The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Kenneth Laverne Salyards passed away Jan. 6, 2021 at the Haxtun Hospital at the age of 92.

He was born in Haxtun on April 23, 1928, the son of Lloyd and Anna (Holmes) Salyards.

Ken attended schools in Ovid, Dailey and Haxtun. The family lived in Ovid, Littleton and Eaton for a period of time, before returning to Haxtun.

He married Lily Mae Fetzer on Jan. 1, 1950 in Dailey; they were parents to three sons, Patrick, Mike and Dennis. The couple lived and farmed north of Haxtun and later in life moved to town.

For many years, he was a bus driver for the Haxtun School District, he trul...