Obituaries

No public services are planned for Marion Waters, 76, Lawrence, who passed away at his home Monday, September 28, 2020. A private inurnment will take place at Leavenworth National Cemetery. Marion served in the... continue reading

Graveside inurnment for Cathy Marie Munoz, 59, Ozawkie, will be 11 am, Thursday, October 1, 2020, at Oak Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be 5-6:30, Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. She... continue reading

Frank W. Williams died Saturday, September 26, 2020 at the Baldwin Healthcare and Rehab Center. Frank was born to Raymond B. and Thelma D. (Pontius) Williams on July 31, 1943. After attending Lawrence High... continue reading

Arrangements for Nancy Marie Fowler, 71, Albuquerque, NM, are pending at this time. Mrs. Fowler died Sept. 24, 2020, at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. continue reading

Graveside inurnment services for Richard Morgan Sanders Jr., 64, Lawrence, will be at 11 am Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Robert Leiste officiating. Social distancing and masking will be observed. Richard... continue reading

Graveside services for Donna Mae Flory, 79, rural Lawrence, will be at 10 am Monday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, with social distancing in effect. Allen Markley and Lester Flory will officiate. Donna... continue reading

No services are planned at this time for Keith Alan Cooper, 69, rural Lawrence, who passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at Medicalodges Leavenworth. He was the son of Raymond and Patricia Edwards Cooper.... continue reading

Karen D. Lyerla, 72, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on September 17,2020. She was born on August 2, 1948, to Dale and Alberta Lyerla. Karen graduated from Shawnee Mission West in 1966, and received... continue reading

Services for Edith Lorene ‘Edie’ Needels, 92, Baldwin City, will be announced at a later date by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Edie died Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at Vintage Park in Baldwin City. continue reading

Born December 24, 1939, Oberlin, Louisiana Died September 19, 2020, Lawrence, Kansas Wanda H. Bowman passed away in her home of two years in Lawrence, Kansas, but not before having as many adventures and... continue reading

Arrangements for John C. Howard Jr., 67, DeSoto, are pending at this time. Mr. Howard died Sept. 18, 2020, at his home. continue reading

Ronald Arthur Ricley, 71, of Lecompton, Kansas, passed away on September 17, 2020. He was a man of God who embodied what it means to be a servant leader. It would be impossible to... continue reading

Yolanda “Cookie” Cook, loving wife and mom, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at her home. Cookie was born on October 13, 1946, in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the second of... continue reading

Arrangements for Bruce Miller, 69, Kerrville, Texas, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Bruce died Sunday, September 13, 2020, at his home in Kerrville. He was the son... continue reading

Myrna Mae Walters, born November 17, 1926, to the Emmons family in Manhattan, KS, died on August 24, 2020, in Lawrence, KS. Myrna grew up on the outskirts of Manhattan, which her husband of... continue reading

No services for Juliana Alice Curtis, 56, Lawrence, are planned at this time. She died Thursday, September 10, 2020, at her home. continue reading

Calvin Eugene Holladay passed away September 10, 2020 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. Calvin was born May 7, 1939. He was one of 10 siblings belonging to Elmer Eugene and Mary... continue reading

Mary Leach was born Mary Sophia Hemme on March 28, 1920 to Joseph and May Hemme on a farm west of Perry, KS. She passed away over a 100 years later on September 10,... continue reading

Barbara Lynn Moyer, 71, Emporia, died Monday, September 7, 2020, at her home. She was born December 13, 1948, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of James J. and Betty E. Rathke. She graduated from... continue reading

Change is the essential process of all existence.” The events of Friday September 04, 2020 gave rise to a change we could not have prepared for, nor could we have predicted. Our son, brother,... continue reading