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Thomas John Giffin

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Funeral services for Thomas John Giffin, 21 months, Eudora, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lawrence First Church of the Nazarene, with the Revs. Don Dunn and Ryan Giffin officiating. Burial will follow in Eudora City Cemetery.

Thomas died Wednesday, Dec, 12, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born Mar. 3, 2011, in Overland Park, the son of Robert and Amy (Wohlgemuth) Giffin. He enjoyed sports balls, the outdoors, roughhousing, snacks, and being the center of attention. He loved laughing and making people laugh, and loved his brothers and sister. His smile would light up the room.

Survivors include his parents and three siblings, Samuel, Lucy, and Eli, all of Eudora; his paternal grandparents, the Rev. Bob and Diana Giffin, Eudora; maternal grandparents, John and Mary Wohlgemuth, Auburn; maternal great grandmother, Edna Wiens; his paternal great grandmother, Lavon Cutshall; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Visitation is from 5 pm – 7 pm Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the church, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Ernestine Walker Brown

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Funeral services for Ernestine Walker Brown, 87, Topeka, will be at 10 am Saturday at Central Church of Christ, 1250 SW College Ave., Topeka. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, 1517 E. 15th St., Lawrence. Mrs. Brown died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor.

She was born Dec. 22, 1925, in Seneca, Mo., the daughter of Otis S. and Marguarett M. White Nutting. She grew up in Lawrence, and graduated from Liberty Memorial High School. She attended three years of college at Emporia and Washburn University. She moved to Baldwin in 1952, and back to Lawrence in 1972, before moving to Topeka in 1991. She worked in Quality Control at Hallmark Cards, and retired in 1988 after 25 years of service. She was a member of Central Church of Christ in Topeka. She enjoyed traveling and garage sales.

She married Robert Elmo Walker in November, 1944. He died in February, 1972. She then married Earl G. Brown in August, 1991. He survives of Topeka Presbyterian Manor. Other survivors include her stepsons Harold Brown and wife Karen, Parkville, Mo., and Robert Brown, Abilene, Tex.; her three children, Mary K. Walker, Eudora, Mickele Flory and husband Allen, Eudora, and Dale Walker and wife Kathy, Tonganoxie; 5 grandchildren, Kristan Van Middlesworth and husband Charles, Tonganoxie, Brandon Walker and wife Patti, Gulfport, Miss., Sara Regnier and husband Blake, Eudora, Alle Flory, St. Joseph, Mo., and Kerilyn Barstow and husband Erik, Westminster, Colo.; and 7 great grandchildren. She was loved and respected by so many, and will be greatly missed.

Friends may call from 8 am to 8 pm Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 6 pm to 8 pm. The family suggests memorial contributions to Central Church of Christ, or Grace Hospice of Topeka, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Karolyn Kay Marcum

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Karolyn K. Marcum peacefully joined the angels in heaven on Saturday, December 8th, 2012 at the age of 68.

Karolyn is lovingly remembered by her children; her son Bryan and wife Megan, daughter Lea and husband Randy and daughter Joanna. Six grandchildren, Jacalyn, Lucas, Jonathan, Zachary, Nicole and Matthew. Her two sisters Maxine and husband George, and June and husband Dean.

She was preceded in passing by her beloved parents Edward and Mildred.

Karolyn was born in Lawrence, KS. She attended Eudora High School. She was a loan specialist with BFDS. Karolyn was a wonderful mother, grandmother and friend. She will be greatly missed by all those whose lives she touched.
The visitation will be held at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 12th from 6-7 pm.

The service of rememberance will be held 10 am Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Burcham presiding. Burial to follow at Eudora Cemetery. A reception will follow at Big Springs United Methodist Church on Hwy 40.

The family suggests memorials to Williamstown Assemly of God Church in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Condolences for the family may be offered online at www.rumsey-yost.com

Steven D. Hoover

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Funeral services for Steven D. Hoover, 56, rural Lawrence, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 11, at Washington Creek Church of the Brethren. Burial will follow at Washington Creek Cemetery. Steven died Friday, at Stormont-Vail Health Center. He was born Dec. 6, 1956, in Lawrence, the son of Clyde Raymond and Martha Alyce Lyle Hoover.

He graduated Lawrence High School in 1974. Steven was a plumber pipfitter for Local #441 where he worked for over 35 years.

He was a member of the Washington Creek Church of the Brethren and Plumbers & Pipfitters Local #441.

Steven married Linda Wiggins on Aug. 30, 1974, in Lawrence. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a son, Timothy L. Hoover; daughter, Cynthia Hoover; father and step-mother, Clyde Raymond and Lea Hoover; brothers, Clyde D. and wife Donna all of Lawrence; Lyle of Tulsa, Richard and wife Jan of Perry; sisters, Charlene Dearing of Overland Park, Phyllis Hoover of Lawrence, Pamela Hoover of Omaha; and one grand-daughter, Shaunna.

He was preceded in death by a son, Daniel, and his mother.

The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Shaunna Hoover Educational Fund, in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044

Online condolences may be made at rumsey-yost.com.

Anna Marie White Grayson

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12/16/1932 – 11/27/2012

Funeral services for Anna Marie White Grayson, 79, Stockton, CA, will be 11:00am Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the Ninth Street Baptist Church, 901 Tennessee Street, Lawrence.

Mrs. Grayson passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, CA.

She was born December 16, 1932 in Lawrence, KS, to Carl Hansen and Josephine Marie Hopkins White. She was their only child.

She leaves her husband, Albert Sr.; daughters Bettina, Melinda, and Andrea; sons, Albert Jr. and William; 15 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.

Anna was preceded in death by her parents.

Anna Marie will be missed by those who loved her. We are comforted in the knowledge that she is home with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Flowers can be sent to Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Irma B. Blackburn

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No services are planned for Irma B. Blackburn, 92, Lawrence. Mrs. Blackburn died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born Oct. 2, 1920, in Waldron, Arkansas, the daughter of Joseph and Della Eppler Blackburn. She graduated from Waldron High School.

Mrs. Blackburn worked in the packaging department at Hallmark Cards from 1970-86. She enjoyed gardening, and always had a wonderful vegetable garden. She enjoyed spending time with family and her cat, Minnie. She attended First Church of the Nazarene.

Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Wright and husband Mike, Lawrence, and a grandson, Rusty Wright and fiance Lizzie Linderer, Lawrence. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Burl Blackburn.

Memorial contributions in Irma’s name may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, or the Lawrence Humane Society, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Alta Jane Duncan

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Memorial Services for Alta Jane Duncan will be Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 6 PM, at the Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church. Alta died December 2, at her home in Lawrence, KS. She was born September 4, 1938 in Lawrence.

Ms. Duncan worked for Hallmark Cards for 39 ½ years and retired in 1999. She did charity work and she was also an avid KU fan.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a very active member at Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church.

She is survived by 2 brothers, Donald Duncan & wife Kathy of Perry; and Carl Duncan and wife Pat of Wichita Falls, TX; 8 nieces, Donna Hale & husband Dee, of Scranton, KS; Katy Carm and husband Roxie, Tulsa, OK; Karen Brown, Centropolis, KS; Susan Barnes and husband Kevin of Ozawkie, KS; Dina Myers of Ft. Worth, TX; Janice Trent and husband Wil of Wichita Falls, TX; Trisha Duncan and Kim of Wichita Falls, TX and Tonya Blackwell and husband Michael of Spangdehlim, Germany; 18 great-nieces, 10 great nephews, 4 great-great nieces and 6 great-great nephews.

There will be no graveside services.

Flowers are to be sent to the Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church, 802 West 22nd Terrace, Lawrence.

Ruth Jacques Reese

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Funeral services for Ruth Jacques Reese, Eudora, will be 2 PM Sunday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1:30 PM until service time. Burial will be 2 PM Monday, December 3, 2012 at the Eudora City Cemetery. Mrs. Reese died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
The casket will remain closed.

Our Mom, Ruth Jacques Reese, was born January 2, 1924 in Enid, OK; the daughter of Lovell H. & Gladys (Glines) Hall.

She is survived by:
Brother – John Auther Hall – Lee’s Summit MO
Niece – Sharon Bray – Raytown, MO
Nephew – Larry Hall – Lee’s Summit, MO
Nephew – John Hall – Lee’s Summit, MO
Daughter – Jane Eisele & Dennis Eisele son-in-law – Victoria TX
Step Grandson – Dietrich Eisele and Wife Shelly and Dehn Eisele both of Nebraska
Daughter – Pam Pineda & Humberto Pineda son-in-law – Lawrence, KS
Step Grandson – Josue Pineda and wife Melissa – Topeka KS

Mrs. Reese is preceded in death by:
Sister – Mary Jane Delligatti
Step-sister -Tootie Wheeler
Husband – John S. Reese

She attended school in Camdenton, MO and graduated high school in Vinland KS. Ruth also lived in Colorado Springs, CO where she met her husband John Reese. She worked for Kansas University for over 24 years and retired in 1987.

Our Mother Ruth Reese cherished her family. Family has always been the center of her life. She opened her home to her Mother and Father and also her sister and bother-in-law. We know she was always so devoted and proud of her daughters. Our Mother always had a sense for style, not only in her home that she loved, but in her own flare for dressing.

Working for the University of Kansas was a special part of her life. She always loved the campus in the spring with all the blooming trees and bulbs. She enjoyed meeting students from all over the world and several were invited to her home for a meal.

She became an excellent seamstress. She loved to make flower arrangements for her home, it gave her much pleasure.

One of her many loves was fishing. She had several stories of times with her father fishing in Missouri.

The cornerstone of her life was honesty, moral right, and the spiritual desire for daily prayer. She was a strong woman before it was stylish and would not waiver from her beliefs.

The family requests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society or Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association for the Breast Cancer Center, which may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Dee Anne Waters

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Dee Anne Waters, 70, passed quietly away in her sleep on Wednesday morning, November 28th, 2012. A lovely, loving and much loved gentle woman who will be greatly missed by her family and many friends.

Dee Anne is survived by her husband, Earl Waters, Lawrence, Kansas, and by her son Abe Waters, Lawrence, Kansas. She is also survived by her brother, Norman York and his wife, Dorothy, of Inverness, Florida.

Dee Anne was predeceased by her father, Norman York, Sr., her mother, Vida (Moberly) York, and her sons Josh Waters and Jacob Waters.

A country girl, Dee grew up in Buffalo, Oklahoma. on a ranch 8 or 10 miles from town, where her dad herded over 200 head of cattle and harvested about 400 acres of wheat. The ranch covered about 3,000 acres. She attended Buffalo High School and graduated in 1960. She then enrolled in East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, where she planned to major in Education. She wanted to be an English teacher. However, she met her future husband, another English major and dropped out of school her first semester to get married. After her husband dropped out also, they moved to Houston, Texas, where he worked for a mortgage company. After a year they moved back to Ada for her husband to finish his last year of college.

His teaching career took them first to Ft. Morgan, Colorado, then to Dodge City, Kansas, and finally to Lawrence, Kansas. They had three sons; Joshua, Abraham, and Jacob. In the early years, Dee stayed home and raised her sons. When the kids reached junior high level, Dee took a job with the Menninger Foundation, working in a grant-funded program called Projects with Industry as a job placement specialist. Her job was to find employment for a number of clients with handicaps.
Dee was good at her job, and it wasn’t long until the International Association of Machinists’ Union (IAMCARES) offered her a job as Program Director of a similar program working with individuals with handicaps. Dee worked for the Machinists’ Program for 20 years, retiring in 2004.

During her retirement, Dee Anne, had time to do the things she enjoyed most. She loved to read, watch good movies, work in her flower beds, and socialize with her Bridge Club and all her neighborhood friends.

Dee’s bridge club was entitled “The Fun Group Bridge Club”, and she immensely enjoyed being in that group, which contained many of her closest friends. They mostly played bridge when they met, but often they would meet for a luncheon or noon meal. The ladies of the bridge club were all close friends and they often helped one another through tough times. They had a strong bond.

I know that Dee Anne will be greatly missed, not only by her family, but also by her close friends. She was a sweet, kindly lady, and for as long as I have known her, she always wanted to do what was the right thing to do.

Funeral services for Dee Anne, will be 2:00 pm Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with Pastor Tom Brady officiating.

Friends may call from noon to 8pm Friday at the Funeral Home, where the family will greet them from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Friday.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society, The Salvation Army, and Habitat for Humanity, sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Tommy Aurednick

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Tommy Aurednick, a World War II combat veteran, longtime resident of Florida and four-year resident of Lawrence (and big “front row” fan of KU women’s basketball), died Sunday under Hospice care. He was 90.

Tommy, the youngest of five children, was born and raised in Sun, W. Va., the son of Wenzel and Louise Aurednick, who had emigrated, separately, from Munich, Germany. All of his three brothers worked in the coal mines, as did his sister’s husband. To avoid that fate, Tommy’s brothers pushed him toward the Navy after graduation from high school, where he had lettered in track and football.

He served the entire war aboard the USS Lavalette, a destroyer. The Lavalette endured frequent kamikaze attacks, and it nearly sank on two occasions: after being torpedoed off Guadalcanal and, later, after striking a mine in the Philippines, enduring high casualties both times. The Lavalette managed to make its way to safety for repairs each time and returned to battle. At an exhibit on the U.S.S. Hornet in Alameda, Calif., the Lavalette, the only destroyer in the exhibit, is heralded as the sixth most battled-tested ship in the history of the U.S. Navy.

After retiring from the Navy in 1962, Tommy worked as a boiler technician in Providence, R.I., before moving to Dunedin, Florida, where he worked as a timekeeper for Cone Brothers Construction until his retirement.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Marjorie, and two step-sons, Kenneth Gibson and his wife, Diana, of Clearwater, Fla., and Malcolm Gibson and his wife, Joyce, of Lawrence. Tommy had numerous grandchildren and great-granchildren, including Malcolm and Joyce’s two children: Jennifer Gaudet (to whom he would serve breakfast in bed when she was a toddler) and Ian Gibson (who, as a toddler, at the sound of a train whistle, would be whisked by Grandpa Tom into his truck for a quick trip to the railway crossing to watch the passing train). Malcolm says Tommy, his step-dad, was a special father because he picked “us” and “we” picked him.

A memorial gathering will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, at Meadowlark Estates.