Obituaries

Verdia Gray

Verdia Gray, 80, died Fri, Jan. 10, 2025. A visitation and funeral will be held at Dengel and Son Mortuary in Paola at 12PM, Fri, Jan. 17. She had one son, Tony, and many nieces and nephews.

Reta Ellis

Services for Reta M. Ellis, will be at 10 am on Fri., Jan. 17, 2025 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Lawrence. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm on Thurs., Jan. 16, 2025 at the mortuary. warrenmcelwain.com

James Ballinger

James Frank Ballinger, 83, of Baldwin City, Kansas died Friday, January 3, 2025 at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas.He was born September 22, 1941 in a taxicab in Johnson County, Missouri; the adopted son of Earl R. and Georgia (Collins) Ballinger. He was part of the first ...

Carey Graber

Artist, business owner, mother, daughter, wife and sister, Carey Sue Graber passed away Jan. 1, 2025 after battling cancer. A celebration of life will be held in the spring. Full obituary at rumsey-yost.com.

Sharon Burns

Sharon Kay Burns, 84, Eudora, KS, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 10, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Sharon was born on May 15, 1940, in Ottawa, KS, the daughter of Earl Leon and Marjorie Laverne (Capper) Clary. She graduated from high school in Baldwin City, KS and then ...

Robert Umholtz

Robert C. Umholtz passed away peacefully in Lawrence Kansas on January 4th at the age of 96. Bob was born in Miami, Oklahoma on August 10, 1928, as the only child of Karl and Edna (Gardner) Umholtz. The family moved to Topeka, Kansas where he graduated from Highland Park High School as an honor ...