Obituaries

Arrangements for Donald Eugene Hemelrick, 64, Mayetta, are pending at this time. Mr. Hemelrick died December 11, 2020, at his home. continue reading

Graveside services for Pete Jaimez, 74, Lawrence, will be private at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence. Friends may call from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Pete passed away peacefully... continue reading

Graveside services for Martha Ann Cares, 84, Eudora, formerly of Lawrence, will be at 10 am Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Randy Watson officiating. Social distancing and masking will be observed. Martha died... continue reading

Norma Marion Lynch Babbitt, 98, died Friday, December 11, 2020 at her home. She was born on November 4, 1922 in rural Douglas County, KS, the second child and only daughter to Albert and... continue reading

Hayden K. Smith passed peacefully on Thursday, December 10, 2020. He was born in Osage County, Kansas April 28, 1928, the son of Virgil and Florence Smith. He was raised on a farm near... continue reading

Memorial Services for Joshua Charles Ivan Wiggins, 39, Lawrence, will take place at a later date and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died December 9, 2020, at LMH Health. continue reading

No public services are planned at this time for James B. Doss, 73, Lawrence, who passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Vickie Frazier Doss, of the home.... continue reading

Theo Mae Westlund Penny was born on November 4, 1931 in Topeka, KS and left this Earth peacefully in her sleep, on December 6, 2020 from The Windsor of Lawrence, KS. Growing up in... continue reading

Graveside services for Dorothy J. Schaake, 83, Lawrence, will be at 10 am Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery, with Pastor Jeni Anderson officiating. Masking and social distancing will be observed. Dorothy passed away Monday,... continue reading

Ronald J. “Big Ron” or “Muffley” Armstrong, age 72, passed suddenly in his sleep on Monday, November 30, 2020 at his home in Lawrence, KS. Ron was born on January 26, 1948 in Coffeyville,... continue reading

Mike was born in Emporia, Kansas to Russell Dick and Thelma June (Cornwell) Bush. He would be the first to tell you that he did not have the best or easiest childhood. He quickly... continue reading

The services for Merl Marie Childers (Rousseau), 84, Lawrence, have been postponed indefinitely and will be announced at a later date. Merl died peacefully on November 26, 2020 at Rolling Hills Health Center in... continue reading

EDWARD G. COLLISTER, JR, passed away December 1, 2020 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, surrounded by family. Ed was born October 8, 1939, in Islip, New York to E. Gordon Collister and Dorothy... continue reading

Nyle Ray Wiggins passed away at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with his wife at his side. He was born January 21, 1941 in Modesto, CA to Gladys Lorene (Huff) Wiggins and Chesley Alfred Wiggins. The... continue reading

John David Fike, age 76, passed away peacefully at his home in Lecompton, Kansas on Saturday, November 21, 2020, surrounded by family after an extended battle with lung cancer. Cremation is planned and a... continue reading

Richard (Dick) Joseph Drake, 79, of Lawrence Kansas, passed on November 29,2020. Richard was born November 24, 1941 to Ralph W. Drake and H. Louise (Pruitt) Drake. He graduated from St. Joe High School... continue reading

Judith (Judy) Wilson, 79, died peacefully at home on November 29, 2020. She was born on July 18, 1941. Adopted in infancy by V.H. and Esther Juncker, she grew up in Evansville, Indiana, attending... continue reading

Louise H. Lieske, a decorated World War II U.S. Army Nurse and loving wife and mother, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2020. Louise was born in Hawkins, Wisconsin to Matt and Emma Fond... continue reading

Graveside inurnment for Alfred N. Wingert, 78, Lawrence, will be 2 pm, Saturday, December 5, 2020, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, 700 East 1217 Rd. Lawrence, Kansas 66047. Mr. Alfred N Wingert passed away on... continue reading

Robert Gideon Carlson of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on November 26, 2020, at the age of 82. Robert died of complications relating to COVID-19 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Robert was born in Chicago, Illinois,... continue reading