Obituary Listing

Jan 26, 2013

Larry C. Bohling, age 59, died Sat., Jan. 26, 2013 at Salina Regional Health Center , Salina . Larry was born on 12/16/1953 in Meade , KS to Victor & Evelyn (Zwonitzer) Bohling. Larry graduated from Concordia High School . After high school, Larry joined the US Army and served 4 years. After the service, Larry returned to...

Jan 26, 2013

Ruth Merrill, age 64, died Sat., Jan. 26, 2013 at her home in Concordia , KS . She was born on Oct. 9, 1948 in Colby , KS to Richard & Dorothy (Briney) Wegner. She married Gerald 'Billy Jack' Merrill on Oct. 14, 1970 at Concordia. Ruth worked as a cook at Cloud County Community College and then...

Jan 23, 2013

Margaret Hattan died January, 23 rd , 2013 at Cloud County Health Center , Concordia , KS . She was born at rural Deweese , NE , to James and Clara (Barta) Mazour on December 30 th , 1927. After graduating from Nelson High School in May 1945, she worked at the...

Jan 12, 2013

Marvin L. Johnson, 91 years of age, of Concordia, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Mount Joseph Senior Village in Concordia. He was born on December 22, 1921 in rural Cloud County to Perry and Anna (Forsling) Johnson. Marvin graduated from Concordia High School in 1940 and on January 6, 1942,...

Jan 9, 2013

Betty June (Wilson) DeGraff, 86, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. A native of Concordia, she was the daughter of the late Gerald Francis Wilson and Beatrice (Allen) Wilson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

Jan 7, 2013

Lucille E. Leitner, 85 years of age, of Concordia, passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 7, 2013. She was born May 15, 1927 in Thayer County , Nebraska to Leonard & Martha (Schutte) Dankenbring. She graduated from Bruning High School and received her business degree from National Business Institute in Lincoln , NE....

Dec 28, 2012

Pearl B. Empson Hardwick Rizzi, 99 passed away peacefully on Friday, December 28 at Sunset Nursing Home in Concordia , Kansas .

She was born December 1, 1913 in Concordia , KS to Raymond and Florence B. (Clark) Empson. She was married to...

Dec 26, 2012

Alberta Marie Cyr, age 85, died Wed., Dec. 26, 2012 at Salina Regional Health Center , Salina , KS . She was born on Aug. 15, 1927 in Concordia , KS to Frank & Delena (Alexander) Haist. Alberta graduated from Concordia High School . She married Warren Graham on Sept. 7, 1947 in Concordia. He preceded her in...

Dec 25, 2012

Karen Kay Appleby, 66 years of age, of Concordia, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Mount Joseph Senior Village in Concordia. She was born on August 23, 1946 in Concordia to Charles B. and Audrey D. (Hillan) Mallam. Karen graduated from Clyde High School in May of 1964. On September 5,...

Dec 21, 2012

Cleo Gail Barton, 83 years of age, of Jamestown , passed away Friday, December 21, 2012 at Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit . He was born on December 3, 2012 on a farm south of Tabor to Frank and Tillie (Bednar) Barton. He served his country in the United States Army during...

Dec 20, 2012

Melba R. Wheeler, 94 years of age, of Concordia, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Sunset Nursing Home in Concordia. Melba was born on March 19, 1918 on the family farm near Asherville to Ben and Pearl (Kiser) Smith. Melba attended country schools. She married Arthur J. Wheeler on Sept. 9,...

Dec 14, 2012

Robert Provost, age 70, died Fri., Dec. 14, 2012 at Cloud County Health Center , Concordia. He was born on July 31, 1942 on the Provost family farm by St. Joseph , KS to Jed & Cecilia (Schlageck) Provost. He attended Beaver Creek country school and graduated from Clyde High School . Robert was a lifetime area resident...

Dec 10, 2012

Carolyn 'Cari' LeDuc, age 70, died Mon, Dec. 10, 2012 at the Kaye Pogue Hospice Center , Salina , KS . She was born on Sept. 2, 1942 in Chandlerville , IL to Howard & Bertha Johnson. Cari graduated from high school in Grand Junction , CO and then Denver Business...

Dec 8, 2012

Mary L. Bessette, 69 years of age, of Ames , passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012. She was born in Concordia on February 7, 1943 to John F. and Angeline M. (Feasel) Blochlinger.

Mary is survived by a daughter, Audrey Kimmel of Hawaii...

Dec 3, 2012

Jeff L. Tatro, age 49, died on Mon., Dec. 3, 2012 at his residence in Concordia , KS . He was born on Sept. 8, 1963 in Mason City , Iowa to Leonard I. & Dorothy M. (Barker) Tatro. Jeff graduated from Concordia High School . He was a welder at Alstom and later an operator at the...

Nov 30, 2012

Kay LaVon Jones, 69 years of age, of Concordia, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at Sunset Nursing Home in Concordia. She was born on June 14, 1943 in Concordia to Kenneth V. and Alice M. (Sadler) Gordanier. Kay graduated from Jamestown High School in 1961. She married James "Jim" Jones on...

Nov 15, 2012

Darline Louise Rasure, Concordia, died at home on November 15, 2012.

Darline was born on October 9, 1927, in Goodland , Kansas to Herbert and Nellie ( Trent ) Sylvester. In 1935, when the Dust Bowl struck western Kansas , Darline became seriously...

Nov 15, 2012

Rachel M. (Sager) Douglas, age 74, died Thurs, Nov. 15, 2012 at Cloud County Health Center , Concordia, surrounded by her family. Rachel was born in Vining, KS to Loyd & Cordelia (Bouley) Sager on May 23, 1938. Rachel married Robert Douglas on May 26, 1956. One of Rachel's greatest loves was spending time with her grandchildren and...

Nov 14, 2012

Phyllis "Verleta" Valcoure, age 83, died Wed., Nov. 14, 2012 at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia.  She was born on Nov. 4, 1929 in Dickens, NE to Maurice & Verna (Demilt) Fitch.  Verleta graduated high school in North Platte, NE.  She married Eugene L. Valcoure on April 27, 1957 in McPherson, KS.  He preceded her on Aug. 8, 1991.  She...

Nov 13, 2012

Lowell E. Tobyne, age 84, died Tues, Nov. 13, 2012 at Salina Regional Health Center , Salina , KS . He was born on Aug. 26, 1928 in Clay Center, KS to Samuel & Mabel Tobyne. Lowell graduated from Clay Center High School . He married Lois Yeager on Sept. 27, 1950 in Idana , KS . Lowell...