Obituaries

Memorial services for Doris Guggisberg, 97, of Lawrence will be Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. A visitation will be held at 9:30 a.m. with the service following at 10:30 a.m. Private... continue reading

Karen Joy Schmitz died peacefully Monday April 14, 2025, in her room at Tonganoxie Terrace, where she lived following a stroke in August of 2021 when she lost the use of her right side.... continue reading

Robin Ann Holladay, 68, passed away peacefully at home on April 15th, 2025 after a valiant fight with brain cancer. A lifelong Douglas County resident, Robin was one for four children born to Robert... continue reading

Charles Franklin (Chuck) Fisher, 88, Lawrence, Kansas, passed away peacefully April 11, 2025. He was born on August 26, 1936, in Parsons, Kansas, to Mel and Betty Fisher. Chuck spent most of his childhood... continue reading

Charlotte Ann McGee, 84, passed away on March 29th, 2025 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. Charlotte was born in Oklahoma on July 23rd, 1940 to Paul A. and Mary Ann Peare. The... continue reading

Virginia  L.  Tomlinson, 87, passed away April 8, 2025, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence, KS. She was born Jan. 13, 1938 in Dover, AR to Lee Roy and Ella (Bates) Pyle. On ... continue reading

Longtime Lawrence resident Patricia Ruth “Pat” Williams, aged 92, passed away on March 31, 2025, due to natural causes at Homestead of Eudora Memory Care. Her youngest daughter, Betsy Alford of Lawrence, was with... continue reading

Jeffrey Lee Dover, 69 of Ozawkie, Kansas passed away Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 in Topeka, Kansas.     Jeff was born March 12th, 1956 in Lawrence, Kansas to Alfred Dover and Barbara Blatt.  He spent his life... continue reading

Lesley T. “Lee” Ketzel passed away on April 2 at the age of 97 at her home in Lawrence. Born October 28, 1927, in Rockville Centre, New York, she was the daughter of Florence... continue reading

Lanny Warren Maddux, 80, of Lawrence, Kansas went to be with the Lord on April 3, 2025, after a several year fight against cancer. Lanny was born on September 16, 1944, to Cecil and... continue reading

Patricia Rae Cable Maddux, 78, of Lawrence, Kansas, went to Jesus on February 7, 2025, after a battle with various health challenges. Patricia was born October 25, 1946, to Wilburn and Ruby Cable in... continue reading

A memorial service for Gregory Don Burris of Garland, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at Concordia Lutheran Church, 5702 N Jupiter Rd, Garland, TX 75044. Reception to... continue reading

Mary Ann Hunter-Martin,  of Lawrence and formerly of Leavenworth, passed away March 29, 2025. She was born in Leavenworth, Kansas to parents John Andrew Spinner and Frances Rose Baker Spinner.  Mary was one of... continue reading

James (OJ) Thomas, 67 years of Lawrence, KS, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2025 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born on July 30, 1957 in St. Louis, MO to parents Betty and A.B. Thomas... continue reading

Celebration of Life Services for Mary Susan Sexton, 81, Lawrence, will be Sunday, April 13th from 2-4pm, at Wayne and Larry’s, 933 Iowa St, Lawrence, KS 66044. She died March 30, 2025, at LMH... continue reading

Dennis Mason Rivenburg passed away on March 30, 2025, at Pioneer Ridge Nursing Home in Lawrence, Kansas at the age of 83. He was born on September 14, 1941, in Marysville, Kansas to Edwin... continue reading

Celebration of Life Services for Dr. Lary Bocquin, 66, Lawrence, will be 4 pm, Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. After a life well-lived, Lary Joseph Bocquin, 66, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed... continue reading

Janis Louise Kuyper Erland, age 87, a longtime resident of Lawrence and a tireless advocate for improving lives through the art and science of cognitive skills, passed away peacefully following a brief illness on... continue reading

Robert Paul (Bob) Hanzlik, 81, died peacefully on Friday, March 28, 2025, from respiratory complications of ALS. Born in Chicago on November 4, 1943, he was the only child of Mary Catherine (Kitz) Hanzlik... continue reading

Rosie Ann Courter Summerville, 78, formerly of Oskaloosa and Ozawkie, Kansas, gained her Angel Wings on March 26th, 2025, at her home in Perry, Kansas. Rosie was born on May 13, 1964, in Topeka,... continue reading