Virginia Ione Olson, 95, a longtime Salina resident, passed away Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Dallas. She was born in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 16, 1923, the younger of two daughters of Ernest and Ione Collings. During childhood years she lived in Holliday, Kan., where her family lived on the second floor over her father’s grocery store. As a teenager she lived in Raytown, Mo., where she was a memb...

Ronald Von Scarrow, 79, passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. He was born in Mankato, to Vern and Ruby (Hamilton) Scarrow. Von was a three sport athlete playing football, basketball, and track all four years at Mankato High School. He met Sharon Heath in Downs. They were married and had four daughters together. The family moved to Stockton where Von opened his first barber shop. Later he worked as a...

Ronald E. Zwelling, 89, of Salina, passed away June 27, 2019. Mr. Zwelling was born Feb. 5, 1930, in Cleveland. He grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. He served 10 years in the U.S. Navy. He was a chief petty officer and veteran of the Korean War. He then spent eight years as an independent businessman and 20 years with the Federal Aviation Administration as an electronics technician, serving in Lincoln, No...

Jeffrey Allen "Jeff" Leiker, 56, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 2:02 a.m., Sunday, August 25th, 2019 peacefully at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. Jeffrey was born in Hays, Kansas on April 8, 1963, a son of Alexander P. and Mary Ellen (Quint) Leiker. Jeff attended the Hays, Kansas City, Kansas, and Wilson schools. Through the years Jeff worked as a farm hand, in floor constructio...

Amy Leona Magdeburg, 105, of Salina, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2019. She was born May 7, 1914 in Major County, OK. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Mertie (Lowery) Mitchell; husband, Allen Magdeburg; daughter-in-law, Wilva Magdeburg; son-in-law, Carl Smith; great granddaughter, Tyler Arroyo, sister Opal Naugle; brothers, Harold Mitchell, Ivan Mitchell, Ermil Mitchell....

Lawrence Donald "Larry" Arnold, 78, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 28th. Larry was born in Endicott, New York on June 9, 1941, a son of the late Marie Gladys (Kent) and Volney Lewis Arnold. Survivors include his wife, Felice Arnold of the home; daughter, Briana Lance (Charles), of Canton, Kansas; son, Kent Arnold, of Seattle, Washington; sister, Jeanette Simmons, of Jackson...

Lee “Mose” E. Bergstrom, age 93, of Clyde, KS, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at the Cloud County Health Center, Concordia. He was born on April 25, 1926 on a farm near Brantford, KS to Henry L. & Ethel M. (McCracken) Bergstrom. Lee attended Weaver school until 1938 when the family moved to a farm near Clyde, KS. He was a member of the Friends Church in Mill Creek. He attended...

Edna Waunaita Haist, 78, of Salina, passed away Thursday, August 29th, 2019. Edna Waunaita McClenahan was born on December 29, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska to Harold and Myrtle McClenahan. She married Donald William Haist on March 12, 1962. Together, they were blessed with three daughters. Edna lived a life full of love for God first, family second, and everything else after that. She was a de...

Katherine Jean "Kathy" Writer, 59, of Roxbury, Kansas, passed away at 7:38 p.m., Thursday, August 29th, 2019 while in the company of family members, at her home. Kathy was born in Salina, Kansas on November 1, 1959, a daughter of Clara Laveta (Glahn) Meyer and Albert Dean Meyer. Kathy attended Hope grade school, Hope Junior High and graduated from Hope High School, Hope, Kansas in 1977. She ...

Patricia Diane Mead, 62, of Salina, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019. She was born July 22, 1957 in Rolla, MO. She worked for Menards for the last 5 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold E. and Darla S. (Stocks) Smith; son, Eric S. Mead. Survivors include her children, Michael A. Mead, Daniel B. Mead; brother. Harold G. Smith (Deborah); sister, Pamela S. George. ...