Obituaries

Known to childhood and young adult friends and family as “Duane,” but to made-later adult friends as “Leslie,” he passed on October 30 at age 82 following multiple brain bleeds. Duane was an artist,... continue reading

Funeral Service for Fleda Ann (Shorty) Yost, 87, Lawrence, will be 11:00 am Friday, November 1, 2019, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She was born July 13, 1932,... continue reading

Private family services for Barbara Carolyn Comer, 96, Lawrence, will take place at a later date. She died October 17, 2019, at LMH Health. continue reading

Sharon Ann Stutz, 74, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed peacefully in her home Thursday, October 24, 2019. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Private burial will be... continue reading

The Coggins’ and Westerbeke families will host a joint public Celebration of Life for George Cameron Coggins and William Edward Westerbeke, friends and colleagues for 45 years, on Friday, November 8th at the Union... continue reading

Jon Alfred Blubaugh died peacefully at home in Lawrence at the age of 80. Jon is survived by his children Katherine Blubaugh of Minneapolis, MN, Karen Evans (John) of Mooresville, NC, Carol Zoellner (Win)... continue reading

Services for Donna Jean Hoover will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 25th at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home and she will be laid to rest at the Washington Creek Cemetery. Donna passed peacefully... continue reading

Funeral services for Mary Katherine (Farmer) Pears, 81, Springfield, MO, will be 10 am, Wednesday October 23, 2019, at Lawrence 360 International Church on 3200 Clinton Parkway. A visitation will be Tuesday from 6-8,... continue reading

Services for Roger D. Morrison, 62, Lawrence, will be 4:00 pm, November 13th, 2019, at 2424 Melrose Lane, in Building A Conference room. Please bring a dish. He died October 15, 2019, at his... continue reading

Elizabeth J. Foos Lecompton, KS May 16, 1963 – October 13, 2019 Known to her friends and family “Betty” has passed. Lover of nature, gardening, children, animals, Hispanic food, things pretty and shiny. We... continue reading

A Celebration of Life for Ivan G. Votaw, 87, Lawrence, will be held Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at 2 pm at Monterey Village, 3901 Peterson Rd., Lawrence. Mr. Votaw died Sunday, October 13, 2019,... continue reading

Jimmy (Jim) LeRoy Johnson was born September 8, 1939, in Lawrence, Kansas, to Vivian (Markley) Johnson and Frank Johnson. Jim was 80 years of age when he passed from this life on October 13,... continue reading

Charles Frederick “Freddie” Marks, Sr, died October 12, 2019. Born August 29, 1929 and raised in Edmond, OK, he was the middle child of five and the third of four boys born to Mary... continue reading

Funeral services for John Gregory Green, 66, Tonganoxie, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at St. Luke AME Church in Lawrence, Kansas. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Green died Thursday, October 10,... continue reading

Loraine Harriet Lindenbaum, age 84, of St. Louis Park, MN, passed away on October 7, 2019. Preceded in death by parents, Ruth and Michael Berger; and husband, Siegfried Lindenbaum. Survived by son, Jeffry (Joan... continue reading

Celebration of life services for Joyce Turner Hoffman, Lawrence, will be held at First United Methodist Church, 11 AM, Monday, October 14, private inurnment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery for the family. Joyce... continue reading

Rebecca Anne (Hemphill) Browning passed on to be part of nature on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. She was born July 16, 1954, the daughter of Herschel W. and Anne E. (Kelley) Hemphill (both deceased).... continue reading

Services for Wayne “Butch” McMullen, 74, Lawrence, will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will be at Oak Hill Cemetery. Wayne’s battle with cancer ended, October 1, 2019,... continue reading

Roberta Belle Siscoe Cain, of Lawrence, was born October 30, 1932 to Roy Eugene Siscoe and Frankie Belle Hubbard Siscoe at Linwood, Kansas, (Leavenworth County, Kansas). She died on Friday, September 27, 2019 at... continue reading

Funeral services with military honors for John H. Trowbridge, 81, Overland Park, formerly of Lawrence, will be 2 pm, Saturday September 28, 2019, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3615... continue reading