Florence (Flossie) Wilkes, age 95, passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island, Nebraska. She was born June 11, 1922 in Kackley, Kansas to Alva and Hazel (Logsdon) Nichols. Florence graduated from Kackley High School in 1940. She graduated from Campbell Beauty College in Emporia, Kansas. She married Junior Wilkes on November 25, 1943 in Concordia, Kans...

Jack A Wilson, 93, passed away at the Presbyterian Manor in Salina after a long illness, on May 25, 2018. Jack lived and worked in Salina all his life. He worked for the Salina Milling Industry for a number of years and after retirement started his own very successful business, Special Purpose Controls. He sold electrical controls throughout the United States and in some foreign Countries. H...

Charlotte Louise Ashton 87, of Salina, passed away Monday, May 28, 2018. She was born April 7, 1931 in Salina, the daughter of Albert and Hazel (Shelton) Gorrell. Charlotte worked for Buehler Mayflower Movers of Denver for twenty-one years, retired in 1975 and moved back to Salina in 1977. She was a excellent seamstress and made custom draperies for several interior decorators. She was a mast...

Sidney Ray "Sid" Unruh, 79, of Galva, Kansas, passed away at 7:50 p.m., Monday, May 28th, while in the company of family members, at Cedars Health Care Center, McPherson. Sid was born in Halstead, Kansas on October 13, 1938, a son of Susie (Koehn) and Murphy J. Unruh. Sid attended and graduated from Liberty Country School, Rural Galva, Kansas. Though the years, Sid worked for Kit Manufact...

Jackie Adam, 74, died May 23, 2018. She was born Dec. 11, 1943 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Cleo and Anna (Freeman) Prinzing. Jackie is survived by her husband, Leland; her son, Michael Adam and daughter, Dianna Hayden, all of Salina. Her grandchildren are Jamie (Kate) Aldridge and Brandon Aldridge. Her great grandchildren are Destinee and Chasity and Hunter Aldridge. A Memorial Mass of Ch...

Elden Bergstrom, age 85, of Courtland, KS, passed away on Sun., May 27, 2018 at his home in Courtland. He was born on June 23, 1932 in Jamestown, KS to Ernest & Myrtle (Peterson) Bergstrom. He attended Dist. 93 Salt Marsh grade school until the 5th grade and then Jamestown grade school and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1950. He served in the US Army in Germany from 1953 to 1955. Upo...

Funeral services for James M. “Sonny” Brandt, age 83, of Abilene will be 10:00 AM Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene with Pastor Stan Norman officiating. Sonny passed away Friday, May 25, 2018 at his home in Abilene. He was born April 11, 1935 in Detroit the son of Ernest and Teresa (Wells) Brandt. Sonny grew up on the family farm north of Detroit an...

Kenneth Eugene Kahrs, 67, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 10:00 p.m., Sunday, May 27th, 2018 while in the company of family members, at McPherson Health And Rehab. Kenneth was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska on March 10, 1951, a son of Betty June (Stevens) and Robert Otto Kahrs. Kenny attended Phillipsburg Elementary School, Phillipsburg, Kansas, McPherson Senior High School and graduated i...

Senator Don Steffes was born on January 13, 1930 to Bill and Marie (Dwyer) Steffes in Olpe, Kansas. He was the second of four children. His older brother Gene and spouse Pat live in Olpe and Gene died in 2011, his younger brother Dale and spouse, Sandy live in Houston, Texas and his younger sister Clarice and spouse Walter Dengel live in Ottawa, Kansas. He graduated from St. Joseph’s Grade and H...

Stephanie Renee Thach, 48, of Moundridge, Kansas passed away Friday, May 25th, 2018 suddenly at her home. Stephanie was born in McPherson, Kansas on May 6, 1970, a daughter of Sharon Gene (Burns) and Ted Junior Baxter. Stephanie attended Sante Fe and Lincoln Elementary School, McPherson Middle School and graduated from McPherson Senior High School in 1988, McPherson, Kansas. She then attende...