Obituaries

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

Katherine “Kac” Carr Giele, 94, Lawrence, died Friday, Dec. 1 at her home. A service to honor her life is planned for 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1101 Vermont Street, Lawrence. A private interment service is planned for a later date at Pioneer Cemetery, University of Kansas West Campus.

Kac was born on January 29, 1923,...

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...

Nov 17, 2017

John Reynolds was born July 7, 1954 in Teaneck, New Jersey to Hugh Reynolds and Mae Diewgan. John passed away on November 17, 2017 at Hickory Pointe Nursing Center. John lived in New Jersey until moving with his care worker to Lawrence, KS in 1995. John then joined the Cottonwood, Inc. family in 1996 where he lived and worked...

Nov 16, 2017

Dorothea Mae (Williams) Anderson (“Dottie”) passed away on November 16, 2017 at the age of 97 years.

A native of Philadelphia, “Dottie” attended Fisk University, the University of Cincinnati, and Ohio State University, earning a graduate degree in English literature. She was named “Miss Ohio State” in 1940 in the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She married John...

Nov 15, 2017

Memorial services for William “Will” DeErvin Glover, Jr., 38, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. November 22, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was called home Wednesday, November 15, 2017 in Lawrence, KS.

William was born November 11, 1979 in Lawrence, KS, the son of William Milton Glover,...

Nov 13, 2017

M. Ann Eversole, 75, of Lawrence passed away November 13, 2017. She was born June 22, 1942 in Emporia, Kansas to Victor and Berniece ImMasche.

Ann graduated from Emporia High School and received her Master of Science and Bachelors of Arts degrees from Emporia State University. She later received her Ed.D. in Educational Policy and Administration from...