Obituaries

Patricia Ransone

Our beloved Mom, Grandmom, and Sister, Patricia (Pat) Fluorine Diemont Ransone, passed away peacefully on November 9th, 2025, at the age of 76 in San Antonio, Texas.Pat was born on June 18th, 1949, in Alkmaar, Netherlands, to Lydia Poppea Lamping and Albert Bernard George Waller Diemont. At the ...

Elizabeth Romero

Elizabeth 'Liz' (De la Cruz) Romero, 91, passed peacefully on November 19, 2025. She was born on December 3, 1933, to Augustin and Nicholasa De la Cruz in Osawatomie, KS. Liz was preceded in death by her husband, Valentin Romero; her parents; her brothers, Salvador, Albert, Pete and Jessie De ...

Keith Rutz

Keith A. Rutz, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, November 14, 2025. A Celebration of Keith's Life will be announced as soon as possible. Private inurnment will take place at a later date.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the Ronald McDonald House, 825 SW ...

Mary Sharp

Visitation for Mary F. Sharp, 77, Lawrence, will be 6­-8 pm, Tues., Nov. 25, 2025, at Rumsey-­Yost Funeral Home. She died Nov. 15, 2025, at Meadowbrook Health & Rehab in Gardner. rumsey­-yost.com

William Meairs

William (Bill) Robert Meairs, Jr., 83, of Baldwin City, Kansas passed away on November 17, 2025 at the family homestead in Lawrence, Kansas after a short illness.He was born on May 5, 1942 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to William Roscoe and Olive Viola (Keefer) Meairs.He was a life-long farmer ...

Robert Deay

Robert 'Bob' A. Deay, 78, Eudora passed away on November 19, 2025 at LMH in Lawrence. No services are planned. Full obituary at warrenmcelwain.com.