Obituaries

Edward Martinko

Celebration of Life Services for Edward Allen Martinko, 80, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died September 16, 2025. rumsey-yost.com

Graham Kreicker

Graham Henri Kreicker was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 9, 1936, the second son of William Henri Kreicker and Dorothy Mae Hansen Kreicker. Graham's early years were spent in a tiny house in Barrington, Illinois, which the family named 'Sunny Lea'. Some of his happiest ...

Natalie Nelson-Ling

Natalie 'Natasha' Elaine Nelson-Ling, 74, of Upper Saddle River, NJ, passed away in her sleep on September 15, 2025. Natasha is survived by her husband of 43 years, David Ling, 70, of Upper Saddle River, NJ, formerly of Lawrence, KS.Natasha was born on August 17, 1951 in Washington, DC, to Emil ...

Frank Black

May 29, 1935 – August 21, 2025Frank Ronald Black, a native Kansan, died peacefully on August 21, 2025, in Littleton, Colorado at age 90, after a long battle with dementia. He was born on May 29, 1935, in Topeka, Kansas to Margaret and Charles Black and moved to Lawrence where he met ...

Mary Williams

Services for Mary Ann Williams, 75, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. She died September 24, 2025. rumsey-yost.com

William Bloom

Dr. William Louis Bloom, retired professor of Biology from The University of Kansas, died peacefully September 16, 2025, at the age of 85 at Neuvant House in Lawrence, KS. Bill was born March 29, 1940, in Bismarck, ND to Byron Bloom and Muriel (Nee Nelson) Bloom. His family moved to Minnesota ...