Gardiner Salmans Agnes

Salmans, Agnes, Gardiner, 92, a long-time resident of Wichita, died Thursday, September 7, 2006 of complications from a stroke. Visitation will be 4:00 ~ 6:00 P.M., Monday, September 11 at Downing Lahey Mortuary East. A celebration of life for Agnes will be at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 12 at Larksfield Place. Born April 6, 1914 in Bucklin, Kansas, her family moved to Garden City where her father founded Gardiner Dairy and Ice Cream Company and where she met her future husband, M.K. “Sam” Salmans. Both were alumni of Garden City Community College and Kansas State University. They moved to Wichita in 1946. Agnes was an enthusiastic supporter of the Wichita community, where she was actively involved in College Hill United Methodist Church, served as a PTA president in the public schools attended by her children, and volunteered her services for many years at Wesley Hospital and the Wichita Historical Society. She and her husband established the Salmans Career Counseling Center at Garden City Community College. Agnes made friends easily, enjoyed bridge, and traveled extensively with her husband in the United States, Europe and Asia. She is survived by her son, Charles and wife, Robin, grandsons, Jonathan, Peter and Charlie Salmans and her daughter, Diane Roggow and husband, Bob, her granddaughter, Kari Grestini and husband, Craig. Memorial contributions may be made to Larksfield Employee Scholarship Fund, 7373 E. 29th N., Wichita, KS, 67226 and College Hill United Methodist Church Foundation, 2930 E. 1st, Wichita, KS, 67214. Visitation will be 4:00 ~ 6:00 P.M., Monday, September 11 at Downing Lahey Mortuary East.