SALINA — Cynthia Sue Killen, 59, died Sept. 5. Born July 20, 1951, in Holdrege, Neb., she was the daughter of Allen and Nadine Braun. She graduated from Norton High School and attended Brown-Mackie College in Salina. She married Ron Ladish. They divorced. She then married Jay Killen. She was employed at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, as a secretary in the laboratory department and at CPI, and later at Cox Communications in Salina.

Survivors include her husband, Jay; six sons, ; two stepsons; her parents; three brothers; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Braun, and a grandson, Chance Killen.

Brian Ladish of Overland Park, Chris Ladish of Topeka, Nick Ladish of Wichita, Zack Ladish and Clay Ladish of Great Bend and Dylan Ladish of Salina;

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Roselawn Heights Memorial Chapel, 1920 E. Crawford in Salina. Burial will be at the Roselawn Memorial Park in Salina. Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. today at the chapel, where family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the family.

Great Bend (Kan) Tribune, Sept. 10, 2010#