Obituaries

Graveside service for Nancy G. Wilk, 67, Lawrence, will be 2pm Monday, at Memorial Park Cemetery. She died Wednesday December 26, 2018, at LMH Health. She was born April 28, 1951 in Lawrence, the... continue reading

Graveside services for Loretta Ann James, 70, Lawrence, will be 11 am, Monday, December 31, 2018, at Maple Grove Cemetery. A visitation will be from 10-10:45, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. She died December 26,... continue reading

Memorial services for Arline J. Seely-Bensch, 82, Lawrence, will be 10 am, Saturday, December 29, 2018, at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. She died Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at her home. Arline was... continue reading

Barbara Mary (Cadieux) Devitt died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 89 on December 24, 2018. She was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, on December 5, 1929, to Kenneth Bradford and Amy... continue reading

Robert “Bob” Loyd Brown passed away Friday, December 21, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital at the age of 73 from complications from amyloidosis. Bob was born on February 6, 1945, in Oberlin, KS, the son... continue reading

Funeral services for Elizabeth Reed Votaw, 85, Lawrence, will be 2 pm Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow the service at Hesper Friends Cemetery Eudora, KS. A visitation will... continue reading

A Celebration of Life for L. Janet Allison, 61, Eudora, will be at 11 am Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton officiating. The family will meet with... continue reading

Graveside services for Dinah Dicker O’Connor, 75, Lawrence, will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Oak Hill Cemetery. Dinah passed away Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. She was born Dec. 30, 1942, in Kansas City,... continue reading

Ronnie passed away peacefully in his sleep the morning of November 26, 2018. He was born December 10, 1963, in Pittsburgh, Pa.,  the son of Ronald William Thornton, Jr and Sandra Kay (Smith) Thornton.... continue reading

Services for Edwin “Skip” Polk, 69, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died November 27, 2018, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.   continue reading

Lois J. Weeks, 71, of Lawrence, KS, died on November 23, 2018, following a valiant battle against pancreatic cancer. Lois was born in Beloit on January 6, 1947, to James Leland Bartley, Sr., and... continue reading

Graveside services for Alvis Keithen Osburn, 57, Windsor, MO, will be 1 pm, Monday, November 26, 2018, at Clinton Cemetery. A visitation will be 11:30-12:30 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died Sunday, November 18,... continue reading

Karen Stohner Zimmerer died unexpectedly Friday, November 16 at the University of Kansas Hospital. She was born August 12, 1945 in Camden New Jersey, the daughter of Donald and Elizabeth Stohner. She graduated from... continue reading

Graveside memorial services for Patricia Ruth “Patty” Coffelt, 84, Lawrence, will be held at a later date. Patty died Sunday, November 18, 2018, at the Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility. She was born December 22,... continue reading

Services for Lloyd Northrop, 77, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m., Monday, November 26, at First United Methodist Church. Lloyd died Saturday, November 17, 2018. He was born March 21, 1941 near Pratt, KS,... continue reading

Terry D. Waggoner left this earth to meet his lord and savior on November 15, 2018 surrounded by family and friends at his home.  Terry was born on October 10, 1959. He was nearly... continue reading

A memorial service for Martha Mae Clark, 75, Lawrence, will be 3:30 p.m. Saturday, November 24, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Mrs. Clark died November 13, 2018, at her home. Burial will take place in Watson, Oklahoma at a... continue reading

Alice Elizabeth Wells Lassman died on November 14, 2018 in her home near Wells Overlook Park, on the same land where she was born along with her twin Opal on August 9, 1923. Services... continue reading

Funeral services for Marvin Joseph Schaal, 46, Lawrence, will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory. A tow truck procession to Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton will follow the service. Mr.... continue reading

Charles Edward (Eddie) Boyer, 91, of Lawrence KS, formerly of Ottawa and Garnett, KS passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of Monday, November 12, 2018. He leaves behind his wife,... continue reading