Austin D. Sommerfeld passed away on Monday July 13, 2020. He was born July 23, 1997 in Salina, KS to Mark Sommerfeld and Patricia Smith. Austin truly lived life to the fullest through simple pleasures, spending time with friends and family, and a love for dogs, four-wheel drive trucks, and fishing. He is survived by his father, Mark Sommerfeld; his mother, Patricia Smith; his three sisters, Na...

Sister Geraldine Milke died July 16, 2020, at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, KS. She was 88 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 69 years. She was born in Hays, KS on July 7, 1932, to Joseph and Caroline Rohleder Milke, the youngest of five children, and was baptized Geraldine Agnes. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, KS on February 14, 1951. On August 15, 1951, Geraldine re...

Thomas Wayne Berry, 87, of Salina, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020. He was born February 3, 1933 in Greenville, TX. He was in the United States Airforce for 20 years then worked for Western Auto as a warehouse man. He was preceded in death by his parents, Terrell W. and Jetta M. (Burke) Berry; wife, Verna B. Berry; sisters, Billie Humphries, Mary Bryant; brother, Bobby Savage. Survivors...

William R. Barr died on July 11, 2020. He was 82 years old. Bill was born on August 7, 1937 in Emporia, Kansas to Catherine (Jensen) and Everette Ross Barr. He grew up in Emporia and attended St. Benedict’s College & Emporia State University. Bill will be remembered for many things: a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, an Army veteran, a salesman, a mentor to his son...

Sheila Rose Hickel, 68, of Salina, passed away at home Saturday, July 11, 2020, surrounded by the family that she loved. Sheila was born in Akron, Ohio on January 19, 1952. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Jerry Lee Hickel Sr., also by her 3 daughters, Chandra Rountree, LayLonnie Charles, Christina Wilkinson, and 1 son Jerry Lee Hickel Jr., 10 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchild...

Kristopher L. Mock, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020 at his home in Leonardville at the age of 44. He was born November 10, 1975 in Salina, Kansas the son of Steven Mock. He graduated from Chapman High School and received his bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Arizona. Kristopher worked at Wardcraft Homes Inc. after graduation until 2006. He also worke...

Joe Blackman passed away July 9, 2020. We are pretty sure he is now riding his Harley Davidson of his Bi Ole White Mule, Crystal, the two things he missed doing during his illness. He was born in Pennsylvania and later moved to Arizona where he was the sole miner at the world’s richest amethyst mine in the four peaks wilderness. After digging for the stone, he backpacked it down the mountain ...

Walter "Walt" B. Hangstefer, 88, of Salina, passed away Saturday, July 11th, 2020. Walter was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 13, 1932, a son of the late Myrtle (Pace) and John W. Hangstefer. Walt served in the United States Air Force. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Charlene "Shelly" (Tarbox) Hangstefer; three daughters, Laura Moody, (Steve), of Manhattan, Lisa Simpson, of Mil...

Geraldine Jane Abbott was born April 30, 1934 on a farm near Salina, KS the youngest of seven children to Mabel (Andrews) and Joseph Gruber. She passed peacefully to be with family on July 7, 2020 at the age of 86. Jane (as she preferred to be called) was predeceased by her parents and her husband, Mellroy F. Abbott, her brother Raymond Gruber and her sisters Mary Sink, Marie Thompson, Florence Fo...

Patricia Lynn Frazier, 86, died July 10 at the Cedars care facility in McPherson. Pat was a friend of many, a talented businesswoman, loyal member of the St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Parish, and an example of both warmth and grit to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She shared most of her life’s adventures with her husband, Louie, whom she was married to for 64 years before h...