Phyllis Lorrayne Powell, 89, of Salina passed away peacefully at her home Thursday evening February 28, 2019. She was born November 6, 1929 in Waterville KS, the daughter of Edward and Tillie (Bonin) Blaske. She married Ira Powell November 20, 1952. He passed away August 13, 2007. Phyllis was a homemaker and enjoyed baking, sewing and scrapbooking. She loved spending time with her family and ho...

Funeral services for George S. “Sam” Rock, age 72, of Abilene, will be 10:30 AM Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene with Pastor Stan Norman officiating. Mr. Rock passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He was born January 28, 1947 in Abilene the son of Roland E. and Ellen M. (Jameson) Rock. He graduated from Abile...

Donald Herman "Don" Steuber, 90, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 7:40 p.m., Thursday, February 28th, 2019 while in the company of family members, at Pleasant View Home, Inman, Kansas. Don was born in Sylvan Grove, Kansas on July 17, 1928, a son of Wilhelmina "Minnie" Frederica (Naegele) and Hermann Johann Steuber. Don attended the Bethlehem Lutheran Grade School and graduated from Sylva...

Vera Ann Jewell, 60, of Salina, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019. She was born March 9, 2019 in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents Delmar and Lily (Vanhoose) Jewell; sister, Lorraine Jewell; brother, Dale Jewell. Survivors include her children, Jeramie Jay Wood (Jenny Lincoln) of Roanoke, VA; Sierra Amber Pullam of San Diego, CA; grandchildren, Emma W...

Mary Ballard, age 68, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, KS. She was born on March 12, 1950 in Athens, TX., to Marvin & Arline (Pearce) Wardell. She graduated from Bryan Adams High School 1968. Mary attended Hardin Baylor College and transferred to University Texas Austin and graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor’s degree in history. She married...

Dorothy W. Kennedy, 86, formerly of Salina, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Dorothy was born March 4, 1932, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Dorothy (Orr) and Lee Wandling and had a younger brother, Warren. Her family moved to several cities in her youth settling in Milwaukee, Wisc., where she graduated from Downer High School. She graduated...

Funeral services for George S. “Sam” Rock, age 72, of Abilene, will be 10:30 AM Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene with Pastor Stan Norman officiating. Mr. Rock passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He was born January 28, 1947 in Abilene the son of Roland E. and Ellen M. (Jameson) Rock. He graduated from Abile...

Frances Nell Guenther Jones, 94, of Salina, went to be with the Lord February 21, 2019. She was born August 18, 1924 in Little Rock, AR to William Guenther and Nell Douglas Guenther, the second of two children. Frances attended the University of Illinois to study accounting. There she met Art Jones at the Baptist Student Union. They married in North Little Rock, on January 12, 1952, and establi...

Joyce Jean Mann, 74, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2019. She was born December 14, 1944 in Topeka, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey William and Anna Elizabeth (Schell) Lynch; brother, Ron Lynch, Jerry Lynch, sister, Judy. Survivors include her loving husband of 24 years, Orville Mann of the home; sisters Janice Garrett of Salina, Barbara Lynch of Tope...

Fred DeArmond, age 83, of Concordia, KS, left this earthly life on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia. He was born on Dec. 19, 1935 at his grandparent’s home in Pittsburg, KS to Wally E. & Helen (Magie) DeArmond. Fred attended schools in Pittsburg and graduated from high school in 1954. He graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1958 with a Bachelor’s...