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Cynthia Ann ‘Cindy’ Wiens

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A memorial service for Cindy Wiens, 52, will be held at two o’clock, Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. She passed away May 4, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a courageous battle with a long illness.

Cindy was born May 16, 1960 in Ness City, KS, the daughter of Dr. Peter K. and Lenora J. Wiens. Cindy graduated from Ness City High School in 1978 where she excelled in academics, played basketball and tennis, and still holds the school track records for the mile relay and the 800 meter dash. Her senior year she received the best athlete of the year award and she was homecoming queen.

Cindy attended the University of Kansas and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelors of Science in Education Degree, majoring in physical education and minoring in biology. She was also a member of the KU Crew Team, Alpha Omega Phi, and a KU life guard. During the summertime, she was a camp counselor at wilderness adventure camps and often led expeditions.

After college she worked for Mennonite Volunteer Service in Denver, CO. This was followed by a career teaching biology and science in Denver, CO, Colby, KS, Jerome and Twin Falls, ID. She also taught aqua aerobics at Colby Community College and G.E.D. for the Twin Falls Adult Correction Facility. Cindy moved to Lawrence in 1996 and began substitute teaching and then worked as a para-educator at Free State High School until 2006.

Besides her work, Cindy enjoyed hiking, camping, and skiing. She was an excellent seamstress, sewing clothes for herself and her children. She was creative; her handmade gifts were always anticipated by family and friends.

Cindy was married to Mark Kind from 1985 until 2002. She is survived by a son, Garrett Wiens-Kind, Milwaukee, WI, a daughter, Melanie Wiens-Kind, Lawrence, KS, a sister, Gwen Wiens (Robert Blum), Lawrence, KS, a brother, Stan Wiens (Jan Wiens), Kemp, TX, her in-laws, Joan and Reinhart Kind, Denver, CO, 3 nieces, 5 nephews, 1 great niece and 1 great nephew.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a step-father, Walter Samanski, and a sister Jan Wiens.

Cindy also gave the gift of life though organ donation.

Cindy’s family thanks her compassionate friends and caregivers who assisted in her care at The Windsor of Lawrence where she lived for almost seven years.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre, Peace Mennonite Church of Lawrence, or a charity of your choice.

Norma Lee Curry Shafer Yancey

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Surrounded by her four children at her home, Norma Lea Curry Shafer-Yancey peacefully passed away on May 4, 2013. She was 84. A memorial service will be held May 9 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home in Lawrence, Kansas, at 6:30 p.m. Inurnment will be at a later date in Great Bend, Kansas.

Born on Christmas Day in 1928 to Leslie and Glenda Curry in Burlington, Washington, Norma Lea Curry and her family moved to Great Bend, Kansas, before her second birthday. Shortly after her graduation from high school, Norma met Ted Shafer at a picnic dance. They were married in 1948, and had four children. Shafer’s position with a national retail company required the family to move frequently, including to such states as Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Pennsylvania.

Six years after Shafer’s passing in 1983, Norma married Harley Yancey in Bentonville, Arkansas. The couple lived in Bella Vista, Arkansas, until Yancey’s passing in 2002. Norma then moved to Lawrence to be closer to two of her children.

Norma was preceded in death by her parents and three siblings—Dean Curry, Robert Curry, and JoAnn Curry Crabb.

She is survived by her four children and their spouses: Melinda Huston and her husband, John, of Lawrence; Kevin Shafer and his wife, Dori, of Pleasant Hill, California; Stu Shafer and his wife, Patti, of Oskaloosa, Kansas; and Karen Johnson and her husband, Don, of Iowa City, Iowa. She had ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorials are requested to be in the form of contributions to Visiting Nurses/Hospice of Lawrence, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Juanita O. Retter

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Graveside services for Juanita Retter, 91, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Clinton Cemetery.

Mrs. Retter died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. She was born Mar. 23, 1922, in Harris, Kan. (Anderson County), the daughter of George E. and Luttie Wyatt Fisher.

She was a homemaker, a store owner and clerk at Retter Grocery, and later a clerk at George’s Hobby Shop. She enjoyed camping and fishing.

She married Kenneth G. Retter on Dec. 31, 1946, in Kiro, Kan. He preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons, Jerry Retter, and Kenneth E. Retter and wife Karen, all of Lawrence; five grandchildren, Branden Retter, Alisha Christian, Monica Retter, Cassidy Retter, and Ken Retter Jr.; five great grandchildren, Cobin Retter, Taisha Retter, Cameron Retter, Savannah Christian, and Caroline Christian; and good friend Shirley Valentine-Wynes, Lawrence.

Mrs. Retter will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

The family would like to thank the staff of Brandon Woods at Alvamar for their excellent care of Juanita.

James David Moore

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Funeral Services for James David Moore, 75, will be at 10:00 am Monday, April 29 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Lawrence. Inurnment will follow in the Trinity Columbarium.

He died Friday, April 19, 2013, at the Tonganoxie Nursing Center.

Jimmy was born January 6, 1938, in Kansas City, MO, the son of Edward and Gladys Moore. He graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City and attended Park College and the University of Kansas City majoring in theater.

He worked in ticket sales at the Municipal Auditorium, the Music Hall, and Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. He was the ticket manager for the Kansas City Kings professional basketball team, which later moved to Sacramento, CA. He moved to Lawrence in 1987, and commuted to Topeka where he worked in ticket sales for Heartland Race-Car Track before having to go on disability.

Jimmy grew up in Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City, where he was an acolyte and was active in the religious life of the church as an adult. After his move to Lawrence, he was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Carol Ann, and a brother, Terry.

If desired, memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church or to the Tonganoxie Nursing Center in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Arthur ‘Art’ Feist

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Graveside services for Arthur ‘Art’ Feist, 60, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Underwood Cemetery on Hwy. 24 near Williamstown. Art passed away Sunday, Apr. 21, 2013, at Baldwin Healthcare & Rehab.

He was born Apr. 21, 1953, in Strasburg, N.D., the son of Leo M. and Dorothy Lipp Feist. He attended St. John Catholic School, and graduated from Lawrence High School in 1972. Art had worked at Aeroquip from 1976-83, and in the housing maintenance department of The University of Kansas from 1988-95, before becoming a technician at Johnson Chemical Co. in 1995, until his health forced his retirement in 2005. He enjoyed camping, NASCAR, motorcycles, the outdoors, and especially spending time with family.

He married Debbie LeRoux on Mar. 6, 1976, in Lawrence. She survives of the home. Other survivors include a daughter, Erin Lewis and husband Jason, Gower. Mo.; two sisters, Janice Hurst and husband Jay, Lawrence, and Mary Joan Feist, Pflugerville, Tex.; two grandchildren, Brayden Lee Lewis and Presley Kate Lewis; a step granddaughter, Paige Lewis; his godmother, Theresa Wagner, Bismarck, N.D.; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 6:30-8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Aseracare Hospice, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Norma L. Kemberling

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No services are planned for Norma L. Kemberling, 84, Eudora.

She died Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013, at Baldwin Healthcare & Rehab. She was born Apr. 14, 1929, in Lawrence, the daughter of Henry and Edna Duncan Welsh. She lived here before moving to Long Beach, CA., and then moved back to Eudora in 1983.

Mrs. Kemberling worked as a licensed vocational nurse for the Physicians & Surgeons Hospital in Compton, CA. for 25 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Loyd E. Kemberling, whom she married on March 15, 1944, and a brother, Clifford Welsh.

She is survived by her son Jerry and wife Sonnie, Lawrence, two granddaughters, Charmaine Kemberling, Lawrence, and Shawn Kelley and husband Jamie, Pomona, KS.; and three step grandchildren, Steven Corbett, Tecumseh. Ks., Amy Corbett, Overland Park KS., and Jeff Corbett, Missoula, MT.; two great grandsons, Jax and Croix Kelley; and two step great granddaughters, Emma Wolf and Avery Pugh

The family suggests memorials to Visiting Nurses/Hospice, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Diane Lou Wilson (Cates)

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Diane Lou Wilson (Cates), 70, daughter of Franklin and Loretta O. Cates (Shaw), was born on June 21, 1942 in Wyandotte County, Kansas, died on April 11, 2013 in her home in Kimberling City, Missouri.

She in survived by her husband of 48 years, Bob Wilson, of Kimberling City, Missouri; three sons, Steve Herschell, Gayle, of Lawrence, Kansas; Mark Wilson, Samantha, of Edwardsville, Kansas; Shawn Wilson, of Paola, Kansas; one daughter Diana Banister, of Kimberling City, Missouri; five grandchildren, Michael Herschell, Josh Herschell, Jamie Davis, Brookelynn Landes, and Cody Wilson. She is also survived by brother, Harry Cates, of Henderson, Nevada, and sister, Loretta Dunbar, of Sun City West, Arizona.

Diane was a 1960 graduate of Lawrence High School, and was a retired realtor who lived in the Kimberling City area for the past 15 years moving there from Linwood, Kansas. She was a lifelong Baptist Christian.

Memorial service to be at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, Kansas on May 4th, at 2:00 p.m.

David Edward Sears

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Graveside service for David E. Sears, 51, of Lawrence, KS. will be 10 am. Monday, April 22, at Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Thursday at his home.

He was born Dec. 21, 1961 in Omaha, NE. the son of Don Edward and Carol Ann Moore Sears.

David was a computer and software engineer.

He is survived by a son Kyle Aaron Sears & daughter Emily Raquel Sears.