Berna Lou (Yarnell) Gable, 93, passed away on March 7, 2025 at Pleasant Hills Assisted Living in Hutchinson, KS.  Berna was born on August 3rd, 1931, in Concordia, KS. to Perry and Reva (Liby) Chartier. She attended Concordia High School and worked for the USD #333 school system as a cook for twenty years before retiring in 1993. On 7/15/48 she married Francis E. (Gene) Yarnell in Osborn...

Jason N. Butler, age 48 of Perry, KS, unexpectedly left this earthly life on Friday, February 28, 2025 while on a hike on Piestewa Peak in Phoenix, AZ.  He was born in Concordia, KS, on December 20, 1976 to John & Nancy (Kelly) Butler. Jason started school in Glasco, KS, and spent his summers in the area as a youth playing baseball and working in his grandparents’ grocery store, Kelly’s...

Russell D. Austin, 60, was born on September 26, 1964 in California to Jackie L. Moody and Bruce Edward Austin. Russell was a true gear head! With his passion for motors he was a professional drag racer, and the best mechanic around with a twisted sense of humor. Russell passed away peacefully on March 3, 2025 with his loved ones by his side. He was preceded in death by his dog, Otto; his fa...

Karen Faye Huffman, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on March 5, 2025, at the age of 80. Born on June 18, 1944, in Concordia, Kansas, she was the cherished daughter of Keith and Hazel Price. Karen was a devoted partner to her husband, Hershel Huffman, whom she married on February 24, 1963, at the Evangelical United Bret...

Roseanna Marie Kinkelaar, 96, of Lindsborg, Kan., passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2025. She was born September 26, 1928, in Ingalls, Kan., to Bernard and Martha (Kowalksi) Millershaski. Roseanna grew up on a farm outside of Ingalls, Kansas. Her childhood days were spent living, “The farm life.” That included doing many chores which left little time to be a kid. She preferred to be at school...

Olin Dean Collicott, 80, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Salina Regional Health Center.  He was born to Stacey and Fleta Collicott on February 2, 1945 in Great Bend, Kansas. He served in the United States Army Reserves from 1965 to 1971.  One of Olin’s proudest moments was marching with his unit in President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s funeral in April 1969. Olin worked as a machinis...

Wendy Genereux passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Friday, February 28, 2025, at her home in Clyde. She was born November 5, 1964 in Russell, Kansas, along with a twin brother Wade, to Everett A. and Fay A. (Thomas) Sechtem. Wendy was a 1984 graduate of Kearney High School, Kearney, NE. She married Bill Genereux on January 16, 1993 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Con...

Robert Jack “Bobby” Sprecker, 70, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 26th, 2025. Robert was born in Salina, Kansas on November 5, 1954, to Mary Elizabeth Schroeder and Robert Sprecker. Robert always followed his own path and discovered the things he enjoyed by doing so. Survivors include a brother, Brad Sprecker. He is preceded in death by his parents; sister, Eliza...

Anna was born on May 28th, 1987 in Wichita, Kansas. She was adopted the same day by Ruth and Leslie Hindman. Anna attended schools in Salina, Kansas. She was a happy child and liked to play with the children in Ruth's Home Day Care. She was a good student and loved to read. She also liked to sing and draw pictures of animals (especially dogs). She had dogs and a guinea pig at home as pets. She als...

Josephine Deloria Ross, 84, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 2nd, 2025. Jo was born in Sedalia, Missouri on August 10, 1940, a daughter of Nola Irene (Crouch) and Joseph Oscar Smith. Survivors include her two daughters, Jacqueline Pinnix, of Woodbridge, Virginia, Adrienne Ross, of Dumfries, Virginia; two sons, Charles Ross (Phyllis), of Salina, Kansas, Ahnrique Ross (Lucy), of Ok...