ROSE HILL – Bessie Marie Spaeny, 87, formerly of Salina, passed away Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Rose Hill. She was born on March 17, 1927, in Bennington to Edgar and Gertrude (Cox) Sisson. She graduated from Bennington High School and attended Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina. She worked for Southwestern Bell as a phone operator and later became a home- maker.
On Dec. 4, 1952, she was united in marriage to Henry H. Spaeny Jr., in Salina.
In 2010, she was preceded in death by her son, David James Spaeny, and her hus- band, Henry H. Spaeny Jr.
She is survived by a daughter, Sheryl Sigwing, and her husband Chris, of Douglass, and two grandsons, Matthew and Aaron.
Bessie was a lifetime member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, an avid Bible study participant, enjoyed traveling and bologna sand- wiches.
A special thanks to River-cross Hospice for the excellent care they provided and for helping her leave with a song in her heart.
Please join family and friends in Bessie’s Celebration of Life.
Visitation will be from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, and from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth, Salina. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, at Ryan Mortuary, with the Rev. Glenn Davis officiating. Burial will be in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina. Memorials can be made to the VFW Ladies Auxiliary or Rivercross Hospice, in care of Ryan Mortuary, Salina.
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HUTCHINSON – Robert B. “Bob” Leonard, 89, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.
He was a 1944 Salina High School graduate and a 1950 graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University. Bob was a U.S. Navy Air crewman and a former high school commercial teacher. He was a State Farm Insurance Agent for more than 40 years and past president and member of the Salina Life Underwriters.
At Wesleyan, he was a member of the Golden “W” Club, past alumni president, chairman of the Memorial Clock Project and Class of 1950 Reunion Project. He was a member and past president of the Salina Noon Optimist and member of the Pioneer Lake Association. He was a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, where he was a former church council member, mission committee chairman and editor of the Centennial History Books.
Bob married the former Dorothy Krizek at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Aug. 1, 1948. They were accomplished ballroom dancers and enjoyed 57 years of marriage before her death in 2006.
He loved his family deeply and was an avid reader and studied the Bible daily. Bob had resided the last 10 years at Good Samaritan in Hutchinson, where he was a member of the residence council and welcome committee. His family wishes to thank Good Samaritan for their immeasurable amount of love and care and sense of family given to Bob and Dorothy.
He is survived by a son, Doyle (Beverly) Leonard, of Phoenix, and daughter, Marcia K. Allen, of Hutchinson. He has three grandsons, Shawn (Teresa) Allen, Brett (Carrie) Allen and John Leonard and four great-grandchildren, Justin Allen, Jenna Allen, Brogan Allen and Brittany Allen. Bob’s three surviving sisters are Helen Loy, of Seneca, Frances Weis, of Salina, and Alice Rowan, of Wichita.
Friends may call from noon until 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at Ryan Mortuary, Salina.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Salina. Burial will be prior to the service at 10 a.m. Saturday in Roselawn Memorial Park.
Memorials are suggested to the Immanuel Church Foundation, Kansas Wesleyan or Good Samaritan Society, Hutchinson Village.