Obituaries

Memorial services for Mary Lou Vaughan, 71, Lawrence, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Mrs. Vaughan died June 19, 2017, at her home. Mary was the fourth... continue reading

Funeral service for Beverly A. Gist, 74, Lawrence, will be 10 am Friday, June 23, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Reverend William A. Dulin will officiate. Mrs. Gist... continue reading

Funeral service for Mary E. Wilson, 62, Perry, will be 10 am. Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Cross Roads Cowboy Church, Perry, KS. Burial will follow at Buster Cemetery. Pastor Terry Newell will officiate.... continue reading

Graveside services for Mary Alice Patterson, 94, Lawrence, will be at 2 pm Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery, with Pastor Gary Myer officiating. Mrs. Patterson died Monday, June 12, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.... continue reading

Funeral services for Georgia Lee (Bailey) Thomas, 84, Lawrence, will be 11 am, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Vinland United Methodist Church, Baldwin City, KS. Visitation from 6 to 7pm Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral... continue reading

Memorial services for Douglas Brent (Doug) Nairn, 65, Lawrence, will be 11 am, Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.  Inurnment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Doug died Saturday, June 10, 2017,... continue reading

Funeral Mass for R. Mabel Heinrich Hagerman, 97, Lawrence, will be at 2:30 pm Monday at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, with Fr. Mick Mulvany officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas.... continue reading

Private family services for Darrel A. Walton Jr., 79, Topeka, will take place at a later date. He died June 8, 2017, at Midland Care Hospice, Topeka, KS. continue reading

Dr. Robert “Bob” Cobb died June 7th, 2017, at KU Medical Center. He was born August 22, 1925, in Ashdown, Arkansas, son of Ruth Cowling Cobb and Grover Cobb. He graduated from Baylor University and... continue reading

Charles Elmer Wintermantel died on June 7th after a prolonged and frustrating battle with COPD. Born on March 26, 1939 in Lawrence, KS, the son of Elmer J. and Dorothy Marie Breithaupt Wintermantel. He... continue reading

A celebration of life for Beverly Mae Bennett, 78, Lawrence, will be 1:00 pm. Saturday, June 10th at 1013 E 1256 Rd. She was born 19 December 1938 to Roy Gerald and Wanda Roselee (Dayton)... continue reading

Graveside services for Reba Ray Baker, 88, Lawrence, will be 11 am Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Reba was born February... continue reading

Arrangements for Olga E. “Kay” Kennedy, 92, Lawrence, are pending at this time. Ms. Kennedy died Thursday, June 1, 2017 at her home. continue reading

Services for Emil William Heck, Jr., 96, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Heck died Saturday, May 27, 2017, at Lawrence... continue reading

A memorial service for Freddie Banks Nelson, 89, Lawrence, will be 10 am, Friday, June 2, 2017, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Inurnment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Friday, May 26, 2017,... continue reading

Donna Kay Fowler, 69, of Lawrence, died Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born July 18, 1947, in Spearville, KS, the daughter of William and Verda Strohwitz. Donna graduated from... continue reading

Eleanor Lorraine Brown, 83, of Lawrence, Kansas passed away April 17, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The daughter of Phillip and Beatrice Chateauneuf, she was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts in February, 1934. She was... continue reading

Jean Elizabeth (Stone) Lukehart, 88, died peacefully at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor on May 23, 2017. Jean was born July 16, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, to Clarence and Nellie Gann Stone. Jean married the love... continue reading

Memorial services for Betty Lou Dobbs will be at 2 pm Sunday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with the Rev. Angela Lowe officiating. Betty Lou Dobbs, 85, passed away on May 22, 2017 at The... continue reading

Funeral services for Lila Hagerman Watkins, 86, Baldwin City, will be at 2 pm Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with LMH Chaplain Angela Lowe officiating. Burial will follow in Vinland Cemetery, Vinland. Lila died... continue reading