Rose Yost, 84, died July 19, 2009 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. He was born March 12, 1925 at rural Timken, Kansas, the daughter of Laud C. and Mary (Cervenka) Serpan. She married Eldon E. Yost. He died March 31, 1980. A homemaker, Mrs. Yost was a resident of Claflin, Kansas, since 1957, coming from Otis and LaCrosse, Kansas. She was Claflin High School graduate with the Class of 1992. Mrs. Yost was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Otis, Kansas; and the Timken Bohemian Lodge. Survivors include one daughter: Judy Cooper, Dodge City, Kansas; one son, Raymond Shaffer, North Little Rock, Arkansas; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Rudy Schaffer; one brother, Charley Serpan; and one sister, Helen Steitz. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, July 23, 2009 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home with the Reverend Gene Langhofer officiating. Burial will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery, Timken. Friends may call from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2009 and from 9:00 a.m. until service time Thursday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Bohemian National Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.