Marion “Buddy” Hershel Neff, 74, passed away peacefully at home on December 13th, 2024, in Salina, KS, after a long and courageous battle with stage-4 lung cancer, with his loving wife, Yong Ae Neff, by his side. Born on August 17th, 1950, in Whittaker, West Virginia, to Hershel Berman Neff and Marie Kathleen Jenkins, Buddy leaves behind a legacy of love, laughter, and countless cherished memo...

Marjorie Hartsel, age 101, Jewell, KS resident, passed away on December 14, 2024 at Minneapolis Health and Rehabilitation, Minneapolis, KS. Marjorie Ilene Hartsel was born on March 25, 1923 to Harry (Gus) and Bertha (Miller) Divel in Jewell County, KS. She went to school at Pioneer Rural School and grew up on a farm southwest of Jewell with a sister and two brothers. Marjorie graduated from Jewell...

Mark Sprout, 58, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 15th, at Kenwood View Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mark was born in Wichita, Kansas on September 7, 1966, to Pat Belden and Earl Sprout. Mark was a wonderful friend, and brother. In his free time, he enjoyed playing pool and darts with the people he was closest to. Cremation has been chosen and no services are planned...

Ruth Ann Hills, 74, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 14th, 2024. Ruth was born in Salina, Kansas on July 4, 1950, a daughter to Edna Marie (Wesley) and Edwin Cash Sr. Ruth and her husband, Steve Hills, spent many happy years together before his passing in 2017. Survivors include her sisters, Sarah Callison and Cathleen Fisher; longtime friends, Carol and Mike McFadden; an...

Julie K. Reddig, 65, of Salina, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2024.  She was born August 9, 1959, to Herman and Betty (Krehbiel) Holloway in McPherson, Kansas.   She attended Canton Galva High School and graduated in 1977.  She graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1981 to become an English teacher.   Throughout her teaching career, she taught at Minneapolis High School, Roosevel...

JoAnn L. Haist, beloved wife, mother, and friend, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 13, 2024, at Sunflower Care Homes of Baldwin City, KS. She was 92 years of age. She was born on June 5, 1932, in Clifton, Kansas to Sylvester J. & Helen R. (Roberts) Gieber. JoAnn graduated from Haddam High School in 1950.  She received her nursing degree from Marymount School of Nursing in 19...

Kenneth Paul Palmquist, age 82, left this earthly life on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia, KS surrounded by his family.  He was born on April 17, 1942 in Deshler, NE to Elmer G. & Inez M. (Bevington) Palmquist.  He lived in Hebron, NE (his mother’s hometown) until his father purchased the Schmelling Drug Store and they moved to Concordia, KS in 1945.  ...

Harvey Ernest Disque, 92, of Salina, Kansas, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2024. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend. Harvey was born on September 9, 1932, in Claflin, Kansas, to Adam and Margaret (Radenberg) Disque. Harvey attended a one-room school at State Center District 75 in Claflin, Kansas, and graduated from Claflin High School i...

Peggy Kiser, age 72, was born Margaret Anne Butler in Hebron, Nebraska, on January 16, 1952, to Ken and Bette Butler and protective brothers Kayo and Bill. Peggy received her wings on Sunday, December 8, 2024, and has taken flight to join all the other angels in heaven. Twenty years later, she became a proud mother to her daughter, Amee Dawn, and later to her son, Michael Dominick Urich. When P...

BAYTOWN, TX - Trace Hunter Cutbirth, 28, formerly of Salina, died November 26, 2024 in Baytown, Texas.  He was born December 19, 1995 in Salina. Trace attended Salina Central High School where he participated in football, wrestling, and track.  He enjoyed drawing and spending time with his family. He is survived by his mother, Kelly (Cutbirth) Black (J.P. Stevens) of Salina; father, Michea...