Obituaries

Robert Hess

Robert 'Bob' Hess, 87, of Lawrence died Jan. 4, 2026 in Lawrence. A Funeral Mass was held at 10:30 AM Friday, Jan. 9th at the Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. View the obituary at Rumsey-Yost.com.

Johnny Salisbury

Celebration of Life Services will be 11 am, Saturday, January 24, 2025, at Lecompton United Methodist Church. Jack passed away peacefully in Midland, Texas, on November 8 at the age of 89. rumsey-yost.com

D. Ward

D. Scott 'Scooter' WardSeptember 21, 1966 – January 3, 2026 Kansas City, Kansas – Funeral Mass 3 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 6001 Bob Billings Parkway, Lawrence, KS, and Celebration 5-7 p.m. (with program at 6 p.m.) at University of ...

Kenneth Trude

Kenneth W. Trude, 80, of Perry, KS, died Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Cremation Care Inurnment at Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka. barnettfamilyfh.com

Julie Langford

Julie Irene Langford (Garcia), lovingly known as Irene, passed away on January 12, 2026, just two days after her 80th birthday.Irene was born on January 10, 1946, in Lawrence, Kansas, to Rosa (Romero) Garcia and Patricio Garcia. She was the third youngest of twelve children and grew up ...

Ernest Johnston

Ernest 'Albert' Johnston Jr., 87, of Baldwin City, Kansas passed away Monday, January 12, 2026 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. Albert was born July 27, 1938 in Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Ernest 'Ernie' Albert Johnston and Ethel Irene (Murphy) ...