. He was born on November 28, 1958 in Concordia, Kansas to Elden and Margaret (Hefner) Bergstrom. He was a 1977 graduate of Courtland High School. He received his Associates degree from Cloud County Community College, Concordia. He married Jan Wiltse on June 18, 1978 at the ...

Johnna Joyce Devins, 67, died Dec. 25, 2018. She was born April 29, 1951 in Salina, the daughter of John and Norene (Nelson) Milum. Johnna graduated from Central High School in 1969. She worked at Alco Discount Store for many years and while she was working went to Brown Mackie College night classes to get her accounting degree. She was a bookkeeper for Waters True Value stores. Johnna married her...

Lowell James Friesen, 77, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 10:00 p.m., Friday, December 28th, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Lowell was born in McPherson, Kansas on April 28, 1941, a son of Josephine (Ensz) and Peter W. Friesen. Lowell attended and graduated from Plainview Country School, rural Inman, Kansas and received his GED later in life. He was a member of the G...