Obituaries

Mar 15, 2023

Howard Richards, 94, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Riverview Estates, Marquette. He was born May 16, 1928, in Quinter, to Lawrence G. and Leona Richards.

Howard was raised in Quinter and was a graduate of Quinter High School. He excelled in all sports and especially loved basketball and football. Howard met...

Mar 14, 2023

Vicki L. Williams, 60, Bennington, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Salina Regional Health Center. Vicki was born November 25, 1962, in Junction City to Jerry and Marilyn (Poland) Glessner.

Vicki was a 1981 graduate of Tescott High School and for the past 23 years she was employed with Blue Beacon International...

Mar 13, 2023

Marvin J. Hamm, 86, Abilene, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023, at Village Manor in Abilene. The youngest of 12, Marvin was born December 30, 1936, in Hillsboro to Edward and Bertha (Hill) Hamm.

Marvin attended the Warren School until the eighth grade and was a 1955 graduate of Durham High School.  He...

Mar 10, 2023

Nancy Louise Kruckenberg Pieschl, 79, passed away Friday, March 10, 2023. She was born on November 28, 1943, to Hugh and Elaine (McPherson) Armstrong and raised in Kansas. On December 10, 1961, she wed Marlin D. Kruckenberg. The two had three daughters: Tanya Rader, Marla McElderry, and Shana Reed, and were married for 28 years until Marlin...

Mar 5, 2023

Marjorie A. Crist, 98, Salina, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023, at the Salina Presbyterian Manor.  She was born April 11, 1924, in Superior, NE to Russell and Doris (Hathaway) Bell. They moved to a farm northeast of Minneapolis, KS when she was 2 years old. Her parents farmed during the difficult times of the 1930s. She...

Feb 21, 2023

Marlene Margaret (Kelly) Clark, 83, Barnard, died unexpectedly after a brief illness on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. She was born on May 6, 1939 at their home west of Barnard to Clyde and Hazel Kelly, an unexpected surprise coming an hour and five minutes after the birth of her twin sister. This was the same home where...

Feb 16, 2023

Joseph L. Cummings, Jr., 89, Ada, died Thursday, February 16, 2023, at his home.

It was his wishes to be cremated and no services be held.

Feb 10, 2023

Michael J. Mick, 74, Salina, peacefully passed away Friday, February 10, 2023, at the Salina Regional Health Center with his family at his side. He was born June 22, 1948, in Beloit, Kansas to James and Leola (Belden) Mick.

Mike was a 1966 graduate of Bennington High School. He and Leanna Ditto were...

Feb 10, 2023

Christine M. Ahlquist, 43, Delphos, died Friday, February 10, 2023, at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis.

She was born August 16, 1979 in Denver, CO to Donald and Mabel (Carpenter) Ahlquist.

Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, February 15 at Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis. Memorials...

Feb 4, 2023

On Saturday, February 4, 2023, Robert ("Bob") M. Klein, 81 years old, joined his wife, Marjorie, and son, Derek, in Heaven. He did not know a stranger and delighted in getting to know others.

He graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in Education and taught in the Haddam and Delphos School Districts.  Bob had...

Jan 20, 2023

Lona AbOlivia Jost, 46, Minneapolis, passed away Friday, January 20, 2023, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park with her family at her side.

Lona was born on July 14, 1976, in Kinsley, Kansas the daughter of Glen E. Small and Carolee Mae (Dixon) Failer. Lona was a 1995 graduate...

Jan 16, 2023

Kenneth Greene of Tescott died January 16, 2023. He was born on February 21, 1924, the youngest child of Arthur and Alice Matilda (Stirn) Greene and lived nearly all his life on the farm that was homesteaded by his grandparents.

Ken attended Lone Star country school and Tescott High School. He married Muriel...

Jan 9, 2023

James Robert Rutz (Jim) was born October 24th, 1936, on his family's farm near Hope, KS. He passed away January 9, 2023. Jim was the sixth of ten children born to Jake and Valene (James) Rutz. As a child Jim was raised to be a hard-working, farm boy. He lived a simple life with his siblings and...

Jan 8, 2023

Carrie Sue Thompson, age 49, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2023, at her home near Minneapolis, Kansas.

Carrie was born on October 21, 1973 in Iowa Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Kendall Dean Hursey and Sherrie Sueanne (Vaughn) Hursey.

In Carrie's youth, she loved the time spent on her...

Jan 8, 2023

Linda Jeanne (Leeburg) Gans, Bennington, died Sunday, January 8, 2023.

Linda was a lifelong Bennington resident and the majority owner and managing member of Gans Family Farms LLC.

Survivors include daughters, Michele Gans and her husband, Cecil Wise of Coffeyville and Andrea Gans of Wichita; brother, Linn Leeburg and...

Jan 6, 2023

Leonard Vance Stirn, known as Vance, passed away Friday evening, January 6, 2023, in Tescott, KS, at the age of 72. He collapsed and died unexpectedly after hunting with his grandson.  He passed away doing what he loved.

He was born May 31, 1950, in Salina, KS to Leonard and Doris Stirn of...

Jan 4, 2023

Baxter Michael Green, son of Ian Green and Chris Mikesell-Green (Karl), passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at the age of eight.

Baxter was born May 29, 2014- and his mama has long claimed because of his picturesque birth, this is the best day of her life.  He was blessed during his life...

Jan 2, 2023

Darlene Thomas, 85, Minneapolis, passed away Monday, January 2, 2023, at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis.  She was born Alice Darlene Adams on May 25, 1937, in Beloit, to Hubert M. and Evelyn (Bussart) Adams.

Darlene was a 1955 graduate of Minneapolis High School and graduated on her 18 th birthday.  On...

Jan 2, 2023

Duane C. Nelson, 90, Minneapolis, died Monday, January 2, 2023, at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis.

Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, April 1 at Sunset Bible Chapel, 760 Hancock St., Salina, KS

Jan 2, 2023

Ronald LeRoy McCosh, 77, Beverly, KS went home to be with his Lord & Savior January 2, 2023. He was born July 27, 1945, in Abilene, Kansas to LeRoy James and Phyllis Lucille (Kugler) McCosh.

He was their oldest living child. (Phyllis and LeRoy miscarried a baby before Ron's birth).

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