Obituaries

Services for Ronald Dean “Ron” “Bear” Sheaffer, 61, Perry, will be 11am Wednesday, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Buster Cemetery near Perry, Kansas. Mr. Sheaffer died Thursday, January 6, 2022 at... continue reading

A. Monroe Helm, 79, Ozawkie, died at LMH Health on December 31, 2021. Mr. Helm was born February 16, 1942, in Wynnewood. Oklahoma, the son of James Boyd and Williemae Ellen Dees Helm.  His... continue reading

Graveside services for Kevin Anthony Lawrence, 67, Gladstone, Mo. will be 2 pm, Monday, January 10, 2022, at Memorial Park Cemetery.  A visitation will be at 1 pm at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died... continue reading

A Celebration of Life for Brenda Offutt, 73, rural Lawrence, will be at 2:00 pm Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Lawrence First Church of the Nazarene, 1470 N. 1000 Rd. Lawrence, Kansas 66046. Brenda... continue reading

Graveside Inurnment for Helen Joan (Daum) Ludwig, 88, Lawrence, will be live streamed at 10 am, Tuesday, January 11, 2022, on Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home and Crematory Facebook Page. On January 1, 2022, Helen Joan... continue reading

Bruce Passman (June 18, 1949- December 24, 2021). Bruce was born in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Herbert and Lorraine, and spent his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended the University of Kansas,... continue reading

Clayton Gene “Skeet” Nuss, 89, of Lawrence, Kansas. Born in 1932 at home in Hoisington, Kansas to Henry W and Amalia Nuss. His parents were both “Volga Germans” who were immigrants to the United... continue reading

Carol Ann Detter Falen, Age 86, entered into rest peacefully on December 28, 2021, in Missoula, Montana. She was born on November 8, 1935, daughter to Harry and Mildred Detter in Hutchinson, Kansas. She... continue reading

A Celebration of Life for Ronald Edward Bishop, 75, Lawrence, will be announced at a later date by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. Ron passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021, at his home. He... continue reading

William “Bill” Lawrence, 71, Lawrence, Kansas, passed away at home on December 25, 2021. He was born December 7, 1950, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the son of Hugh Lawrence and Brodine Langston Lawrence. Bill... continue reading

Leah Hime passed away December 22, 2021 at the age of age 62. She was born on February 15, 1959 to Sharon Yeahquo and Lawrence Hime. Leah loved to travel and share her experiences.... continue reading

Graveside services with military honors for Gary W. Cooper, 81, Lawrence, will be 11 am, Thursday, December 30, 2021, at Oak Hill Cemetery.  Masks will be Required. He died December 17, 2021. continue reading

Ann Elizabeth Bishop, 72, died peacefully at home in Tecumseh following a short illness.  Services are pending. continue reading

Graveside services for Richard L. ‘Dick’ George, 90, Lawrence, will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Pastor Todd Seifert officiating. Dick passed away peacefully at his home on Wed., Dec.... continue reading

David Sheridan Holmes, 82, Westwood Hills, died Monday, December 20, 2021, at Brookdale Senior Living, in Overland Park, Kansas. Dr. Holmes was born June 9, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Conrad and... continue reading

Mrs. Velma Rose Skinner (Pine) passed away Monday at the age of age 92 at Pioneer Ridge ALF in Lawrence, Kansas. Velma was born on Christmas Day in 1928 to Roscoe and Kate Pine... continue reading

Private family services for Gerald Robert Foree, 88, Lawrence, will take place at a later date. He died December 16, 2021, at Medicalodges Eudora. continue reading

Elizabeth (Beth) A. Berry Kellison passed away on Thursday, December 16th, 2021, in Lawrence Kansas. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, January 22nd, 2022, at Highland Park Cemetery, 2391-2399 E. Normal... continue reading

Private family services for Donny Lee Phelps, 86, Lawrence, will happen at a later date. He died December 14, 2021, at his home. continue reading

Raymond Dodge Comstock, 85, Baldwin City, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at his home. He was born June 12, 1936, in Woodstock, Vermont, the son of Elwin and Lucia (Webster) Comstock. Ray graduated... continue reading