Judith Lynn Weber (Judy Hughes), 85, of Salina, Kansas, passed away after a battle with cancer on April 29, 2026. A passionate chemical dependency counselor, Judy often said her greatest joy in life was being a mother and grandmother. She was known for driving thousands of miles to attend her children’s and grandchildren’s sporting events and concerts and for keeping plenty of treats on hand f...

Sara Marie Thomas, 57, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, April 25th, 2026 surrounded by her loving family. Sara was born in Salina, Kansas on March 10, 1969, to Katherlean (Outland) Jones and Willie Thomas, Sr. Survivors include a daughter, Amika Thomas, of Salina, Kansas; a son, Leon Thomas, of Salina, Kansas; four brothers, Willie Thomas Jr. (Marcia), of Valley Center, Kansas; Larry...

SALINA- Our beloved mother and matriarch, Germaine "Geri" Thyfault-Brin-Fry, 91, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 2, 2026, at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Salina. She passed with her loving children by her side, just one week shy of her 92nd birthday, on the exact day her own mother was born 119 years earlier. Geri was born on January 9, 1934, in Damar, Kansas, the yo...

Melody Carol Showman Monasmith age 83 of Salina, Kansas passed away peacefully, Saturday, April 25, 2026 at Chambers Memorial Hospital after a year long illness. Melody was born March 5, 1943 in Santa Fe, Mexico to her mother Allenay Showman who died when Melody was a month old. She was then adopted by her grandparents, Samuel and Vera Doughty Showman. Melody raised her children by playing m...

Rebecca S. "Becky" Brown went home to be with her Lord and Savior on April 23, 2026. Becky was born on October 30, 1937, in Springfield, MO. She was the oldest of five children born to Ralphard (Ralph) and Edith Cornelison. She is survived by her son, Mark (Jill) Brown of Lindsborg, KS, her brothers Ron (Loanna) Cornelison, Rogers, AR and Henry (Emily) Cornelison, Slidell, LA, her sister Sharon...

Thomas F. Jones, 73 of Salina, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at Salina Presbyterian Manor. He loved his Lord, family, country and friends. Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Maynard and Letty (Raver) Jones, Tom moved to Salina around 1960 when his father opened Gibson’s Discount Center. He attended what is now known as Salina Central High School. He won the high school ...

LaDonna Grace (Tucker) Hauck passed away Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the Ottawa County Health Center. She was born September 13, 1928. LaDonna was raised on a family farm in rural Ottawa County just north of Lamar. LaDonna graduated from Miltonvale High School with the class of 1947. She married Roy Lee Hauck on June 19, 1948, at the Miltonvale Christian Church. They raised their family on a f...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Johnny Joel Hudson, 65, who departed this life on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at his home in Minneapolis, KS. He was born in Ada, Oklahoma on June 14, 1960, to Bobby K. Hudson and Mildred LaFaye (Woods) Hudson. John Hudson graduated from Minneapolis High School in 1978 and moved to Wichita where he married and had his only Child, ...

Joyce Ann Wiese, 83 years of age, was born on May 1, 1942, at Clay Center, Kansas, to parents, Glen and Esther Caldwell.  She passed from this life on Wednesday April 22, 2026, at the Presbyterian Manor in Salina, Kansas. She graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1960.  She then graduated from Brown Mackie Business College in 1961. Joyce married her high school sweetheart, L...

LaVerda Jeanne Schulze, 85, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. LaVerda was born June 23, 1940, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Alexander and Hilda (Leffler) Wunsch. She was united in marriage to Lonnie Lee Schulze on April 3, 1972, in Fort Collins, Colorado. They spent many happy years together before his passing in 2016. LaVerda’s gre...