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...

Marilyn Sue Majors, 70, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, August 11th, 2020. Marilyn was born in Stockton, Kansas on September 17, 1949, a daughter of Ruth (Hance) Jackson, of Salina, Kansas and the late Ivan Ray Jackson. Survivors include her son, Jeffery Majors, of Salina, Kansas; brothers, Terry Jackson, Richard Jackson, (Michelle), of Salina, Kansas. She is also survived by 3 grand...

Steve was born in Austin, Texas, on June 3, 1943, a son of the late Elinor (Wili) and Earl Ascher. Steve graduated from Salina High School in 1961 and from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1965 with a BA in Chemistry. While at KWU, he met a cute brunette in German class and eventually got up the nerve to ask her for a date. On July 30, 1966, he married Ruth Marie Schenck in Holly, Colorado. Ste...

Beatrice L. “Bea” Cole, age 86, of Abilene passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 at Village Manor in Abilene. She was born August 23, 1933 in Galeton, PA the daughter of Charles and Filide (Meucci) Osani. She graduated High School in Galeton and on June 25, 1955 she was united in marriage to Lewis W. Cole. To this union two sons were born. Lewis worked for Combustion Engineering and the fami...

James Leo "Jim" Armer, Jr., 61, of McPherson, KS, passed away at 1:55 p.m., Friday, August 7th, while in the company of family members, at his sister's home. James was born in Kingman, Kansas on November 28, 1958, a son of Wilma Jean (Mishler) and James Leo Armer. Jim attended Windom Elementary School, Windom, Kansas and Little River High School, Little River, Kansas. Jim was a truck driv...