Obituaries

Curtis Leach

Curtis R. Leach, 65, formally of Linwood, Kansas, died February 25, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. A celebration of life will be held at the Lodge in Eudora, Kansas, on May 4th from 2 to 4 PM.

Sureva Towler

Sureva Towler, 92, was a historian, writer and community advocate from Steamboat Springs, Co who lived in Lawrence many years. While in Lawrence she worked at the Lied Center and Humanities Kansas and supervised the raising of her three grandchildren: Rachel, Regan and Sadie Keller, daughters ...

Scott Bailey

Scott Alan Bailey, 58, of Seguin, TX passed from this world on to a new journey on Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri surrounded by his loving family.Since May 2024, he battled Glioblastoma, a brain cancer for which there is no known cause or ...

Luceil Hamlin

Luceil Hamlin, 87, Baldwin City, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025. Private services will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. rumsey-yost.com.

Donna Gatts

Donna W. Gatts passed away Saturday, November 23, 2024 at the age of 96. Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Professor Robert R. Gatts, a son, Robert K. Gatts, her second husband, David Csitkovits, and two brothers (Marvin and Homer 'Buzz'). She is survived by her children, Gail (Greg) ...

Alisa Branham

Born September 2, 1957, Alisa was the oldest child of Virgil Dean and Deanna Jo (Brodecker) Palmer. She had four siblings (Brian, Julie, Virgil Jr. and Mindy) but became estranged from her family at age 17. She died in her Lawence Kansas home with her son Travis Paustian present, on October ...