Ralph 'Chris' Christoffersen, 87, of Boulder, Colorado, passed away on September 20, 2025. Chris lived an extraordinary life as a family man, academic, university president, biotechnology CEO, and venture capitalist.Chris was born in Elgin, IL, and grew up in Chicago with his parents, Mary and ...
William (Bill) H. Coil, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed on July 20, 2025, just two weeks becoming a centenarian. Bill was born on June 6, 1925, and spent his youth in Fort Wayne, Indiana with his parents, Cecil and Desha (Stage) Coil, and his siblings Elizabeth, Helen, and David. After high school, ...
Visitation for Shelby Copp, 33, will be 2-4pm Sun., Oct. 19, 2025. Memorial service will be 11am Mon., Oct. 20, 2025, all at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. To read the full obituary, please visit Rumsey-Yost.com.
Celebration of Life Services for Monica Renee Davison, 48, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. She died October 6, 2025. rumsey-yost.com
Larry and Chris Day celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 17. They met at Brigham Young University and were married in Manti, Utah, on Dec. 17, 1960. The couple lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a year after their wedding. They have two children, Stefani (Christopher) and David ...
John and Helen Renick will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on December 12, 2020. The couple were married in Baldwin City, KS on December 12, 1970. John, who retired from the Lawrence Fire Department and Helen, who worked both at Curtis 1000 and Lawrence Memorial Hospital have ...
Francis and Mary Ann Thomas celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on December 27, 2019. They were married at First Baptist Church of Richland, Missouri on December 27, 1969. The couple made their home in Lawrence, Kansas, where Francis was a professor of Civil Engineering for more than 40 ...
From Mr. & Mrs to Grandma and Grandpa, happy 50th wedding anniversary Mike and Mary Coppedge. You are loved by your many friends and your family. Four kids, (Tammy, Kathy, Mickie, Jason) and eight grandkids (Maria, David, Nick, Karlee, Alexis, Andrew, Piper, Weston), countless trips to ...
Editor’s note: Names in marriage and divorce listings appear as submitted by Douglas County District Court staff.
Marriages
Benton S. Ebberson, 22, Madison, Fla., and Reagan E. MacDonald, 20, Lawrence.
Le T. Quach, 70, Lawrence, and Thi Tuyet Mai Cao, 56.
Darick A. Willis, 47, Eudora, ...
Editor’s note: Names in marriage and divorce listings appear as submitted by Douglas County District Court staff.
Marriages
Joseph J. Doughty, 35, Lawrence, and Kimberly M. Wilson, 38, Lawrence.
Osvaldo Bailon, 23, Lawrence, and Tessa G. Uhlmann, 24, Lawrence.
Michael Chukwuka, 28, ...
Editor’s note: Names in marriage and divorce listings appear as submitted by Douglas County District Court staff.
Marriages
Roscoe N. Bradt, 27, Arvada, Colo., and Madeleine K. Anderson, 28, Arvada, Colo.
Matthew L. Coles, 37, Lawrence, and Selina D. Hunt, 37, Lawrence.
Isaac P. ...
Editor’s note: Names in marriage and divorce listings appear as submitted by Douglas County District Court staff.
Marriages
Wyatt L. Hackathorn, 21, Lawrence, and Calah N. Hunt, 21, Lawrence.
Sterling J. Ozark, 30, Lawrence, and Madalyn R. McCall, 35, Lawrence.
Mackenzie A. ...
Kayla (Huffman) and Harlan Cribbs Altman, IV (Cribb), of Dallas, TX, announce the birth of their daughter, Hollis Dean Altman, born Sept 12, 2019. Hollis was born at Texas Health Presbyterian and joins big sister, Halston, and big brother, Huntley. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Patsy ...
We are proud to announce the birth of our beautiful Rose. Born 9/30/19 to Angie Neu and Joe Aldridge.
Due to a change in policy by LMH Health, the hospital no longer will provide a list of births that have occurred at LMH. Without that official information, the Journal-World no longer has a ...
Roman Guthrie Combs was born on June 26, 2019 to his very proud parents, Tyson and Carrie Combs at LMH Health. He weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 21 in long. His maternal grandparents are Jeff and Jenn Burkhead, Lawrence; Jeannie and Mark Gross, Bullhead City, AZ. Paternal grandparents are Craig and ...
Due to a change in policy by LMH Health, the hospital no longer will provide a list of births that have occurred at LMH. Without that official information, the Journal-World no longer has a source to publish its daily listing of Lawrence births. However, parents or grandparents who want to ...
Below are the real estate transfers filed at the Douglas County Clerk’s office from Sept. 23 through Sept. 29.
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Gascon, John A., Gascon, Erica A. to Sandgren, Albin C., 1347 New Hampshire St, Lawrence.
Arnold, Margaret J, Arnold, Mark Steven, Aif to Snh Toto Tenant LLC, ...
Below are the real estate transfers filed at the Douglas County Clerk’s office from Sept. 16 through Sept. 22.
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Brown, Kevin, Brown, Anna to Wierson, Brian, Wierson, Angela, 1216 Walnut St, Eudora.
Vincent, Jerry L., Vincent, Patricia A. to Martin, Alexander, 1505 ...
Below are the real estate transfers filed at the Douglas County Clerk’s office from Sept. 9 through Sept. 15.
Tuesday, Sept. 9
Bishop, Rodney Lee, Bishop, Patricia Ann to Tang, An, Liu, Juan, 4013 Trail Rd, Lawrence.
Luxeneur, LLC to Levina, Natalia, 1504 Pinewood Dr, Lawrence.
Combs, ...
Below are the real estate transfers filed at the Douglas County Clerk’s office from Sept. 2 through Sept. 8.
Tuesday, Sept. 2
Trettel, Oskar, Trettel, Oskar H., AKA to Surtan, Javan, Choge, Susan, 2418 Surrey Dr, Lawrence.
Keesee, Douglas William, Keesee, Jennifer Diane to Sayre, ...