Services for Mary Lou McGonigle will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, May 23, 2024 at Lawrence 360 Church. A Visitation will be 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. on Thursday also at the Church.
Mrs. McGonigle died May 14, 2024 in Lawrence, Kansas. She was an elementary school teacher at Kensington School in Kansas City, Missouri from 1949 to 1959 and also at Line Creek Elementary School in North Kansas City, Missouri for three years. She taught remedial reading at India-Kaw Valley Schools from 1975 to 1985 when she retired from school teaching. She received a B.A. in Education from U.M.K.C in 1950-her graduate work from K.U. in Lawrence in 1975-1976 to give her certification to teach remedial reading. Mary enjoyed teaching Bible Studies at Eudora Care Center and Brandon Woods Retirement Center. She was also active in Church activities.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Sue Schusler in 1948; a husband, Richard A. Schusler in 1974, her mother in 1980,one sister, Carol Ann Anderson and a nephew, Arthur. She was united in marriage to Glen McGonigle in 1987 and he preceded her in death on June 9, 2000. Mary Lou is survived by two nephews, John and David and a niece, Penny Sue King. Memorials may be sent to Lawrence 360 Church, Women’s Ministry or Missions care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home of Lawrence. Arrangements are Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street,Lawrence, Kansas 66044.
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Ernie J. Chaney, MD
Ernie Joe Chaney, M.D. passed away on May 16, 2024. He was 96. He was born December 28, 1927, in Frontenac, Kansas to Elbert Zenith Johnson and Louise Elizabeth (Richards) Johnson. When he was very young, Elbert and Louise divorced and he was adopted by Louise’s second husband, Tom Chaney.
Ernie was a 1945 graduate of Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, Kansas. He served our country in the United States Navy from 1945 through 1947, when he was honorably discharged. In August of 1951, he married his forever soulmate, Margie Lee (Hall) Chaney of Wellington, Kansas. He attended Wichita State University and was accepted into the University of Kansas Medical School after three years of undergraduate studies. Margie worked to support them both while he attended KU medical school in Kansas City, graduating in 1956. After graduation Ernie and Margie moved to Tacoma, Washington, where he interned for a year at Tacoma General Hospital.
In 1957, he and Herb Doubek, M.D., a medical school classmate, were recruited and moved to Belleville, Kansas to start a family medical practice. It was called “Chaney & Doubek, MDs.” The name was alleged to have been decided by the flip of a coin. Ernie and Herb had a genuine family practice: stitching wounds, setting broken bones, counseling patients’ mental health needs, and delivering countless babies in the North Central Kansas area. It was rare for Dr. Chaney to sleep through the night.
In his earliest days as a young country doctor, Ernie made firm commitments to his patients, to medicine, and to medical education.
In the 1960s and 70s, he took his wife and three young boys on medical mission trips to the mountains of Guatemala one summer and then to Honduras a few summers later.
From 1970 to 1983, while practicing medicine in Belleville, Dr. Chaney was a Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in both Kansas City and Wichita. He staunchly advocated that family physicians should have a specialty of their own and testified in support of that proposition in Kansas and in Washington, D.C. He served as the President of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians in 1970.
In 1981 he was elected as the President of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the second largest medical organization in the United States. One of his greatest honors was to serve as a representative of all the family physicians of America.
From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Chaney was president of the Family Health Foundation of America, the forerunner of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (AAFP-F). Only a small handful of physicians have ever served as president of both organizations.
In 1983, Ernie and Margie left Belleville and moved to Wichita, Kansas where he became an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita, Kansas. In 1988 he was promoted to Professor. Teaching future family physicians was his passion. From 1983 until his retirement in 1994 he was the program director of the University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita Family Practice Residency at Via Christi-St Joseph in Wichita. In May of 1996, he came out of retirement to serve as the interim chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, a post he held until he re-retired in January of 1997.
Dr. Chaney was board certified in family practice by the American Academy of Family Practice and the American Board of Family Practice and he held a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. In 1991, he was awarded the Victor North, M.D., “Outstanding Teacher in the Specialty of Family Medicine” by vote of the residents of the St. Joseph Family Practice Residency. He was a member of many other professional organizations.
Over his career in medicine and academics Dr. Chaney taught at numerous professional state and national meetings and authored many scientific papers in his field.
He was an avid and unreasonable KU sports fan. For years, as a young family doctor in Belleville he was a “KU Ambassador,” which meant that he and the family hosted members of the KU football team when they came through Belleville during summers to attend the annual KU football banquet and try to sell KU season football tickets. To the thrill of the young Chaney boys and many of the youth in Belleville, they hosted such players as Bobby Douglas, John Riggins, David Jaynes, and others.
Ernie was a wonderful and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was optimistic by nature and known for his quick wit and sense of humor. He told friends and family that anything he was able to experience after dancing at his granddaughter’s wedding would be icing on the cake. After that, he danced at his grandson’s wedding, was able to attend basketball, soccer and baseball games of his great-grandson, and soccer games and ballet recitals of his great-granddaughter. He was also present as his grandchildren graduated from college and law school and obtained masters’ degrees. He stressed the importance of education to his children. He was the first in his family to go to college.
Most of all Ernie loved Margie and raising the three boys with her. They travelled to all 50 states when he was the President of the AAFP. They loved attending parties and dances with lifelong friends over the years. In the 80s, Ernie and Margie purchased a second home at Rancho Viejo, Texas to spend more time with their grandchildren, Katie, Stuart, Liz, and Mac Chaney, who they adored. They both loved South Texas, its people, culture, and especially its winters.
The family is grateful for the caregivers of Keep Living at Home (KLAH) for allowing Ernie to remain independent and at home for as long as possible and to the people of Neuvant House for the superb care they provided after he could no longer live independently.
Ernie is survived by his son, Mitchell (Susan) of Ingram, Texas and Lawrence, Kansas; daughter-in-law, Lecia Elliott Chaney (Stuart) of Kingwood, Texas; granddaughter, Katie Czyz (Joe) of Lenexa, Kansas; grandson, James Stuart Chaney (Robin) of Austin, Texas; granddaughter, Liz Chaney of Denver, Colorado; grandson, Elliot McClain Chaney of God Knows Where, and great-grandchildren Cannon and Clara Czyz. He was preceded in death by his parents, his two older brothers James and Robert, his wife, Margie and sons, James Robert, and Stuart Andrew.
Online condolences may be made here at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home website.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be sent to KU Endowment, 1010 N. Kansas St., Wichita, KS 67214 (memo: Ernie and Margie Chaney Fund). Online contributions may be made at www.kuendowment.org/givenow , in the choose area(s) section select “other” and in the “other purpose” text box enter “Ernie and Margie Chaney Fund.”
A Celebration of Life Service for Dr. Chaney will be held on June 22, 2024, at 10:30 A.M., at First Christian Church Lawrence, 1000 Kentucky Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044. Lunch in the Fellowship Hall to follow.
Charles L.”Charlie” Bloss Jr.
Charles L. Bloss Jr. “Charlie”, “Bud”, “Twinkie”, “Rev CL”, passed away peacefully at his home in Lecompton on May 16th, 2024.
Charlie was born on July 31, 1946 in Battle Creek, Michigan to Mary Alice Carnes Bloss and Dr. Charles L. Bloss Sr. His family moved to Dallas, Texas a year later. He was baptized at East Dallas Christian Church in 1959 and graduated from Greenhill High School in 1965. He moved to Topeka, Kansas where he joined the Topeka Police Department as a Dispatcher and became a Reserve Officer for the Shawnee County Sheriffs Department. He graduated from the Law Enforcement Academy in Hutchinson, Kansas and became a Deputy Sheriff in 1974. He worked in multiple departments in his career: Dispatch, Warrants, Prisoner Transport, Process, Records and his last job was in Courthouse Security before he retired in 1997. He loved working in the courthouse, becoming friends with all the judges.
He was named Officer of the Year in 1994 by the Insurance Women of Topeka and was recognized for his bravery with the Medal of Valor for his role in the Frank Carlson Federal Building incident in 1993.
He married Beth Meinhardt on April 26th, 1986. She survives at their home. Also surviving at their home are his furkids, Ranger, Smokey and Sami He is also survived by his brother, Dr. Robert Bloss and his wife Linda of Houston, Texas, his brother, Dr. William Bloss and his wife Martha of Winterville, North Carolina, nephew Robert Scott Bloss of Liberty Hill, Texas, Nephew William Paul Bloss Jr. and his wife Roxanne of Charleston, South Carolina, niece Marilyn Bloss Koester and her husband Drew, Great niece Mary Lee Fontana, Great nephews George and John Fontana, all of Memphis, Tennessee.
Furkids that passed before him are Angel, a black Labrador that he rescued shortly after retiring and was very special to him, Sabbath, Mr. Duke, Patches, Tyger, Midnite and J. Edgar Hoover, a black cat that he gave to his wife when they first met and had for 19 years. Part of the ashes of the furkids that passed before him will be added to his ashes per his wishes. We know he is happy to be reunited with them in Heaven.
Charlie loved his Diet Mountain Dew and Twinkies. He ate so many Twinkies trying to gain weight back that the Cancer Center nicknamed him”Twinkie”. He and his two brothers all called each other “Bud” He was also called Reverand CL by a lot of his co-workers at the Sheriffs Department because the Warrants Department got Credentials of Ministry, so Charlie’s department all had to get theirs also.
Charlie loved Bald Eagles and took many exceptional pictures of them. He has a house full of Eagle figurines and pictures. He also loved elephants and has many figurines in his office. He loved James Arness and Gunsmoke and never missed a show. He enjoyed playing “Santa Claus” for a number of year after retiring. He was also a Life member of the National Rifle Association.
Memorial contributions can be sent to S.C.A.R.S. (Second Chance Animal Rescue Society) at P.O. Box 22 Auburn, KS. 66402
Celebration of Life Services will be held on Saturday, June 29th at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of the Lane University Museum at 625 Woodsen Ave in Lecompton,where he and Beth were married 38 years ago. Following the service, there will be a gathering at the Fellowship Hall at the United Methodist Church at 402 Elmore in Lecompton for cookies and drinks and time to visit with the family. Arrangements are with Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home of Lawrence.
Steven Walter Bell
Viewing for Steven Walter Bell, 69, Lawrence Kansas, will be Friday, May 24, 2024 from 11 AM to 12 PM at Rumsey-Yost funeral home.
Mr. Bell died Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Country Side Nursing Home surrounded by his family.
He was born September 21, 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas the son of Eleanor and Georgia R. Bell. He graduated from Lawrence high school in 1972, and earned a degree in business at Johnson County Community College, he also got a bachelor’s degree in business at Pittsburgh University.
Mr. Bell never married and had only one daughter named Stephanie.
Other survivors include 4 sisters, Phyllis Bell, of Phoenix, Arizona, Gloria Miller, Claudia Bell, and Merna Bell, all of Topeka, Kansas, one brother, Norman Bell, of Lawrence, Kansas, and a lot of nephews and nieces. Graveside funeral is a private funeral and will be held at a different date.
William Glynn Belle-Isle
Services for William Glynn Belle-Isle, 81, will be May 18, 2024 at the First United Methodist Church – West Campus. Mrs. Pamela Belle-Isle will be sending invitations to the celebration. He died February 7, 2024 at Bridge Haven.
Please be aware of construction in this area. There is currently only one lane open in the barricades that gives you access to the church.
Adrian Joseph Rivera-Edmonds
A visitation for Adrian Rivera-Edmonds, 9 weeks old, Lawrence, will be from 6:00-8:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.
Adrian passed away peacefully at home on May 15th, 2024.
He is survived by his mother, Desirae Edmonds, and his father, Carlos Rivera Quintero, and older brother, Angel Salgado-Edmonds.
Other survivors include maternal grandparents Ruben Edmonds, Karen Edmonds; and April Jennings and spouse. Along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and great-grandparents.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made towards funeral service costs. Donations can be made to Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home: P.O. Box 1260, Lawrence, KS, 66044, or by calling the funeral home directly at 785-843-5111
Whitney Marie Anderson
Whitney was an artist way ahead of her time. The day she left she painted the sky to let everyone know she finally made it to the place where she can be free. She saw the beauty even in the darkest of places. When it rains, please take a moment to embrace the warm feeling, that will be Whitney wrapping her wings around you letting you know she is happy and at peace.
Let the wind blow against your skin and try to think of her standing next to you, giving you the strength to continue. When you see her babies, please do not show them sadness but rather show them the love their mother undoubtedly showed you.
Whitney had the strength so many of us dream about. She never once let the darkness fully in, even when it would have been the easiest option she always chose to fight! Her daughter Sy’raia made her a mother, which was the proudest title she had. With her she learned for the first time how large her heart really was. Sy’raia gave her back that hope in life she was searching for. You can still see Whitney’s smile if you look at Sy’raia long enough. She became the fierce momma Whit. Never allowing any harm to come to her child and never backing down. Then she decided it was time to grow her family by adding Franklin and Otis, her two baby boys, this is where she felt truly complete in life. They taught her patience, softness and grew her silly side even more. Later, she added sweet little Drailee. She would pass down the cutest hairstyles she learned from doing Sy’raias hair, she also passed down her famous smile. Draven and Zion were her last gifts to the world. Two precious babies that meant the world to her. Sadly, they had the shortest time with their amazing mother. They still received the same type of love she learned with her first born. Whitney was many things, mostly because she was good at everything. She was competitive in nature but would still teach others how to achieve greatness. She was soft when she needed to be, and she was a fighter when God told her she needed to be.
If Whitney were here, I think she would say ” please hold my babies tight for me and tell them I loved them more than anything in this world. If you see my momma, give her a hug for me because I know she needs one. If you talk to Aunt Amy and Grandma Ruby please tell them I love them and please do not cry so much I am finally home. Please remember me when I was my full authentic self! I was Whitney Marie Anderson, I may have stumbled but I never fell completely. Learn from me and always do it in style and with a smile.
Survivors include, her mother Tracy Warner and stepfather Corey Warner, her grandma Ruby Rider and papa Mitchell Rider, her grandpa Charles Anderson and his wife Julie Anderson, her Aunt Amy Brooks and cousin Dalton Corwin. Her brother’s were Michael Evilsizor, Jacob Blackburn, Cody and Austin Floyd. Her children are Sy’Raia 15, Franklin 8, Otis Jr. 7, Drailee 5, Draven 3, and Zion 23 months. She was greeted in heaven by those who proceeded her in death. Her grandmother Kathy Anderson and her little brother Joshua Kline.
A visitation for Whitney Marie Anderson, 35, of Lawrence, will be on Monday, May 20th from 5:00-7:00PM at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Services will be on Tuesday, May 21st at 5:00PM at Greenhouse Church, located at 1012 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS 66044, followed by graveside services at Eudora City Cemetery, located at 2229 N. 1420 Road, Eudora, KS 66025.
Memorial contributions to help pay for services may be made to Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home: P.O Box 1260 Lawrence, KS 66044 or by calling 785-843-5111.
Carol Lynn Jones Amsberry
Carol Amsberry passed away peacefully with her family at her side on February 26 after a long bout with cancer. She was 64 years old. She is survived by her husband, Kent, and son Grant of Lawrence, KS, son William of Lenexa, KS and brother William Jones and sister-in-law Sandra of Reading PA. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Carol was born on January 4th, 1960 in Muskegon, MI to John Daniel Jones and Patricia Tait Jones. She grew up in Port Clinton Ohio attending elementary school and high school there. After completing high school, she attended Ohio State University and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1982. Following graduation, she entered the workforce as an Assistant Manager at a Kroeger’s grocery store in Columbus, Ohio. After a few years in that position, she joined State Farm Insurance as an underwriter and eventually moved to Fire Claims Adjustor. She worked in that role for the remainder of her 14 year career at State Farm leaving in 1999 after starting a family. While working for State Farm, she lived in Columbus, Ohio, Saratoga Springs, New York and Rye, New Hampshire. She frequently volunteered for storm duty which took her to Florida for Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Los Angeles for the 1994 Northridge earthquake. While working the Northridge earthquake, she was part of a team managed by Todd Osborne who had a high school friend named Kent Amsberry. Since Carol lived in New Hampshire and Kent in Boston, MA, Todd thought it would be good if they met each other. After dating for a while, they married on October 21, 1995 at Carter Memorial United Methodist Church in Needham, MA and took up residence in a beautiful 1899 Victorian home in Newton, MA. They had two boys, William Todd born in 1997 and Grant Talmon born in 1999. In 2000, the family moved to Kansas City for a new job opportunity and to be closer to family. Over the next 24 years, the family lived in Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Seattle before returning to Kansas City in 2016. In Indianapolis and Seattle, Carol re-entered the workforce as a para-educator in various school systems allowing her to work while being close to her boys. She mainly worked with special needs children that being her particular passion.
Carol played the piano and flute and enjoyed music. Chicago was her favorite rock band. She enjoyed gardening and loved her many dogs and cats over the years. She was an avid reader and particularly enjoyed Romance novels. She liked playing board games and doing puzzles with her family. She also enjoyed cooking, and hosting various kinds of gatherings in her home. The HGTV channel was a favorite of hers and she applied her knowledge from home claims adjusting to the renovation of two homes with Kent. She was a devoted wife and mother spending countless hours helping her boys in any way that she could.
A visitation will be at 1:00 P.M. with a memorial service to follow at 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 17 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home in Lawrence, KS. Memorials to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation are suggested.
Billy (Duane) Warrington
Funeral Services for Billy (Duane) Warrington, 62, Eudora, will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday May 16th at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be immediately follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be 6-7 pm, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Duane ascended to a better place on May 10, 2024, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born September 7, 1961, in Lawrence, the son of Billy Dee Warrington and Delores Jean Hubach (Dunn). He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1980. After high school he went on to receive HVAC and other trade certifications. He moved to Eudora in 1991 from Lawrence, Kansas.
Duane worked for the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1998 as the Maintenance Supervisor. Outside of that, well-known as a “Jack-of-all-trades,” did various odd jobs in and around Lawrence until his cancer diagnosis in the 1990’s.
He has always been interested in fixing things, building things, and working on cars, including being a builder and driver in several derby demolitions. He had various cars, trucks, and motorcycles through his life, that at some point, he would likely be tinkering with something on it. He also loved music, always having music playing on the radio, even as background; and he even took up learning the guitar and banjo in his later years.
Duane, affectionately known as “the strongest person we know” by his children, has previously survived cancer twice, a heart attack, a stroke, multiple times of pneumonia, an amputee, and countless other surgeries. He gave this final battle everything he had, hanging on longer than even some of the medical staff believed he would (to no surprise of his children). He will be missed by everyone who knew him and loved him and never forgotten, but will live on forever within us, from the memories we have of him.
He is survived by his children: twin daughters Sheena Rae Boden (Warrington) and husband Aaron Michael Boden, Shonna Mae Warrington and fiancé Mike Thomas Williams, daughter Danielle Joy Warrington, and son Dylan Duane Warrington. He is survived by his grandchildren: Channing Jon Calhoon, Cami Kay Calhoon, Vienna Rae Boden, and Vaeda Sue Boden.
Duane is also survived by his father Billy Dee Warrington and mother Delores Jean Hubach and stepfather Robert Hubach; sisters Rhonda Jeanene Tingle, Millie Delores Wheeler, and Lucinda “Cindy” Lynn Winger.
He was preceded in death by his Brother Roy Lewis Winger in 2018 and step dad Wally Winger.
The Family will hold a gathering after the burial immediately following the gravesite service, at Flory Meeting Hall at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
The Family suggests memorials be made to any medical field of research, P.O. Box 1260 Lawrence, Kansas 66044.
Kimberlye R. Halderman (Little)
Kimberlye R. Halderman (Little) passed on May 9th, 2024 after a long batter with cancer. Kim was born July 9th, 1965 in Lawrence, and attended Lawrence public schools. She was a lifelong Lawrence resident.
Kimberlye worked various jobs in her life. The past 20-plus years were spent at Berry Global. She was the supervisor at the Berry West plant in Lecompton over the printing department. This position was her passion. She would work all hours of the day and night to make sure that everyone was doing their jobs, helping people to advance within the company, and to stay safe. Kim was dedicated to her employees both at work, and personally. Her co-workers were her family. This family is what kept her fighting for the past three years.
Kimberlye is survived by her partner Larry Miskimen of the home, 2 sisters: Naoma McElroy, Bonnye Little-Hadl (George), 2 brothers: Doc and Dorse, all of Lawrence, 2 nieces, Rebecca and Theresa, Larry’s extended family that she also considered hers, and many others.
Kimberlye was preceded in death by her parents, Vernon and Virginia Little, and a brother, Clyde Little.
The family would like to thank her Berry Global family for all of the cards, flowers, love and support they have provided both Kimberlye and Larry during this journey, and now, at this time of loss.
There will not be a service, per Kimberlye’s request. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
