Obituaries

Shirley Petersen

Shirley Ann Petersen, 75, Topeka, died March 9, 2024 at Overland Park Regional. A visitation will be Friday, March 15, 2024 at 10am with a service to follow at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. rumsey-yost.com

Robert Leffler

Services for Robert (Bob) Leffler, 73, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died March 11, 2024, in Kansas City, Kansas. rumsey-yost.com

Jane Frydman

If things feel a bit off-kilter lately, maybe it is because Jane Frydman, for so long a constant presence at library book clubs, public lectures, local theatre productions, KU dance performances, and garage sales, is no longer with us. She died peacefully at home on February 20, 2024, at the ...

Margaret Coleman

Margaret Kathleen 'Katie' Coleman, beloved daughter of Douglas M. and Mary Jo Coleman, was born on August 25, 1974, in Lawrence, KS. Katie tragically passed away on March 3, 2024. She is survived by her partner Chris Stergos of Tonganoxie, KS, siblings Liz Brenner (Richard), Lawrence, KS, Mike ...

Jerome Hanson

Jerome Lewis ('Jerry') Hanson slipped away peacefully at home in Lawrence, on December 5, 2023, after extended decline in health. He was born April 7, 1941, in Niagara Falls, NY, the youngest of three children of Helen Anna (Johnson) and Harold Perry Hanson. He grew up in Kapuskasing, Ontario, ...

Jerome Hanson

Jerome Lewis ('Jerry') Hanson slipped away peacefully at home in Lawrence, on December 5, 2023, after extended decline in health. He was born April 7, 1941, in Niagara Falls, NY, the youngest of three children of Helen Anna (Johnson) and Harold Perry Hanson. He grew up in Kapuskasing, Ontario, ...