William “Bill” Meredith, age 80, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia, KS. He was born on Feb. 13, 1940 in South Bend, Indiana to Howard E. & Beulah M. (Fox) Meredith. Bill graduated from Mishawka High School in Indiana and joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He attended the University of Indiana an earned a Bachelor’s degree and later a Master’s degre...

Lois M. Wiechman, 81, of Salina, passed away Friday, August 14, 2020. She was born June 23, 1939 in Barnes, Kan., to Ernest and Alma (Sewell) Finlayson. Lois married her high school sweetheart, Alvin Wiechman, on September 15, 1957 in Barnes. Lois’ greatest joy and passion was raising her family, in addition to the love she gave to her grandchildren and friends. For nearly 30 years Lois and A...

Phyllis J. Cooper, 97, of Inman, KS, passed away at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, August 13th, 2020 peacefully, at Pleasant View Home, Kansas. Phyllis was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 2, 1923, a daughter of Rhoda Maco (Seward) and Carl William Hagel. Phyllis attended the Wichita area schools and graduated from North High School, Wichita, Kansas. She then attended and graduated from Wichita State U...

Marjorie Fay (Smith) Lindstrom, 91, went to her heavenly home August 9, 2020, from her earthly home in Falun, KS. She was born September 16, 1928, in Salina, KS, to Paul Vestal Smith and Matilda (Allan) Smith. She was the fifth of five children born to this couple. Her kind, compassionate, loving, and generous heart will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She attended Kansas State Uni...

Mary Anna Purcell, 91, died Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Salina Regional Health Center. She was born April 7, 1929 to Guy and Mary (Fairbairn) Crowe. She was the youngest of seven children, raised on the farm five miles north and 1 mile east of Coldwater, Kansas. She attended New Home Grade School, Coldwater High School, and Salt City Business College, Hutchinson, Kansas. Mary Anna was m...

Nellie May (Empson) Kurtz, 98, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away July 26, 2020 in Olathe, Kansas. She was born Nellie May Demanette on November 28, 1921 in Aurora, Kansas, the youngest daughter of 12 children. Nellie married George Elvin Empson in 1941 and they settled in Concordia where they had 3 children. At one time they owned the Pastime Cafe. People enjoyed good food and Nellie's h...

Janice McKinney, 81, passed away peacefully this week in Salt Lake City surrounded by her children. She was born on September 11th, 1938, in Aurora, Illinois, to Lillian (Roetzer) Wallers and Leo Wallers. Following her graduation from Madonna Catholic High School for Girls, she headed west to another all-girls catholic school. But instead of the urban suburbs of Chicago, this one was smack in ...

Cecil Dean Palmer, 84, passed away August 7, 2020 in Ellis, KS. He was born the youngest of three sons at the family home on May 27, 1936 in rural Osceola, IA, to Ralph and Esther (Foland) Palmer. Cecil attended Clarke County Iowa country school and graduated from Osceola High School in 1954. He graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy. Following graduatio...

Delbert "Bert" Palmer, 67, was born the son of Richard and Delores “Dee” (Hunter) Palmer on January 1, 1953 in Salina, KS. Bert soared to the heavens on Monday, August 3, in his home while holding hands with his beloved wife Deb whom he affectionately called “Bing” after battling and struggling several months with Crohn’s Disease. Delbert worked for Wilson & Company Engineers and Arc...

Luella “Lou” Tryon, 79, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020. She was born in Breda, Iowa to Julius and Leona Schroeder. Lou graduated from Marymount College and taught at Schilling Air Force Base. As her family grew, she began substitute teaching throughout Salina. In 1984 she started Tryon Tutoring and continued to tutor until 2020. In her spare time Lou enjoyed gardening, teaching exercise c...