Obituaries

Joan Willmert

Joan Lorraine Willmert, 80, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away peacefully on October 24, 2025. Joan was born on December 24, 1944, in Chadron, Nebraska, the daughter of George and Amelia (Jensen) Hendriksen. She graduated from Fremont, Nebraska, High School and received her bachelor's ...

John Colamarino

John Colamarino passed away at home on November 1st, 2025 at the age of 71 in Lawrence, KS after a 2-year battle with esophageal cancer. He was the youngest child of 5 children to Rocco and Lena (Cannavino) Colamarino, born on September 11, 1954.John grew up in Warren, MI as the son of a Ford ...

Marlene Ebeling

Marlene June Mullenix Ebeling, a faithful Jayhawk, longtime teacher, loyal friend, and cherished sister, wife, mother, stepmother, grandmother, and GG, lived her 88 years with laughter, empathy, acceptance, and unconditional love. She passed away peacefully on October 31, 2025, at her home at ...

Charles Duver

Private Family Services for Charles Walter Duver Jr., 84, Eudora, will happen at a later date. He died November 3, 2025. rumsey-yost.com

Phyllis Bowen

Phyllis Jean (Willms) Bowen, 87, Lawrence, KS, passed away at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital on October 27, 2025, after a brief illness. She was born May 12, 1938, in Wilcox, NE, to William J. and Louisa (Ruhs) Willms. Phyl married Charles Dean Bowen on February 26, 1957. They lived in Nebraska ...

John Pearson

Services for John King Pearson, 79, of Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. John died at his home on November 2, 2025. rumsey-yost.com