Obituaries

Funeral services for Shirley Ann Harris, 82, North Lawrence, will be at 1 pm Monday, January 9, 2023, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. A visitation will be held Sunday, January 8th from 2-4 pm at... continue reading

Private family services with inurnment in Independence, Mo. will take place at a later date for Marcia Ann Tyhurst, 77, Eudora, who passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022, at LMH Health. She was born... continue reading

Melba Elaine (MacBeth) Bartlett, 83, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2022 at Meadowlark Estates in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 9, 1939. She married Thomas Bartlett on October... continue reading

Funeral services for Lester Traxler will be held Saturday, January 7th at 11:00 at Rumsey Yost Funeral Home with visitation at 10:00. Lester peacefully went to be with the Lord on December 23rd at... continue reading

Phyllis Jean Gibler (Nichols), 90, of Baldwin City, KS, passed away peacefully Tuesday December 20, 2022, at Wellsville Health and Rehab, Wellsville, Kansas. Phyllis was born in the community of Vinland (Baldwin) on January... continue reading

Constance Fay (Tevis) Hadl, 79, passed away peacefully on December 19th, 2022, at Bridge Haven in Lawrence Kansas. She was born in Topeka Kansas on September 15, 1943. Daughter of Warren Tevis and Eura... continue reading

Services for James Bruce Chapin, 84, will be held at 2pm,Wednesday January 4th at First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky Street, Lawrence, Kansas. Jim was called home Sunday, December 18th, 2022 with his family by... continue reading

Betty McArdle, 75, passed away at her home in Lawrence, KS, surrounded by family on December 15, 2022. Graveside services will be announced at a later date. Betty was born May 24,1947, in Garnett,... continue reading

A Celebration of Life for Ernest T. ‘Ernie’ Brewster, 87, rural Baldwin City, will be at 2 pm Saturday, February 11th, at Lawrence First Church of the Nazarene. The Rev. Robby Giffin and the... continue reading

Private family services will be held at a later date for Teresa L. Wylie, 67, Lawrence, who passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at her home. Survivors include her three children. More information will... continue reading

A Celebration of Life for Cameron Patrick Lee Bricker, 26, Eudora, will be announced at a later date by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Cameron passed away Friday, December 9, 2022, in Lawrence. He... continue reading

Private family services in Arkansas will be held at a later date for Fayrene B. ‘Faye’ Smith, 91, McLouth, who passed away Friday, December 9, 2022, at her home. continue reading

Services for Gordon Everett Coulter, 84, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died December 9, 2022. continue reading

Celebration of Life Services for  Dorothy Marie Willis, 93, Lawrence, will be 2 pm, Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. A Visitation will be from 1-2 pm. She died December 5, 2022,... continue reading

Louise Elberta Farrell, 95, Lawrence, KS, died December 7, 2022. Born November 12, 1927, she was the daughter of Victor Monroe and Nana Louise Steeber Simpson in Kansas City, MO. On July 7, 1947... continue reading

My dearest daughter, Alice, was born August 7th, 2016 at Overland Park Regional hospital. She was soon diagnosed shortly afterwards with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, and with it would come a myriad of obstacles... continue reading

We are sad to announce the passing of Rebecca Vasquez, 68, Lawrence,  She died on December 5, 2022.  There will be a Private Ceremony with only close family members. More information to come later continue reading

A Celebration of Life for Michael Dean Johnson, 49, Lawrence, will be at 2 pm Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. A visitation will follow the celebration until 4 pm.... continue reading

Celebration of Life Services for James Steven Hamilton, 67, Overbrook, will take place at a later date. James passed away December 4, 2022, at his home in rural Douglas County. Born December 4, 1955... continue reading

Celebration of Life services for Blake Aaron Davis, 51, Lawrence, will be from from 1-3 pm, Saturday, December 17, 2022, at St. Luke AME Church, 900 New York Street Lawrence, Kansas 66044. Blake Aaron... continue reading