Category: Obituaries

Ann Kirkpatrick Mackie

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Memorial services for Ann Kirkpatrick “Onna” Mackie, 87, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2011, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 6630 Nall Ave., Mission, Kan.

Mrs. Mackie died Saturday, July 16, 2011, at Bridge Haven Care Cottage, Lawrence.

She was born Sept. 2, 1923, in Neosho, Mo., the daughter of Voyle Vernell and Mariana Wills Kirkpatrick. She was raised in Kansas City, Mo., attended Border Star Elementary School, and graduated from Southwest High School. She later attended the University of Missouri, but returned to Kansas City before graduating and went to work for Woolf Brothers. It was then that her mother decided to fix her up with William R. “Bill” Mackie, whom she married on Aug. 5, 1949.

Mrs. Mackie went back to college, and in 1987 at the age of 63, she graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Art History, on the exact date of the 50th anniversary of Bill’s graduation from KU. She enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband.

Survivors include four children, Elizabeth Orrick, Omaha, George Mackie and wife Pennylea, Boise, Mary Ann Mackie, Seattle, and Willie Mackie, Baldwin City; eight grandchildren, Jenna Mackie, Lindsay Wall, Scott Orrick, Timothy Mackie, David Orrick, Gaelan Mackie, Halley Mackie, and Hannah Mackie; seven great grandchildren, Lola Wall, Lena Mackie, Annabelle Wall, Simona Mackie, Carina McCall, Meira McCall, and Emmaline Wall; a sister, Jane LaPlante; and many nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Care Alternatives Hospice, 1420 NW Vivion Rd., Suite 105, Kansas City, Mo., 64118, or the charity of the donor’s choice.

Robert L. Sanderson

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Military and inurnment services for Robert L. Sanderson, 89, Lawrence will be at 10am. Tuesday July 5th. at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Sanderson died Wednesday, June 29th at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born September 28th, 1921 in Wray, CO, the son of James Elvis and Frances Ann Smedley Sanderson. He graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in 1939.

Mr. Sanderson served in the U.S. Army during WWII, where he received the Good Conduct Medal, and the American Theater Service Medal.

He was a life member of the VFW.

Mr. Sanderson is survived by four daughters: Carol Cheek and husband Michael of Lawrence, Betty Stellwagen and husband Larry of Perry, Patty Thomas and husband Bert of Belton MO., and Carol Smith of Sedalia MO., one sister: Ethel Mae McKelvey of Lawrence, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three wives: Doris Jean Metzger, Gladys Elizabeth Groninger, and Eunice Margaret Maxwell. two sisters: Eva Gladys Shore, and Ella Elma Russell, one son: Arthur Tarpy Jr., and two daughters: Mary Kreeger, and Lorene Mitchell.

The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital sent in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Harold Dean Wilkins

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Services for Harold Dean Wilkins, 63, Perry, will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be in Underwood Cemetery with military honors.

Mr. Wilkins died Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born February 25, 1948, in Bennington, Oklahoma, the son of George Andrew and Rena Dimple McIntyre Wilkins. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1966. He has lived in the Lawrence area since 1963.

Mr. Wilkins served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam and was a material handler at Berry Plastics. He was a member of the American Legion and VFW. He enjoyed playing pool, cards, singing karaoke, all sports, KU Jayhawks, and in his younger years he was a great baseball player.

He married Glenda Kay Howard in August of 1970, in Ottawa, KS. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include, 2 sons, Michael Dean Wilkins and his wife Candy, Perry, Eric Matthew Wilkins and wife Crystal, Perry; brothers, Jimmy Ray Wilkins and wife Judy, Lawrence, Jerry Edward Wilkins and wife Lila, Fayetteville, NC; sisters, Lorene Minyard, Brownfield, TX, Jewell Rogers and husband Bill, Galena, KS; grandchildren, Skye, Michelle, Ivy, Marissa, and Jacob, all of Perry, Jenny and Tanya, of Lawrence; great-granddaughter, Cassie, of Lawrence.

He was preceded in death by brothers George Leon Wilkins, Robert Dale Wilkins, and Victor James Wilkins; sisters, Ada Mae Walker and Nona Lee Middleton.

Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive them from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday.

The family suggests memorials to the Colmery-O’neil VA Medical Center in Topeka.

Betty Kieffer Lessenden

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Inurnment services for Betty Kieffer Lessenden, Lawrence will be 10am. Thursday July 7, 2011 at Pioneer Cemetery, University of Kansas West Campus.

She was born in Lawrence, the daughter of Fred H. Kieffer and Fern Whitsitt Kieffer.

Mrs. Lessenden graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in Lawrence. Following graduation from high school, she obtained her degree in microbiology from the University of Kansas, and subsequently worked as a microbiologist in Toledo, Ohio. She was known locally as a studio potter for many years.

She married Glenn Lessenden, MD, in 1947, he preceded her in death in 1989.

Mrs. Lessenden was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, Kansas, Chapter EA of the PEO Sisterhood, and Chapter Phi (University of Kansas) of Alpha Chi Omega. She served as a member of the College Advisory Board for the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for five years. She was formerly a member of the Douglas County Medical Society Auxiliary and the Kansas State Medical Society Auxiliary. She was a long-time member of the Lawrence Art Guild, the Lawrence Potter’s Guild, and the Kansas Artists Craftsman’s Association. She was a Lifetime Member of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, and a member of the University of Kansas Gold Medal Club. She volunteered for many years at the Ballard Center and for LINK.

She is survived by her two children, Dr. Glenn A. Lessenden, Jr, DVM, Platte City, Missouri, and Judy Lessenden, MHSA, Overland Park, Kansas. She has two grandsons, Michael and Alan, one great-grandson, Connor, and one great-granddaughter, Rylee, and a sister, Ruth Stohs, Lawrence, Kansas.

There will be a reception following the inurnment at the Depot, (Lawrence Visitor Center) 402 N. 2nd St.

Memorials may be made to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association or the Lawrence Humane Society in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Alexandra Mason

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Graveside inurnment services for Alexandra Mason, 80, Lawrence, will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at Pioneer Cemetery on the University of Kansas campus. Ms. Mason died Friday, June 24, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born March 17, 1931, in Greenfield, Mass., the daughter of Herbert E. and Anna E. Thorndike Mason.
Ms. Mason graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1952 with an AB in Greek. She earned her Masters of Library Sciences in 1955 from the Carnegie Library School, and also did post-graduate work at Durham University in Durham, England and the famed Bodleian Library at Oxford University in Oxford, England.
Highlights of her career include: 1975-1999: Head of Special Collections (Rare Books) for Spencer Research Library; Recipient of the very first Chancellor’s Distinguished Librarianship Award in 1990; Inductee into the University of Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame in 1980; Reference librarian for the World Book Encyclopedia in Chicago for one year before coming to Lawrence in 1957. Mason was a member of the KU graduate faculty and spent time as a Courtesy Professor of English and also served as a mentor in the University Scholars program.
Ms. Mason was the co-author or author of 4 books, 17 articles, and over a dozen scholarly papers. After 42 wonderful years with the University of Kansas, Mason retired in 1999 and The Rubenstein/Mason Fund for the Library was named partially in her honor. A quote about Mason from the KU Women’s Hall of Fame website says: “She has ever been an active and highly effective participant in many good and moral causes, for example, women’s rights and intellectual freedom… she simply lived her beliefs and convinced others of their rectitude by her example.”
She is survived by her lifetime friend, Ann Hyde and a brother, E. Eugene Mason, Greenfield, Mass. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Pauline, Edith, and Helen.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rubenstein/Mason Fund for the Spencer Research Library, the Lawrence Humane Society, or Mt. Holyoke College, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Carolyn Louise Hussey

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A memorial gathering for Carolyn Louise Hussey, 68, Lawrence will be at 6pm. to 7pm. Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Mrs. Hussey died Thursday June 23, 2011 at her son’s home in Ozawkie. She was born Jan. 28, 1943 in Maryville, MO. the daughter of Paul and Mary Gilbert Dredge.

Mrs. Hussey graduated from Tonganoxie High School in 1962 and later lived in Lawrence and Topeka.

She married Bob Wingert, they divorced, she married Harold Hussey and he preceded her in death.

She loved her family, friends, animals, flower gardens, garage saling and baseball.

Survivors include a son Troy Hussey and wife Stephanie of Ozawkie, daughter Tiffany Kuester and husband Jim of Lawrence, three younger brothers Sonny Dredge, Don Dredge and wife Sharon, and David Dredge and wife Ann, all of Maryville, Mo.

Paul Charles Buske

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Memorial services for Paul Charles Buske, 40, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston, La.

Mr. Buske died Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born Sept. 14, 1970, in Bloomington, Ill., the son of John M. and Elizabeth “Beth” A. Duguid Buske. He graduated from Paris, Ill. High School, and later attended Louisiana Tech.

Mr. Buske held various positions with the Nestle Company for 15 years. He was a sports enthusiast and enjoyed golf and fishing.

He married Megan N. Smith on June 19, 2004, in Greensboro, N.C. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a son, Cooper, of the home; his parents, Ruston, La.; a brother, Michael Buske and wife Shelley, Terre Haute, Ind.; a sister, Christine McIntosh and husband Glenn, Shreveport, La.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawrence Oncology Center, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

V. Annette Pfunder

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Memorial services for V. Annette Pfunder, 87, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday
at Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kan., with Pastor David Emberson officiating. Inurnment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Kan.

Mrs. Pfunder died Monday, June 20, 2011, at Baldwin Healthcare & Rehabilitation in Baldwin City.

She was born July 19, 1923, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Marvin Claude and Dortha Zook Nowland. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1941.

Mrs. Pfunder lived and worked in Kansas City, Kan. until 1951, in Dodge City until 1956, in Great Bend until 1982, and in Lawrence until 2009. She was a member of Stony Point Christian Church, and enjoyed golf and bowling.

She married Kenneth S. Pfunder on Jan. 19, 1942, in Kansas City, Kan., and together they shared 61 years of marriage. He preceded her in death on Oct. 15, 2002. She was also preceded in death by her parents, a son, Larry D. Pfunder in 1993, and a brother, Forrest Wiley Nowland.

Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Denney and husband Jim, Lawrence; four grandchildren, Brian Denney and wife Heather, Elisa Hill and husband Andrew, Carrie McKee, and Carolyn Turner; and six great grandchildren, Hanna Denney, A.J. Hill, Raven McKee, and Tori, Sienna, and Sierra Turner.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Stony Point Christian Church, or Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation, & Hospice Care, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Mary Elizabeth Henly

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Memorial services for Mary Elizabeth Henly, 57, Lawrence, will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 26, 2011 in the chapel of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Ms. Henly died Friday, June 17, 2011 at her daughter’s residence.

She was born October 11, 1953 in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Laverne and Pattie Marie Riley Hicks.

Ms. Henly enjoyed feeding and watching birds, she was an avid gardener, and very much enjoyed spending time with her daughter, grandchildren, family, and friends.

Survivors include a daughter, Kelly Henly; sisters, Laverna Hicks and Pamela S. Turner; brother, Scotty E. Scott; grandchildren, Samantha-Dayl E. Hiesberger, David D. Schumock, Shantele Bowlin Schumock, and Andrew Hiesberger; great-grandchildren, Arianna E. Hiesberger and Kayden J. Bowlin-Schumock; and nephews, Samuel Rodriguez and Joey Gipson.

Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25th at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials to the Mary Elizabeth Henly Memorial Fund sent in care of the funeral home.

Marvin Don Donalson

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Private family services for Marvin Don Donalson, 87, Lawrence, will be at a later date. Mr. Donalson died Friday, June 10, 2011, in Lawrence. He was born Feb. 10, 1924, in Hollis, Okla., the son of Malcolm and Jewell Curry Donalson.

He received a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Oklahoma in 1949 and a bachelor’s degree in hospital administration from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1975.

Mr. Donalson survived the European Theatre and Palermo, Italy, in the 15th Air Corps of the 454th Bomb Squadron during World War II. He worked for Kerr’s Department Store, Callaway’s Furniture and OK Furniture & Rug Co.. He was administrator of the Baptist Retirement Center in Oklahoma City and was assistant director for the Retirement Center Ministry of Oklahoma until his retirement.

Mr. Donalson was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lawrence and Oklahoma City and was a 32nd degree Mason.

He married Mildred Irma Poling on June 15, 1949, in Clovis, N.M. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a daughter, SallyDon and husband Craig Weinaug, Lawrence; a son, Robert and wife MaryBeth, Fort Worth, Texas; and nine grandchildren, Charles, RobertCarl, Amy and Clay Weinaug, Rebecca and Nathan Knight, Beth and Lee Hampton, and Jonathan Donalson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Randolph and Donald; and a sister, Myriage Donalson Wilson.

The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer’s Assocation, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.