Obituaries

Vicky Climer

Visitation for Vicky Climer, 70, will be 6-8pm Thurs., Oct. 2, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Donations may be made to gofund.me/765acefc2 or charity of donor's choice. To read full obituary, visit rumsey-yost.com.

Morilla Fothergill

Memorial Services for Morilla Ann Fothergill, 91, Baldwin City, will happen at a later date.  She died September 16, 2025, at her home. rumsey-yost.com

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

Cleon Musgrave

Cleon Gale Musgrave, 93, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed peacefully on September 12, 2025, surrounded by family. Born on March 1, 1932, in a snow-covered chicken coop in Oberlin, Kansas, Cleon was the youngest of three children welcomed by Mildred Mae and Kenneth Clair Musgrave. Legend has it that ...

Joyce Mullenix

Joyce Mullenix, of Lawrence, passed away September 16th surrounded by family. Joyce was born March 6, 1929, in McLouth, Kansas, to Earl and Mable Edmonds. She attended school in McLouth and graduated from Topeka High School and then attended Washburn University graduating from Stormont-Vail, ...

Martha Jane Kukuk

Martha Jane (Mings) Kukuk, lovingly known as MJ, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2025, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with her daughter Nan by her side.Born on June 2, 1932, in Burlingame, Kansas, she was raised on land homesteaded by her great-grandparents, John and Sarah Mings, in ...