Obituaries

Memorial services for David C. Farrier, 88, Lawrence, will be at 11 AM Thursday at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home with Pastor Nathan Rovenstine officiating. Mr. Farrier died Friday, January 13, 2012, at his home,... continue reading

Elbert (EC) Leak died Fri.,Jan.13, 2012, in North Ft. Myers, Fla. He was born in Eastern Oklahoma on May 1, 1933, and attended schools in Okmulgee, Oklahoma State, and Kansas University. He served in... continue reading

Mary Blessing of Lawrence, Kansas passed on January 11 in Lawrence at the age of 78. She was born February 12, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up in Kansas City and graduated... continue reading

Tomiko Mehl was born on November 14, 1930, in Fukuoka, Japan. She was the daughter of Asao and Tozaburo Suga. She was a nurse in Japan when she met Harry Lee Mehl during the... continue reading

A celebration of life gathering for David C. Head, 50, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the South Park Gazebo. Mr. Head died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at his home. He was... continue reading

Services for Mark Eugene Kelley, 55, Lawrence, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 14, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Kelley died Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at Lakeview... continue reading

Charles E. Cullumber was born on May 19th, 1928, son of Mary Brown and Clinton Cullumber. The loving husband to Geraldine Hannigan Cullumber for 60 years. The father to Charles Clinton and Gerald Cullumber;... continue reading

Funeral services for Mary Jo Elston, 77, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with Terry Jacobsen officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Elston died Sunday, January... continue reading

Lubomyra (Luba) Olha Palij (1922-2012) Mrs. Palij died peacefully on Friday January 6, 2012 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. Memorial services for Mrs. Lubomyra (Luba) Olha Palij will be held on... continue reading

Graveside services for Lonnie O. Johnson, 81, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence. Mr. Johnson died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He... continue reading

Funeral services for Esther E. Oyler, 98, Rural Baldwin City, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Willow Springs Old German Baptist Brethren Church. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Pleasant... continue reading

Graveside services for Walter R. Gibson, 85, Lawrence, will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. Bishop John Haslem will officiate. Mr. Gibson died Thursday, January 05, 2012, at... continue reading

Graveside services for Maria “Lolita” Dolores Valdez Wells, 88, Lawrence, will be 1:00 p.m. Monday at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Lawrence Maria died Wednesday January 4, 2012 at Midland Hospice Care, Topeka. She was born... continue reading

Graveside services for Chloe Elizabeth Nieder, infant daughter of Patrick P. Nieder and Marie E. Daniels will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Oak Hill Cemetery. Chloe was born Dec. 31,... continue reading

Private family services for William H. Yockey, 93, Lyndon, were held Saturday, with entombment in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka. Mr. Yockey died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was... continue reading

Graveside services with military honors for Delmar E. “Del” Dey, 88, Topeka, formerly of Lawrence, will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 6, 2012 at Osborne Cemetery, Osborne. Mr. Dey died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011,... continue reading

Funeral services for Helen Pauline (Peg) Martin, 89, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, December 30, 2011, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with Reverend Kent Winters-Hazelton officiating. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery,... continue reading

Cecil Ray Pearson, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2011, at Baldwin Healthcare Center. He had been a resident of the Baldwin Healthcare Center. He was born March 27, 1930, to Paul and Maggie... continue reading

Memorial service for Max Lee Rife, 84, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Plymouth Congregational Church, with the Reverend Dr. Peter A. Luckey officiating. A reception will follow... continue reading

Funeral services for Charlotte Smith Bruey, 85, Lawrence, were held Wednesday, Dec. 14 in Caldwell, with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Bluff City. She died Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Lawrence. She was... continue reading