Obituaries

Stu Shafer

A memorial gathering for Stu Shafer, writer, farmer, professor, and activist, is being planned. Please visit obituary at rumsey-yost.com and send your memories. Stu died 11/23/25 in Lawrence at home with family.

Roger Lee

Roger A. Lee, 74, of Lawrence, died Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Cremation Care is planned. At his request, no services are planned at this date. barnettfamilyfh.com

Edie Kelly

Services for Edith 'Edie' Ann Kelly, 85, Lawrence will be held on Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 2 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.Edie Kelly was born on November 13th 1939, in Fulton, New York. She was the eldest of eight children and both her parents worked rotating shifts at the ...

Margaret Arnold

Services for Margaret Jean (Smith) Arnold will be at 10 AM on Saturday, November 29 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Dr. Arnold died Saturday. November 22. Margaret was born April 17, 1934, in Jacksonville IL, the daughter of Dean L. and Marguarite ...

Wilma Rife

Wilma Stratton Rife, born September 15, 1928, in Newton, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Service and reception will be held at 2pm, Saturday, November 29th at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, Kansas.Wilma grew up in Hesston, Kansas, the daughter ...

Sharon Sabraw

Sharon (Pine) Sabraw, 84, of Durham, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2025. She was born on September 18, 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas, to Raymond and Hilda Mae (Bushey) Pine. Sharon earned her high school diploma from Lawrence High School, a BS in Education from the Kansas ...