Kevin H. Constable
Apr 30, 2012
Kevin H. Constable, 62, Delphos, died Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. He was born January 3, 1950 in Concordia to Howard and Mildred (Crosson) Constable. He was a 1968 graduate of Minneapolis High School and he served in the United States Navy for a short time. He worked various jobs including farming with his...
Avis Irene Shafer
Apr 25, 2012
Avis Irene Shafer, 87, Minneapolis, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born August 30, 1924 in Manchester, KS to Ed and Irene (Britt) Paul. Avis was a 1942 graduate of Minneapolis High School. She then worked for various local businesses and she later worked at the ASC office and the Bank of...
Coleda Ione Hart
Apr 2, 2012
Coleda Ione Hart, Barnard, departed this life on April 2, 2012 at Lincoln, Kansas. She was born August 27, 1920, in Barnard, Kansas, the daughter of George and Jewel Nelson. On May 13, 1941 she was united in marriage to Willard Alvin Hart at Junction City. She and Willard lived in the Barnard area for most of their lives. They...
Iris Martin
Mar 29, 2012
Iris Martin, 84, Minneapolis, died Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Ottawa County Health Center. Iris was born March 9, 1928 in Tescott to Ross and Zada (Brooks) Matthews. She was united in marriage with Donald Martin on September 22, 1946. They lived in various locations while Donald was in the United States Air Force. They moved to Minneapolis in...
Dale C. Reed
Mar 27, 2012
Dale C. Reed, 84, Culver, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. He was born December 26, 1927 on a farm north of Culver to Paul and Vera (Kepple) Reed. He attended Culver Grade School and he was a 1946 graduate of Culver High School. On December 7, 1947 Dale married Norma Nelson. They lived...
Jack D. Haley
Mar 23, 2012
Jack D. Haley, Salina, was born April 10, 1923 in Bennington, Kansas to Marshall and Lucille (McKay) Haley. Jack died Friday, March 23, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He graduated from Bennington High School and attended Kansas Weslyan University for one semester. Jack joined the U.S. Air Force and received his pilot wings in multi-engine aircraft. After WWII,...
Mary B. Laughlin
Mar 20, 2012
Mary Beatrice Griffin McCrady Laughlin was born June 9, 1923 on a farm near Sayre, OK to Henry Horatio and Laura Ann (Roach) Griffin. Mary B. passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, John, Oscar, Elmer, and Jess; two sisters Bessie Green and Mattie Green; her husband Elmer Laughlin; and son-in-law...
Richard D. Bronson
Mar 14, 2012
Richard D. Bronson, 54, Minneapolis, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. Rich was born April 7, 1957 in Salina to Benjamin and Vada (Lott) Bronson. Rich was a 1975 graduate of Minneapolis High School and he was working as a regional manager at the Salina Journal at the time of his death. He also...
Gerald T. Shoemaker
Mar 13, 2012
Gerald Thomas Shoemaker, 81, of Minneapolis, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Salina. Gerald was born in Ada on April 3, 1931, to Lennie and Florence Shoemaker. Eventually the family located to a farm outside of Minneapolis where Gerald grew up. Gerald married his college sweet heart Joyce Davidson on June 8, 1952, in Minneapolis, Kansas. He earned...
Lorena Sue Fraser
Mar 12, 2012
Lorena Sue Fraser, 67, Minneapolis, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. She was born on June 17, 1944 in Clay Center to Loren and Eileen (McDaniel) Rock. Lorena was united in marriage with Raymond Fraser on August 11, 1962. She was an office manager/agent at Ottawa County Farm Bureau for 35 years. Lorena was...
Neil E. Maholland
Mar 9, 2012
Neil Edwin Maholland, 83, Topeka, passed away Friday, March 9, 2012. He was born July 18, 1928 in Ada to Ralph E. and Sarah (Van Meter) Maholland. Neil attended Milo, Ada, and Spring Creek Schools, and Coffeyville Junior College. He worked as a construction contractor and then as the county engineer for Lincoln County. Neil served as mayor of Barnard...
Kenneth W. Baker
Feb 28, 2012
Kenneth W. Baker, 89, Minneapolis, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. He was born July 8, 1922 in Minneapolis to Henry and Mable (Conklin) Baker. He was united in marriage with Norma Lee Bronson on June 14, 1947 in Salina. Kenny worked for the City of Minneapolis for many years and he was a...
Randon S. Regnier
Feb 26, 2012
Randon S. Regnier, 24, Bennington, met his Lord and Savior Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was born January 25, 1988 in Salina to Bernard L. and Cynthia S. (Luginsland) Regnier. Randon was raised in Bennington and was a 2007 graduate of Bennington High School. He was a faithful attendee of the Bennington Bible Church and he loved going to work...
Harold J. Horting
Feb 23, 2012
Harold J. Horting, 86, Tescott, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. The son of George and Leona (Hill) Horting, he was born December 11, 1925. He was a lifetime resident of Tescott except for four years when the family moved to Morrowville. On November 3, 1945 Harold was united in marriage with Stella Schmitt. To...
Goldie Irene Herman
Feb 20, 2012
Goldie Irene Herman, 78, Minneapolis, died Monday, February 20, 2012 in Minneapolis. She was born September 6, 1933 in Salina to John Henry and Gladys (Jones) Skanks. She loved to work in her yard and she was a homemaker. Irene was preceded in death by her husbands, Walter Toothman in 1985 and Vernon Herman in 2003; daughter Alice Cjeka in...
Pamela K. Baker
Jan 30, 2012
Pamela Kaye Baker was born May 17, 1946 in Concordia, to Geraldine Boss Flessner and Keith Boss. She lost her fight with cancer on January 30, 2012 in Tulsa, OK, she was 65 years old. She was the oldest of three children and was preceded in death by her father Keith Boss; step-father Delton Flessner; brother Randy Boss; and her...
Cloris L. Adams
Jan 30, 2012
Cloris L. Adams, 83, Tescott, passed away Monday, January 30, 2012 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. She was born September 4, 1928 in Lincoln County to Arthur and Alta (Cassel) Rees. Ivan Adams and Cloris were united in marriage on May 20, 1945 in Beverly and he preceded her in death on May 22, 2004. Cloris worked as...
Jarold K. Stelter
Jan 27, 2012
Jarold K. Stelter, 69, Minneapolis, passed away Friday, January 27, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born October 9, 1942 in Boulder, Colorado to Jake and Nellie (Chambers) Stelter and he was raised by Blondie and Adda Mae Stelter. Jarry had a love for flea markets, road trips to any casino, and he collected railroad date nails. He...
Juanita R. Hardesty
Jan 25, 2012
Juanita R. Hardesty, 75, Minneapolis, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born August 2, 1936 to Sherm M. and Julia Vida (Steinbrock) Jackson. Juanita was a 1954 graduate of Minneapolis High School. She and John E. Hardesty were united in marriage on December 18, 1954 in Minneapolis. Juanita was preceded in death by...
Francis Lee Hoffman
Jan 21, 2012
Francis Lee Hoffman, 95, Minneapolis, died Saturday, January 21, 2012. He was born in Riley County (1/2mile south of the Sherman Schoolhouse) on December 29, 1916. He went to school at Sherman and graduated in 1931. He then went to Leonardville High School and graduated in the spring of 1935. Lee worked for various farmers until 1938. At that time...
