Obituaries

Juanita Werst

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 ...

Oscar Dahlberg

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

Craig Butler

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

Hazel Lauppe

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, ...

Kaylyn Munro

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 ...

Leslie French

Graveside Services for Leslie A. French, 63, Oskaloosa, will be 11 am, Monday, January 5, 2026, at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation 10 am at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. rumsey-yost.com