Obituaries

Paul Henry Getto, D.D.S., 94, passed away at home December 21, 2011 surrounded by family. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 24, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont Street, Lawrence. A reception... continue reading

Graveside services for Robert Earl “Bob” Walker, 88, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Oak Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. Don Cunningham officiating. Mr. Walker died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at Brandon... continue reading

Memorial services for Henry S. Kochanski, 92, Ozawkie, formerly of Philadelphia, will be announced next June by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Mr. Kochanski died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at Village Villa in Nortonville,... continue reading

Memorial services with military honors for Danny L. Coyne, 57, Lecompton will be at 10a.m. Monday, December 19, 2011 at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home and Crematory, Lawrence. Mr. Coyne died Wednesday, December 14, 2011... continue reading

A memorial celebration of life visitation for Donald Duane “Don” Willson, 70, Lawrence, will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Mr. Willson died Tuesday, Dec. 13,... continue reading

Butch died of a heart attack at his Lawrence home on Friday, December 9, 2011. He was 64 years old. He was born January 16, 1947 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, the son... continue reading

Funeral services for Virginia R. Hird, 83, Lakeland, Fla., will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Hird died Saturday, December 10, 2011, in... continue reading

Francis “Frank” Wilson Hursh of Baldwin City, Kansas died December 8, 2011. He was born November 13, 1932 in Kansas City, Kansas to Frank Everett Hursh and Georgeann Dewey Hursh. He graduated from Wyandotte... continue reading

Graveside services for Virginia Longfellow, 84, Lawrence, will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Nathan Rovenstine will officiate. Mrs. Longfellow died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, at her home. She... continue reading

Graveside services for Kaidden Michael Wayne Mendenhall, infant son of Mary A. Mendenhall, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.... continue reading

Funeral services for Ryan Lee Zwiener, 19, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence First Church of the Nazarene, 1470 N. 1000 Rd., with the Revs. Bob Giffin, Don Dunn, and Robby... continue reading

George D. Corn died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor at the age of 99. A Celebration of Life will be held at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home on Saturday, December 10 at 10:00... continue reading

Memorial services with military honors for Carl W. Ruddell, 78, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, with Chaplain Paul Reed officiating. Inurnment will be at a later... continue reading

Memorial services for Oskar Langdon, 21, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Mr. Langdon died Monday, November 28, 2011, in Lawrence. He was born February 10, 1990, in... continue reading

Graveside service for Wayne C. Ridgway, 79, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Angela Lowe officiating. Mr. Ridgway died Friday, November 25, 2011, at his home.... continue reading

Funeral services for Geraldine Muriel “Gerie” Aiken, 70, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with Pastor Don Ogden officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Aiken died... continue reading

Graveside services with military honors for Harold Peters Howard, 94, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Howard died Fri., Nov. 18, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was... continue reading

Memorial services for Vicky Lynn Hrovat, 58, rural Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Mrs. Hrovat died Friday, Nov, 18, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. continue reading

Funeral services for E. Jean Dunn, 86, Lawrence, will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with the Revs. Dr. Gary W. Teske and Don Conrad officiating. Private family interment will be... continue reading

Affectionately known to everyone as “Granny”…Lavon Williams, age 91, slipped peacefully from our loving hands into the arms of Jesus on Friday, November 11, 2011. Lavon was born in Ottawa, KS on January 22,... continue reading