Obituaries

Dec 11, 2017

Sandra Edythe Schmacht Hanson of Perry, Kansas died on December 11 2017 at home following a long illness. She was born July 14, 1939 in Rock Island Illinois.

Sandra was raised in Rock Island, Illinois where she attended local schools and graduated from Rock Island High School in 1957.

Sandra was an active member of...

Dec 8, 2017

Cynthia B. Shaw, 82, Lawrence, passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Cynthia was born September 27, 1935 in Sterling, KS the daughter of Ralph Raymond and Naomi (McPherson) Blackhall. Ralph passed away when Cynthia was two years old. Her mother later married Dwight W. Buel, who was significant in raising Cynthia. Cynthia’s grandfather, W. J....

Dec 7, 2017

A Memorial Service will be held at a later date for Kenneth Allen Dixon, 75, Lawrence. An inurnment will also be held at a later date at Thayer Cemetery in Thayer, KS. He passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Kenneth was born December 11, 1941in Larned, KS the son of Fred Howard and...

Dec 5, 2017

Suzanne Bird Trowbridge Wolf, 77, Lawrence, died December 5, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1940. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1962. Then she married and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. She divorced, re-married, and moved to New York City. She returned to Lawrence in 1976.

Memorial contributions may...

Dec 4, 2017

Funeral services for Belva A. Gabriel Thrasher, 74, De Soto will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday December 9, 2017 at De Soto Baptist Church in De Soto, Kansas. Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery. She passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at Hillside Village in De Soto.

Belva was born July 15, 1943 in Lawrence, KS...

Dec 4, 2017

Funeral services for Betty J. Wiggins, 92, Lawrence will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. She passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at Medicalodges Eudora.

Betty was born October 13, 1925 in Denver, CO the daughter of Clarence B. and Teresa Ann...

Dec 3, 2017

Memorial services for Helen Mae (Dietrich) Miller, 93, will be held at 11:00 a.m. December 9, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Helen passed away peacefully Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, KS.

Helen was born November 24, 1924 in Lawrence, KS, the daughter...

Dec 3, 2017

No formal service will be held for Paula May Adkins, 95, Lawrence. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Throckmorton, TX Cemetery. She passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Medicalodges Eudora.

Paula was born January 13, 1922 in Throckmorton, TX the daughter of Tobe and Ella (Houge) Foster.

She was a member...

Dec 2, 2017

Memorial services for Peggy Jane Caruthers Silvers, 80, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. December 16, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Washington Creek German Baptist Cemetery southwest of Lawrence. She passed away peacefully Saturday, December 2, 2017 at her home, surrounded by her loving family.

Peggy was born May 7, 1937...

Dec 2, 2017

Funeral services for Dwight “Dee” R. Perry, Jr., 53, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church in Lawrence. Private Burial will take place at a later date. Dee passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017 at his home.

Dee was born October 28, 1964 in Lawrence, KS the...

Dec 1, 2017

Willine Katherine Turner, 72, of Lawrence, Kansas passed away Friday December 1, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 9, 1945 in Lawrence, KS to Willie Burton and Catherine Turner. Willine was a lifelong resident of Lawrence, Kansas. She attended Lawrence schools. She was a 1984 graduate of Kansas City Area Vocational Technical School. Although she...

Nov 29, 2017

A visitation for Claude “Buddy” Landon III, 75 of Le Feria, TX formerly of Lawrence, KS will be held 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Friday, December 15, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS. He died November 29, 2017 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, TX. Inurnment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery with military honors.

Buddy...

Nov 29, 2017

Memorial services for Evelyn Grace Petersilie Reinert, 88, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Inurnment will be at a later date at Ness City Cemetery in Ness City, KS. Evelyn passed away peacefully at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS on November 29, 2017 one day before her 89 th...

Nov 28, 2017

Services for William Jean Medaris, 92, Eudora will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday December 4, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Bill passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Medicalodges Eudora.

William was born on November 22, 1925 in Barry, Illinois the son of Thurman Daniel and Nina Don...

Nov 26, 2017

Doris Virginia Stage Dort, 91, of Lawrence died on November 26, 2017 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on March 21, 1926 in Eaton, Ohio, the daughter of Mary C. Long Stage and David Arthur Stage. She graduated from Eaton High School in 1944, earned a BS (cum laude) in Chemistry at Miami of Ohio...

Nov 25, 2017

Memorial services for William “Bill” M. Vervynck, 75, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday December 1, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at The University of Kansas Medical Center.

Bill was born August 31, 1942 in Burns, Kansas the son of John and Edna (Hayden) Vervynck. Bill and...

Nov 25, 2017

A visitation for Ann Elizabeth Warren, 81, Lawrence will be held from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 30, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, KS. She passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Ann was born October 24, 1936 in Ottawa, KS...

Nov 24, 2017

Funeral service for Kenneth Allen Bryant, 88, Eudora will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 1 st at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel, Eudora, KS. Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery with military honors. He died November 24, 2017 at his home.

He was born on January 19, 1929 in Fall Leaf, Kansas the son of William...

Nov 23, 2017

Rolf Borchert, 84, of Lawrence died on November 23, 2017, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar surrounded by his family.

He was born in Frankfurt, Germany. During the war, Rolf and his family were evacuated to safety to southern Germany in Schwaebish Hall and Schondorf. After studying at the University of Tübingen, he earned his PhD in botany...

Nov 18, 2017

Funeral services for Letha M. Gilliland, 98, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 24, 2017 at Central United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Sutton Cemetery in Baldwin City, Kansas. She passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at her home.

Letha was born October 31, 1919 in Paradise, MO, the daughter of Burton and...