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Andrew Nicholas Adams

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Andrew Nicholas Adams, Lawrence, was born at rest on June 22, 2018. A private memorial service will take place at a later date. Although he did not take a breath, Andrew was so very sweet and is so very loved.

Andrew is the son of Nick and Lauren Adams, and he is the baby brother of Hudson (6.5) and Colby (3.5). Andrew is the grandson of Leonard “Butch” Adams and Judy Adams, Lawrence, Terry Wilkinson, Lawrence, and Mark Wilkinson, Louisville, Kentucky, and he is the great-grandson of Joan Wilkinson, Tryon, North Carolina. Andrew is the nephew of Tim and Jenny Laird, Lawrence, Claire Wilkinson and Aaron Stehman, Lawrence, and Lisa Wilkinson and Dave Eagle, Melbourne, Australia, and he is the cousin of Arlo Stehman, Fiona Stehman, Baby Stehman, Indigo Eagle, Ryan Laird, Alyssa Laird, and Brianna Laird. He is loved and remembered by many, many other family members and friends.

Andrew’s life was short due to complications from Trisomy 9; however, his impacts were great. He showed his parents and brothers that they have an unbelievable support system and community, and he also reminded them of the great impact that acts of kindness can have on others. They will always be grateful for their moments with Andrew during Lauren’s pregnancy.

Andrew’s family would especially like to thank Dr. Larisa Kimuri and Crystal Dwyer of Lawrence Family Medicine & Obstetrics, and the doctors, nurses, and other staff of KU Medical Center.

A tree will be planted in memory of Andrew at the Lawrence Rotary Arboretum. Donations in Andrew’s name may be made to the Lawrence Parks and Recreation’s Wee Folks Scholarship Fund, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Chief Mark F. Bradford

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Funeral services for Mark F. Bradford, 58, Lawrence, will be 1 pm, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at the Lied Center in Lawrence.

He died Thursday, July 26, 2018.

Mark was born in Kansas City, MO, on August 16, 1959, the son of James Robert and Shirley Ann Manlove Bradford.

He graduated from Lee’s Summit High School.  Mark later went to the Metropolitan Community College of Kansas City, MO, and graduated with an Associate Degree in Fire Science, 1986. He earned his Bachelor of Science/Business Administration from Sterling College, Sterling KS, in 1994. In 2008 he received his Masters of Public Administration from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Mark began his service with the Lee’s Summit Fire Department in 1977, leaving in 2000 at the rank of Assistant Fire Chief.  Before going to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical he flew on the Life Flight Eagle, serving as a paramedic until 2007 and was EMS Program Manager for the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

Mark was the Deputy Fire Chief for Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical department from 2001 to 2005. He was later promoted to Fire Chief from 2005 to present date. During his career he worked with the Mayor, City Commission and City managers on many projects to achieve an efficient and reliable fire and medical department. During his tenure here the ISO rating went from 2 to 1, the result of which made lower insurance rates for the residents of Lawrence.

He married Patricia Casey on April 18, 1992, in Lee’s Summit, MO, she survives of the home.

Other survivors include son, Zachary Bradford, brother, Doug Bradford and spouse Robin Heck, many brothers and sisters in law, nieces and nephews, and extended family.

Mark is preceded in death by his mother Shirley Ann Manlove Bradford, his father James Robert Bradford, mother and father in law Burna Deane and Robert Thomas Casey.

A visitation will take place from 6-8 pm Monday, July 30, 2018, at Lawrence Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. Lawrence, KS 66047.

Memorial contributions may be made to Safe KC Foundation for fallen first responders, American Cancer Society or American Heart Association, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Katherine Jane ‘Kay’ Wells

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Katherine Jane “Kay“ Wells of Lawrence passed away on Wednesday, July 25.

Kay was born on September 10, 1919, in Lincoln, Kansas, and attended schools in Lincoln and Great Bend, Kansas. She graduated from Kansas State University.

Kay was married in 1947 to Robert Wells, and they raised their family in Garden City, where Bob was manager of radio station KIUL and served as publisher of the Garden City Telegram. Bob died in 2013.

Kay is survived by two sons – Kent and wife Debbie, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Kim and wife Bonnie of Lawrence; five grandchildren – Katherine Booth and husband Jamie of Littleton, Colorado, Ben and wife Kelly of Atlanta, Georgia, Nat and wife Christine of Washington, D.C., Trevor and wife Allyson of Long Beach, California, and Bryan and wife Laura Schlapp of Washington, D.C.; and three great grandchildren – Ford and Sam Booth of Littleton, Colorado, and Elena Wells of Long Beach, California.

A private family memorial service is planned for a later date.

Kathleen “Marilyn Rose” Turner

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Memorial services for Kathleen Turner, 86, Lawrence, will be Tuesday July 31 at 10:00 AM at Plymouth Congregational Church. Mrs. Turner passed Friday July 20, 2018 at The Arbor of Brandon Woods, Lawrence. A private family inurnment will take place at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery later that afternoon. She will be inurned next to the love of her life, Edwin John “Fritz” Turner.

Kathleen was born January 12, 1932 in Luther, Oklahoma, the daughter of Edward McCurry and Florence Thelma Garton McCarty. She grew up in Larned and graduated from Larned High School in 1950, where she participated cheerleading, theater, Glee Club, was Editor of the Chieftain, played flute in the band and attended Girl’s State. She was also a member of the Job’s Daughters. Kathleen graduated from Saint Rose Nursing School as an RN in 1953 and went on to nurse for Dr.’s Beahm and Polson; Head Nurse Surgical Ward Four North at Central Kansas Medical Center; Private Duty Nurse Barton County Health Nurse; School Lunch Cook at USD 428, Park Elementary School and also worked in retail at Komarek’s Jewelry, all in Great Bend. Kathleen was a member of the American Legion and VFW Auxiliary and an anchor in the Choir of First Christian and Congregational Church, Great Bend and Plymouth Congregational Church, Lawrence.

Kathleen married Edwin John “Fritz” Turner on September 13, 1953, in Larned, Kansas and were married 58 ½ years. Survivors include daughter, Pamela Ann Schneider, Olmitz, KS, husband Tom, grandchildren Jeff Schneider, wife Sarah, great grandson Noah, Jennifer Schneider and Joel Schneider, wife Krisa; son Patrick LaVon Turner, Rockledge, FL, wife Holly, grandchildren Mason Webernick, great grandson Landon, Chelsea Coleman, husband Jack; and daughter Mary Kathryn Hurd, Perry, KS, husband Kary and grandchildren Abby George, husband Josh and Kameron Hurd. Other survivors include a sister, Helen Marie Froetschner, Larned, KS.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Edwin and Jacob Thomas Schneider, grandson and Claire Schneider, great granddaughter.

Memorial contributions may be made, in lieu of flowers, in Kathleen’s name to: Great Lakes Hospice or Wreaths across America, Fort Leavenworth. Contributions may be sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com

Oren Randolph ‘Randy’ Duvall

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Graveside inurnment services for Randy Duvall, 79, Baldwin City, will be Saturday, July 28, 2018, at 10:30 am at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa.

Dr. Oren Randolph (Randy) Duvall died unexpectedly on July 8, 2018, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas.

Randy was born on May 22, 1939, in McPherson, Kansas, to Amous (Chub) and Pauline Duvall. He graduated high school in Great Bend, Kansas, and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Wichita State University. He pursued and received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Music Education at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley.

He was a public school music educator in Littleton, Colorado. Later Randy worked at Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, Missouri, and served as chairman of the Fine Arts Department.

Randy retired in 2001 following a successful business career from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan.

He is survived by his life partner of nearly 45 years, Gary L. Keller, of the home in Baldwin City, Kansas; his sister, Martha Sue White of Blue Springs, Missouri; his children, Todd Duvall and grandchildren, Logan and Ava of Michigan, and Monique Huber (Tom) and grandson Von of Atchison, Kansas, and several nieces and cousins.

Randy pursued and lived a life that was rich and full of diversity. His passions included: opera and ballet, live theatre and the best of music in all its many forms. Some of his favorite sports teams were Nebraska Cornhuskers football, Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU basketball, Detroit Red Wings hockey and Kansas City Royals baseball. He had the distinct joy of being a Royals Stadium Club bartender during the 1985 World Series Championship season. As much as he loved sports, likewise he loved live operas from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Truly, any cast of singers from the MET certainly qualifies as a music team of the highest order. He loved Drum Corps and was an avid follower and supporter for many, many years. Randy loved to plan and entertain for his family and friends. He was an incredible host and chef. Dr. Duvall was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Gamma Chapter, and the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia professional music fraternity while at Wichita State University.

As a younger oboe player, Randy was fortunate to accompany Beverly Sills in her performance of Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly during his undergraduate study at Wichita State University. His conducting skills were enhanced and honed under the tutelage of world famous French Maestro Pierre Monteaux, culminating in his conducting Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto.

Of the many joys in Randy’s life, he treasured nothing more than spending special time with his family and friends. His wit, charm, humor, many nuances and brilliantly organized mind and intellect will be undoubtedly missed by all.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution in Randy’s name to the Lawrence Humane Society, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044 – to honor his love for animals.

A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Randy Duvall will be held from 6:00 to 8:30 pm Saturday, August 11, 2018, at the Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St., Baldwin City, Kansas.

 

Patricia Jean Platt Montgomery

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Patricia Jean Platt Montgomery, of Lawrence, Kansas, died July 21, 2018.  She was born to Harold and Freda Platt on October 30, 1932, in the home of her grandparents, John and Alice Greer, in Marion, Kansas.  Her mother was born in this same home.  Patricia learned to be gritty after her mother suddenly died before she was a teen.  For a number of years during the post-depression years in San Antonio, Texas, she helped her father with the household and the management of her three younger sisters.

Patricia graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio.  She earned her bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University and her master’s degree from Fort Hays State.  Patricia was a life-long teacher.  She taught in junior high school and at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas.  To the dismay of her children, even after her retirement, she continued to voluntarily school many physicians, attorneys, accountants and other professionals in proper grammar, spelling and sentence construction.

She met her husband, John, after she was persuaded that he needed her short-hand skills while he was scouting a rival high school football team.  John was an assistant coach in Junction City, Kansas, and as Patricia was by far the prettiest single woman teaching in Junction City, John convinced her that he would be unable to complete his scouting report without her assistance.  This was the beginning of Patricia’s attendance at youth sporting events.  Through the years, she attended countless sporting events in which John coached or her children participated.

John and Patricia moved from Junction City to Limon, Colorado, then to Great Bend in 1956.  After retiring, John and Patricia traveled extensively.  They spent their winters in Mesa, Arizona, and summers in Estes Park, Colorado.  In 2005, they moved to Lawrence, Kansas.  After 61 years of marriage, John predeceased her in 2015.

Patricia is survived by her son, Steve (Jane), of Spring Hill, Kansas;   daughter, Terri Schenkel (Steve), of Great Bend; and son, Chris (Margaret), of Richmond, Virginia; as well as seven grandchildren.  Of her three younger sisters, two survive:  Janette (James) Moya of Austin, Texas, and Dianne (Bob) Ott of Salina, Kansas.  Carolyn Platt predeceased Patricia.

Patricia enthusiastically read and studied many American and English authors.  One of her favorites was Mark Twain.  She would wholeheartedly approve of Twain’s observation:  “Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.”

Services will be conducted on Friday, July 27, 2018, 10:30 a. m., at the First Congregational Church, Great Bend, Kansas.  A private graveside service will be held at the Marion, Kansas, cemetery on Saturday, July 28, 2018.  In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Hospice Care of Kansas, 117 North Washington, Great Bend, Kansas 67530.

Charles Richard Wyttenbach

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Charles Richard Wyttenbach, 85, of Lawrence, Kansas, died at home June 11, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Ellen Garnett Wyttenbach; his children, Robert Alan Wyttenbach, Ann Garnett Wyttenbach, and Rebecca Jean Wilson; and his seven grandchildren.

Born in South Bend, Indiana, Charles attended public schools in Elmira, New York, and went to Indiana University. After graduating in 1954, he went to Johns Hopkins University and earned his PhD in 1958. After several years in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Chicago, he moved to the University of Kansas in 1966. He remained there as a professor of embryology until his retirement in 1998.

Starting in 1952, he spent summers at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, first as a lab assistant and then as an independent researcher. He and his wife, Ellen, met in a class at Indiana University, became fast friends in Woods Hole, and married in 1959. They continued to spend the summers in Woods Hole after retirement, enjoying the scientific community, natural beauty, and extensive bike trails.

Charles had interests ranging from science to history and loved classical music. Retirement allowed him to pursue his hobby of wildlife photography worldwide, in the Arctic, Antarctic, Africa, and India, and isolated islands such as the Pribilofs in the Bering Sea, St Kilda in the North Atlantic, and the Galapagos.

Memorial services will be private. However, donations in his name may be sent to the University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves (via the KU Endowment Association) or the Woods Hole Public Library (581 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543) or may be sent in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home (PO Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044).

Faye E. Miller

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Faye E. Miller was born on Feb. 4, 1934 in rural Perry. She passed away peacefully on Dec. 21, 2017, in Eudora.

She was the daughter of Oliver (Mike) and Irvyl Barns from Williamstown. Faye married Danny LeRoy Miller on Jan. 14, 1952.  Danny Passed away on Feb. 2, 2001.

Faye is survived by three children, Wanda Miller, Baldwin City, Connie (Mike) Walter, Lawrence, Danny (Judy) Miller, Lawrence; she has several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her grandchildren and great grandchildren were her pride and joy.

A celebration of Life occurred on July 22, 2018 with her immediate family at Underwood Cemetery in Williamstown.

 

Audrey Ruth England

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Memorial services for Audrey Ruth England, 95, Lawrence, will be 10 am, Friday, July 27, 2018, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Mrs. England died Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Medicalodges Eudora Nursing Home.

She was born December 31, 1922, near Edwardsville, Kansas the daughter of Will and Ethel Luther. The family moved to the farm southeast of DeSoto, KS.

Audrey attended Willow Springs School and Graduated from DeSoto High School in 1941. She worked at the DeSoto Telephone office and Sunflower Ordinance Works, where she met and married Harland England in 1945.  They resided in DeSoto until 1955 when they moved to Lawrence. They owned and operated a small grocery store which later became Englands Dairy Crème. In 1974 she worked for Lawrence Kmart Store in the food court. She then worked at Munchers part time.

Audrey lost her husband of 50 Years in 1995. She was a member of the OURS Senior Group at Eagles. Audrey is survived by Ron and Rita of Lawrence and Russell of Topeka, six grand children, nine great grand children and three great great grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Asana Hospice and Palliative Care or Alzheimer’s Association, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Patricia Elizabeth Wells

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Services for Patricia E. Wells, 71, Osawatomie, KS will be at 10 a.m., Saturday July 28, 2018, at Washington Creek Cemetery, 607 E 550 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047.

Mrs. Wells died Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Life Care Center of Osawatomie.

She was born December 20, 1946, in Gardner, KS, the daughter of Everett and Elizabeth Oshel. After high school, Patricia began her career in cooking and nursing assistances. With a compassionate personality, she was naturally inspired to be a certified nurse assistant (CNA). Moving to Lumberton, MS in her Late-40s, introduced her to private duty CNA roles where she established a reputation for authentically and genuinely caring for patients that attributed to many referrals.

Patricia was one of ten children, four precede her in death, five siblings survive; Ernst, Raymond, Marvin, Roger Neal, Virginia Oshel; four children; Kelly, Chris Findley, Melony Fuller, Nickole Cox. She was fond of her seven grandchildren; Megan, Alison, Emalane Findley; Mason, Cody Fuller; Liberty Renae Cates and Rachel Howard along with her four great grandchildren; Briana, Brina Howard, Hagen, Preston Cates that were the apple of her eye.

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