OBITUARIES

Memorial services for Rebecca “Becky” Lisher, 86, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 am on October 30, 2023, at Trinity Lutheran Church with inurnment to follow at Memorial Park, Lawrence. Becky died October 22, 2023, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Becky was born on February 7, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Paul Fred…

Richard L. “Dick” Zinn, longtime Lawrence resident, devoted family man, tireless legal advocate, and avid outdoorsman, died peacefully following a brief illness on Thursday morning at University of Kansas Medical Center with his wife and children by his side. He was 82. The husband of Diane (Rusch) Zinn for 61 years, Mr. Zinn is survived…

Joe Michael Anderson, aged 67, died on October 20, 2023, at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, from esophageal cancer. Given his wild and reckless youth, he was pleasantly surprised that he lived so long. Joe was born on April 20, 1956, in Emporia, Kansas. He was the youngest of Frances and Paul Anderson’s three children…

Marvin Wayne Rayton, 75, passed on October 18, 2023, at Pioneer Ridge. Marvin was born August 20, 1948, to parents Harry and Freda Rayton in Kansas City, Missouri. Marvin was active in the United States Army beginning on March 16, 1967, and retired as an Army Master Sargent on February 1, 1992. He enjoyed hobbies…

Nina Marie (Avery, Rutledge) Sexton, 85, died on October 17, 2023 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She lived in Lawrence, but also lived in and around Hutchinson, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri during her lifetime. She was a wife, mother, proud grandmother and proud great-grandmother. She passed peacefully in her sleep surrounded by…

Graveside services for Barbara Anne Getter, 68, Lawrence, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, October 20, 2023, at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  Barbara passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at her home. Barbara was born on July 5, 1955, in Viroqua, WI, the daughter of Russell and Mary (Mundsack) Getter. She married James Michael…

Genevieve Darlene Guy, 88, of Eudora, KS passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, October 12, 2023. She will always be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister, and friend.   Genevieve was born on December 8, 1934, in First View, CO to Edward Elza and Pearl…

Rev. Jimmie Treat passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023, at his home in Lawrence, Kansas.  Born in Bloomfield, Illinois, to Coy and Ruby Treat in 1934, Jimmie dreamed of one day being a cowboy. He also found a love for the oboe and played for his high school band. He was planning to play as…

Barbara Ann (Brinkman) Becker, age 84, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2023 in Denver, CO after a long battle with dementia. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years Frank J. Becker who died on November 28, 2018.  Barbara was born on October 29, 1938 in Olpe, KS, the daughter of Paul and…

Kenneth Alexander Rowen passed away October 8, 2023 at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, Kansas.  He was the son of Michael Alexander Rowen, Jr. and Frances (Lichty) Rowen, born May 13, 1927, in Hand County, South Dakota. He was a great promoter of the one-room schools that he attended.  His high school years were during WWII…