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Mae Anna Bell Hoffman

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Funeral services for Mae Anna Bell Hoffman, 99, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Worden Cemetery, Worden.

Mrs. Hoffman died Saturday, Apr. 30, 2011, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

She was born July 11, 1911, in Worden, the fourth child of John Henry and Dollie Ida Kauffman Pippert. She was raised in the Worden community.

Mrs. Hoffman was a homemaker, and had worked at Rusty’s IGA on 23rd Street for many years as the Deli Manager. She was a member of Worden United Methodist Church and the India Home Demonstration Unit. She was a 4-H leader, and enjoyed gardening, quilting, flowers, and spending time with her grandchildren.

She married Charles William Hoffman on Mar. 8, 1933. He preceded her in death on Oct. 7, 2006. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Ralph Pippert and Albert Pippert, and two sisters, Elsie Pippert Hoffman and Helen Pippert Strong.

Survivors include two daughters, Betty Wright and Charlotte Sparkes, both of Lawrence; five grandchildren, James Sparkes Jr., David Sparkes, Bradley Wright, Lisa Sparkes Hughes, and Sheri Wright Geer; eight great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Worden Cemetery Association, or Grace Hospice, in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Jerry (Brad) Grant

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A remembrance reception for Jerry (Brad) Grant, 57, Lawrence will be held at 2pm. Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge, #309, 1803 West 6Th. Street, Lawrence.

Mr. Grant died Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at his home.

He was born January 3, 1954, in Lawrence the son of Jesse Mack and Wanda June Martin Grant.

Brad worked for the City of Lawrence in the Water Department for 30 years. He retired in January 2009. He recently worked for Transport Truck Sales in Kansas City.

He married Linda Sue Staus on June 29, 1973 in Lawrence, she survives of the home.

Other survivors include his children Marty Grant, Fort Riley, Jessica Grant-Helmert, Tonganoxie, and Nick Grant, Lawrence, five grandchildren Grace, Dylon, David, Hailey, and Justin, his mother June Grant, Lawrence, three sisters and two brothers Linda Faler, Ann Norris,
Rick Grant, Kelly Otterman, and Mack Grant.

The family suggests donations may be made to a college fund set up for his
grandchildren at Douglas County Bank or in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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

Cheryl Ann Garrett

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Services for Cheryl Ann Garrett, 53, Lawrence, will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2011, at 9th Street Baptist Church, Lawrence with Pastor Delmar A. White officating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Ms. Garrett died, Monday April 25, 2011 at her home.

She was born July 18, 1958 in Lawrence, the daughter of John Steve and Clara Belle Garrett. She has lived in Lawrence her entire life.

Ms. Garrett was employed with Scotch Cleaners, the Lawrence Holiday Inn Holidome, and very much enjoyed working at the Kansas University Campus at Mrs. E’s. She enjoyed helping raise her many nieces and nephews, while their parents worked.

She was preceded in death by her beloved father John Steve Garrett, Sr.

Survivors include her only son, Damien Garrett; her mother, Clara Garrett, Lawrence; four sisters, Sondra Garrett, Debra Garrett, Rose Garrett, all of Lawrence, Beatrice Brown Scott, Ottawa; five brothers, John Garrett, Jr., Lawrence, Phillip Garrett, Topeka, Tommy Brown, Ottawa, Michael Garrett, Denver, CO, and James Garrett, Lawrence; two granddaughters Dearah Garrett, Lawrence, and Amarie Stevicks, Topeka; forty-eight nieces and nephews, and many friends.

Friends may call Sunday 9am. To 8pm. at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

The family suggests memorials to the Ninth Street Baptist Church in care of the funeral home.

Eva Myrtle Lancaster

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Graveside services for Eva Myrtle Lancaster, 92, Eudora, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hesper Cemetery, southeast of Eudora, with the Rev. Steve Klinedinst officiating.

Mrs. Lancaster died Sunday, Apr. 24, 2011, at Medicalodges of Eudora.

She was born July 5, 1918, in Eudora, the daughter of Ralph & Ethel Westerhouse Votaw. She was raised and attended schools in the Hesper Community.

Mrs. Lancaster was a homemaker and a snack bar manager at Kroger’s. She also worked at Rusty’s IGA as the bakery manager, and in the Eudora Jr./Sr. High School cafeteria.. She was a member of Hesper Friends Church, and enjoyed crocheting, cooking, and growing flowers.

She married Paul Frazier in 1936 in Eudora. They later divorced. She married Meville L. Lancaster in 1957 in Arkansas. He preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 1993. She was also preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Vernon Votaw, and two brothers-in-law, Moreland Baldwin and Harold Morley.

Survivors include two daughters, Helen Jackson and husband Jim, Topeka, and Evelyn Cotton and husband Hank, Lawrence; two sisters, Dorothy Baldwin, Clinton, and Lela Morley, Eudora; three grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, and from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Hesper Friends Church, or the Eudora United Methodist Church, in care of the funeral home. 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Claris Faye Hunsinger

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Graveside services for Claris Faye Hunsinger, 77, Lawrence will be 10:30 am Tuesday at the Bean Cemetery in Little River, KS. Mrs. Hunsinger died Friday at the Presbyterian Manor. She was born July 18, 1933 in Little River the daughter of Ray and Ula Brooks Buchanan.

Mrs. Hunsinger graduated Little River High School in 1951. She later attended Brown Mackie Business College in Salina. She was a mother/homemaker and worked at H&R Block for many years as a tax preparer.

She was a member of Women’s Bible Study Fellowship and completed the course of study in 1998.

She married Laurel G. Hunsinger on Oct. 17, 1953 in Little River, he survives of the home.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Guy R. Buchanan, sisters Neva G. German, Carol M. Staub, Elva M. Connery, Louise K. Larson, and Ruth M. Riley.

Other survivors include sons Terry L. Hunsinger of Olathe, KS, Keith L. Hunsinger of Lawrence, Shane P. Hunsinger of Lawrence, daughters Cyndi K. Kempke of Lewisville, TX, and Lorri J. Hoelsher of Baldwin City, brother Bruce L. Buchanan of Little River, sister Betty L. Byard of Salina, KS, and ten grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Monday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Lawrence or Bethpage “Mosaic” Ellsworth in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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.