Juanita Lou (Eaton) Werst passed peacefully at Presbyterian Manor at the age of 91 on December 31, 2025, surrounded by family. Juanita was born March 28, 1934, in Bonner Springs, KS to Walter Jerald Eaton and Iris Irene (Terkildsen) Eaton. She graduated from Bonner Springs High School in 1952 ...

James Grauerholz, who died on New Year's Day after a long illness aged 73, was a writer, scholar, editor, musician, and from 1974 the companion and later adopted son of the American writer William S. Burroughs for 23 years until his death. For another 28 years, James was the executor ...

Hazel Marceil (Ring) Lauppe, age 90, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on May 16, 1935, to parents Franklin Boyd and Hazel Maude (Searle) Ring in Winfield, Kansas.Marceil married George Merrill Lauppe on December 27, 1955, in Burden, ...

Craig Butler, 79, Lawrence, passed away Thurs., January 1, 2026 at KU Medical Center. Craig was born on Sept. 22, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. For full obituary go to www.warrenmcelwain.com

Oscar Kirk Dahlberg, age 92 of Lawrence, died December 31, 2025.  No Services are planned at this time.  Arrangements are with Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home of Lawrence. rumsey-yost.com

Kaylyn Munro, of Lawrence, passed away quietly on Saturday, December 27. She had been under care at Heritage Gardens in Oskaloosa the past year and a half for advanced degenerative dementia. She is survived by her husband Brian Boyce of Lawrence, her daughter and son-in-law Lily Boyce and Will ...