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Sid Harrison

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Memorial Mass for Sid Harrison, 74, will be at 10am. Wednesday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Inurnment will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Danville, KS.

He was born January 18, 1937, in Colby, KS, the son of Claude E. Harrison and Alice V. Sible.

He graduated from Colby High School in 1955 and earned a degree in architecture from Kansas University in 1961.

Mr. Harrison was a partner in Peters Harrison Williams Architecture Firm in Lawrence. He moved to Dallas, TX and worked for Redmond Construction Company. He returned to Lawrence where he started Harrison Construction Company. He later worked for Hall-Kimbrell and then became a realtor with Stephens Real Estate in 1995.

He was member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and served in the National Guard during his college years. He was a director for the Lawrence Board of Realtors, on the board of Hannah’s House, and a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church. His favorite things were his family, friends, golf, playing cards, and hunting.

He married Raydell Hodson on June 6, 1959. She died in 1998.
He married Glenda Jasperson Reid on November 24, 2001. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include three daughters; Lisa McLoon and her husband Dave, Liberty, MO, and Lynn Ollila, Lawrence, KS, and Leslie Hazlett and her husband Dale, Lawrence, KS, and one son; Jeff Harrison and his wife Cara, Raleigh, NC, and one brother; Chuck Harrison and his wife Anita, Lakewood, CO; and seven grandchildren. Also, his wife’s daughter, Amy Fischer, Overbrook, KS, and her three children.

Friends may call from 9am. to 8pm. Tuesday at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home where the family will receive friends at 6pm. and a rosary will be received at 7pm.

The family suggests memorials to the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in care of the funeral home.

Nellie Amelia Hartman

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Funeral services for Nellie Amelia Hartman 82, Lecompton, will be at 11a.m. Friday, April 22, 2011, at the Stull United Methodist Church with the Rev. Andrew Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow at Stull Cemetery.
Mrs. Hartman died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at her home.
She was born Oct.22, 1928, in Leona, Kansas, the daughter of John & Elsie Blum Sherman.
She married Calvin Hartman on May 24, 1952 in Leona. He survives of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Craig Hartman and wife Leslie of Altamont, KS; Curt Hartman and wife Margaret of Prairie Village, KS; grandchildren, Megan & Annie Hartman, daughters of Curt and Margaret, Caleb & Leah Hartman, Josh & Luke Hartman, children of Craig & Leslie, two sister’s Alice Streib of Hiawatha, KS; & Margaret Wagoner of Scranton, KS
The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Stull United Methodist Church.
The family suggests memorials to the Stull United Methodist Church, sent in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Evan Bradley

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Evan Bradley

Memorial Services for Evan Robert Bradley, 28, Lawrence, will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, Kansas.

Mr. Bradley died Thursday, April 14, 2011 at his home.

He was born February, 19, 1983, in Great Bend, to Mark Ray Bradley and Aimee Durall Bradley. He graduated from Great Bend High School in 2001.

He enjoyed listening to music and going to concerts, he loved his dog, was a great cook, and loved people.

He is survived by his parents, Mark Bradley, Frisco, TX, Aimee Bradley, Colby, KS; a brother, Ehren Bradley, Carrolton, TX; grandparents, R.C. & Pansy Bradley, Caballo, NM, Martha Brown, Topeka, KS, Keith & Mary Ann Durall, Boiling Springs, SC; and his love, Machaela Whelan, Lawrence, KS.

Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials to the Evan Bradley Memorial Fund, sent in care of the funeral home.

Lila P. McMillen

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Funeral services for Lila P. McMillen, 94, Baldwin City will be at 10am. Wednesday, Apr. 20, at Willow Springs Old German Baptist Brethren Meeting House. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Douglas County, KS.

Mrs. McMillen died Saturday Apr. 16, 2011 at Vintage Park Assisted Living Center, Baldwin City.

She was born November 5th, 1916 the daughter of Robert L. and Eva Martha Flory Markley.

She married Dale E. McMillen on August 3, 1938 in Pleasant Grove, he preceded her in death on Mar. 15, 2006.

Mrs. McMillen enjoyed flowers, especially daylilies and iris. Their home near Pleasant Grove was surrounded by beautiful flower beds and frog ponds. Flower clubs and individuals often included her yard in their spring flower tours. For many years she was a familiar face with her booth at Lawrence’s Farmers Market selling African Violets and other flowers.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Eva Markley, a brother, Merle Markley, a sister, Yvonne Markley, and her husband Dale.

Mrs. McMillen is survived by her son, Danny D. McMillen, his wife Becky of Baldwin City, 2 sisters; Vivian Johnson and Flora Ott both of Lawrence, a sister-in-law, Letha Meyers of Baldwin City, grandsons Todd McMillen of Woodbridge, Virginia, Steve McMillen of Olathe, Kansas, 5 great grand children, plus numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Friends may call from Monday 5pm. to 8pm. and Tuesday 9am. to 8pm. where the family will receive friends from 6pm. to 8pm. at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials to Vintage Park Assisted Living of Baldwin City in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Richard Lee Reiter

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Services for Richard Lee Reiter, 64, Lawrence, will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pastor Don Ogden will officiate.

Mr. Reiter died Friday, April 15, 2011 at Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital in Gardner, Kansas.

He was born December 31, 1946 in Coloney, Kansas, to Forest Scott and Evelyn Anna Jones Reiter.

Mr. Reiter worked as a custodian.

He is survived by a brother, Larry Reiter, of Platt City, Missouri.

Tifani Delores Cutty

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Funeral services for Tifani Delores Cutty, 25, Lawrence, will be at 7:30pm Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Ms. Cutty died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at her home.

She was born December 14, 1985 in Lawton OK, the daughter of Tamie Simonsen and John Paul Cutty. Tifani attended Perry High School and completed some online classes.

She Married David Matter in December, 20, 2003 in Lecompton. They later divorced.

Tifani worked for Doug and Marge Lawrence as a behavioral therapist, working mostly with children and young adults with autism.

Surviving family includes her beautiful daughter Journee Matter, mother; Tamie Simonsen and husband Timothy, Perry; father John Paul Cutty and wife Daisy, Lawton, OK; one brother, Timothy Seigler, Bartlesville, OK; one sister, Tisha Fielding, Perry, two nieces, Khloey and Stallina Seigler, Bartlesville , and four nephews, Dustin and Tavor Seigler, Bartlesville, Sterling and Wesley Fielding, Perry.

Friends may call noon to 8 p.m. Monday, and 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

Family suggests memorial contributions go to the Tifani Cutty Memorial Fund, in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Jamie M. Barkes Pursley

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A Celebration of Life service for Jamie M. Barkes Pursley, 35, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Free Methodist Church, with Pastor Jeff Armstrong of Bowling Green, Ky. officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the Holiday Inn Holidome, 6th & Fairlawn, Topeka.

Jamie died Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011, at her home, after a long battle with breast cancer.

She was born Dec. 11, 1975, in Topeka, the daughter of David M. and Kathy J. Knutson Barkes. She graduated from Shawnee Heights High School, and later from Kansas State University, where she was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.

Jamie was a project manager for Flinthills Construction, a company owned by her family. She previously had worked at Ramada Inn in Topeka, Express Personnel in Topeka, and Modis Staffing Agency in Overland Park. She attended Free Methodist Church, and enjoyed spending time with family and friends, shopping, tennis, photography, travel, and camping and boating. She maintained a website and conducted public speaking to raise awareness of breast cancer.

She married Aaron W. Pursley on Oct. 4, 2003, in Topeka. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include a daughter, Kayden Grace Pursley, of the home; a brother, Scott M. Barkes and fiancée Heather Frisbie, Kansas City, Mo.; and her parents, Tecumseh.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, or Ribbons in Pink Scholarship Fund for junior tennis players, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Gertrude C. “Trudy” Bohanon

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Funeral services for Gertrude C. “Trudy” Bohanon, 85, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton officiating. Interment will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Mrs. Bohanon died Monday, Mar. 28, 2011, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

She was born Aug. 21, 1925, in Philadelphia, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Rock Pfeil. She graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls, where she participated in the select orchestra. She later attended Methodist Hospital Nursing School in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Bohanon was a registered nurse, and served through the Methodist Church as a missionary nurse in the Tahlequah, Okla. area. She also served as a public health nurse in Tex. and Okla. She was employed at John Seely Hospital in Galveston, Tex., and at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for several years, before concluding her career at Topeka State Hospital. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Women’s Club, the Christian Women’s Club, and the Kansas Nurses Association. She enjoyed music, singing, writing poems and short stories, and cooking.

She married Jacob S. Bohanon. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include four children, John Gerald “Jerry” Pinder and David Charles Bohanon, both of Lawrence, Melanie M. Daniel and husband Darryl, Phoenix, and Hank Steven Bohanon and wife Men-Jia, Chicago; and five grandchildren, Emily Claire, Adam Guy, Madison Grace, and Hillary Jane Daniel, and Henry Bohanon.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Matilda Shain.

Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association, in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Burt Evans

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Private services for Burt Evans, 88, Lawrence will be held at a later date.

He died March 23, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Evans was born October 20, 1922 in Atlantic City, NJ, the son of Frank and Mabel Evans.

Burt graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1940. He went on to earn his BS in Electrical Engineering at Duke University in 1948. In addition to owning his own electronic sales company, Mr. Evans worked for Atlantic City Electric Co., Westinghouse, BP Oil, and he retired from the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station at Philadelphia, PA in 1994.

He enlisted in the US Army Air Force and was a B-17 bomber co-pilot in WWII. After being wounded on his second mission, he then returned to combat and completed 30 missions with the 95th Bomb Group, flying out of Horham, England.

Mr. Evans married Eileen Foley in 1960 in Camden, NJ. She preceded him in death in 2003.

Survivors include a son, Joseph Evans and wife Kirsten, two grandchildren Katie and Will Evans, and one great-granddaughter, Marlowe Evans, all of Lawrence; one brother, Frank Evans of Atlantic City, NJ.

Family suggests memorials to the 95th Bomb Group Association, sent in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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

Diane Helen Zumwalt

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No services will be held for Diane Helen Zumwalt-Dorsey, 72, Lawrence.

Mrs. Zumwalt-Dorsey died Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born July 20, 1938 in New York City, NY, the daughter of Roger and Eleanor Edore Lathrop. She graduated from Wichita Falls High School in Wichita Falls, TX in 1957 and earned a B.A. at Kansas State University in 1990.

Mrs. Zumwalt-Dorsey worked as a writer in many fields although her main focus was in public relations. She was a Christian, and enjoyed reading, dancing, watching old movies, and taking care of animals.

She married Robert E. Zumwalt, they divorced in 1988, and he died in 2005. She married Patrick Dorsey, he died in 2009.

Survivors include 2 daughters, Leslie Zumwalt-Golden and her husband Roger, Warrior, AL, Barbara Goydas and her husband Michael, East Sandwich, Mass.; 3 grandchildren, Christopher Golden and wife Jennifer, Palm Beach, FL, Robert Goydas and Andrew Goydas, East Sandwich, Mass.; and a brother, Richard Lathrop and wife Andrea, Lancaster, CA. She also was a wonderful mother and grandmother to the Dorsey family.

The family suggests memorials to the donor’s local Humane Society.