Obituaries

Services for Yolanda Ann Cook, 73, Harveyville, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. She died September 17, 2020, at her home. continue reading

Arrangements for Bruce Miller, 69, Kerrville, Texas, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Bruce died Sunday, September 13, 2020, at his home in Kerrville. He was the son... continue reading

Myrna Mae Walters, born November 17, 1926, to the Emmons family in Manhattan, KS, died on August 24, 2020, in Lawrence, KS. Myrna grew up on the outskirts of Manhattan, which her husband of... continue reading

No services for Juliana Alice Curtis, 56, Lawrence, are planned at this time. She died Thursday, September 10, 2020, at her home. continue reading

Calvin Eugene Holladay passed away September 10, 2020 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. Calvin was born May 7, 1939. He was one of 10 siblings belonging to Elmer Eugene and Mary... continue reading

Mary Leach was born Mary Sophia Hemme on March 28, 1920 to Joseph and May Hemme on a farm west of Perry, KS. She passed away over a 100 years later on September 10,... continue reading

Barbara Lynn Moyer, 71, Emporia, died Monday, September 7, 2020, at her home. She was born December 13, 1948, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of James J. and Betty E. Rathke. She graduated from... continue reading

Change is the essential process of all existence.” The events of Friday September 04, 2020 gave rise to a change we could not have prepared for, nor could we have predicted. Our son, brother,... continue reading

Visitation for Shana LeAnn Vanderslice, 32, Topeka, will be from 5-7pm, Monday, September 14, 2020, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Shana LeAnn Vanderslice past away peacefully on Saturday, September 5th, 2020, after a long battle... continue reading

Alice Fern Pryor, 91, Lawrence, died September 3, 2020, at LMH Health in Lawrence. No services are planned at this time. She was born August 14, 1929, in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Albert... continue reading

Mildred Luckan, 101, Lawrence, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2020 at the Presbyterian Manor. Mildred was born December 13, 1918 in Irving, Kansas, the daughter of Adolph A. and Carrie A. (Luznicky) Kratochvil. She... continue reading

Irene E. Eitner, 92, passed away Aug. 31, 2020, at Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility in Lawrence, KS after a long struggle with declining health. She was born in Gypsum, KS on Sept. 20, 1927,... continue reading

George R. “Buddy” Lawrence died Saturday August 29, 2020 at his home in rural Douglas County. He was born January 10, 1943 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of George Raymond Lawrence and Goldie Wilson... continue reading

Memorial services for Kenneth E. Friesen, 96, formerly of Dodge City, will take place at a later date. He died August 27, 2020, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. continue reading

Hans J. Fischer passed away peacefully August 27, 2020 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, with his beloved wife Iris by his side. Born December 10,1932, in Chicago to immigrants Hanns Fischer and Martha... continue reading

No Services for David Bruce Kalb, 57, Lawrence, are planned at this time. He died August 25, 2020, at Legend Health Care Facility in Tonganoxie. continue reading

Friends may call from noon – 8 pm Saturday and 9 am – 8 pm Sunday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home for Edna M. Benschoter Lolley, 83, Lawrence, who passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020,... continue reading

Suzanne Marie Fletcher, 66, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on July 20, 1954 to Robert Lee Garfield and Margaretta Dolores Golz. Suzanne worked at Hallmark Cards until... continue reading

Deborah Alyn Cannafax, age 71, of Lawrence, KS, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of non-COVID related illness. Deb was born in Amsterdam, NY on August 2, 1949 to Carl... continue reading

On Monday, August 24, 2020, Tobin Craig Barlow, age 60, died at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City MO, shortly after contracting Covid-19. Tobin was born on July 29, 1960, in Kansas City, Missouri.... continue reading