Obituaries

Apr 6, 2017

Clifford Raymond Neis age 81 of Eudora, KS, passed away April 6, 2017 at the Medical Lodges in Eudora, KS. He was born July 12, 1935 in Lawrence, KS, the son of Peter Jacob Neis and Dora (Knake) Neis.

Clifford was a 1953 graduate of Eudora High School. Following graduation, he joined his father in the family...

Apr 5, 2017

Memorial services for Geneva (Genny) Weston, 91, will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver on Monday June 12, 2017 at 2:30 pm. She passed away on April 5, 2017 at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living in Lawrence, KS.

Geneva (Genny) Weston, 91, Lawrence, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Pioneer Ridge Assisted...

Apr 4, 2017

Funeral services for Celia A. Crisp, 63, Lawrence will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. She passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Celia was born January 18, 1954 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Donald and Faye (Roberts)...

Apr 4, 2017

Mass of Christian Burial for Bertille “Tillie” G. Bichelmeyer, 97, Eudora will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 820 Birch Street, Eudora, KS 66025. Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. She passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Medicalodges in Eudora.

Tillie was born March 16, 1920...

Apr 4, 2017

Ramona Marie Smith, 88, of Lawrence, Kansas passed away in Osage Beach, Missouri on April 4, 2017.

A graveside service will be held at 12:30 pm, Monday, April 10, 2017, at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. Visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Monday, April 10, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Apr 3, 2017

* Memorial service for L. Martin Jones will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August, 12, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence. *

A memorial service will be held at a later date for L. Martin Jones, 94, Lawrence, KS, who died April 3, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He donated his body to KU...

Mar 31, 2017

Marc M. Mitchell passed away on March 31, 2017 in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born in Garden City, Kansas on June 30, 1952 and was the only son of Lewis and Donis Mitchell of Scott City, Kansas.

Marc attended Scott Community High School and graduated in 1970. He enrolled at the University of Kansas later that year...

Mar 30, 2017

Funeral services for Betty Jean Curtiss, 88, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. She passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

Betty was born October 27, 1928 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Marlin...

Mar 30, 2017

A Memorial for Selma J. John, 57, Lawrence will be held 10:00 a.m., April 6, 2017, Indian Avenue Baptist Church. She passed away March 30, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with her family and friends by her side.

Selma was born July 3, 1959 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the daughter of Oliver and Loretta (Denson) John.

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Mar 28, 2017

Funeral services for Douglas (Doug) L. Beene will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 3, 2017 at Plymouth Congregational Church. Inurnment at Pioneer Cemetery will be at a later date. He passed away Tuesday, March 28th at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born January 4, 1934 in Lawrence, KS, the son of Douglas Beene and Minnie...

Mar 28, 2017

Gaylord E. Richardson passed away on March 28, 2017, of complications resulting from prostate cancer.

Gaylord was born on March 30, 1936, in Taylorville, Illinois, the son of Vernon G. and Mabel (Richey) Richardson, but he spent most of his early childhood in rural Michigan, a time he remembered with great fondness.

At the age...

Mar 27, 2017

Funeral services for Betty J. Kessler, 93, De Soto will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017 at De Soto Baptist Church. Burial will follow at De Soto Cemetery, De Soto, KS. She passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at Olathe Hospice House.

Betty was born September 15, 1923 in Austin, MO the daughter of...

Mar 25, 2017

Funeral services for Richard L. “Dick” Steele, 94, Lawrence, previously Topeka until 2012, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Private family burial will be held at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery in Topeka, KS. Dick passed away Saturday, March 25th in Lawrence.

He was born January 27, 1923 in Smith Center,...

Mar 25, 2017

A celebration of the life of Rebecca L. (Trowbridge) Blocher, 68, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017, at First United Methodist Church, Lawrence, Kansas. Rebecca died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri, following a brief illness. Inurnment in Lawrence’s Oak Hill Cemetery will follow the service.

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Mar 24, 2017

Funeral Services for Lenoir Delight Ekdahl (“Mrs. E”), 98, Lawrence, will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence on Thursday, March 30, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery in Marquette, Kansas, at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 31. Visitation will be held at Warren-McElwain from 5 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29.

Mar 22, 2017

Joseph Mills Proffitt, 36, of Eureka California died after a short illness on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Many friends and his parents surrounded him as he left this world to enter into the full presence of God.

Joseph was born on July 14, 1980, the son of the Rev. Dr. Darrel Dwayne Proffitt and Julie Mills Proffitt,...

Mar 22, 2017

Memorial services for David Earl Reavis, 74, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. He passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Baldwin City Healthcare.

David was born February 14, 1943 in Kansas City, KS the son of Melvin...

Mar 19, 2017

Jaunita B. Bailey, 83, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Visitation will begin with the rosary being said Wednesday, March 22 from 6-8 p.m. at Warren McElwain Mortuary. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m....

Mar 18, 2017

Joseph Leon Laducer was born May 14, 1957 in Belcourt, ND to Esther Klier. He attended and graduated both Wahpeton and Flandreau Indian Schools. Shortly thereafter, he married Marcia Goodall. Two children were born to this union: Florence and Lawrence Laducer. In the 80s, he moved his family to Lawrence, Kansas so that he could attend Haskell Indian Nations...

Mar 16, 2017

Memorial Mass for Richard “Dick” Rinke, 77, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. He passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Dick was born on October 4, 1939 in Altus, Arkansas the son of Henry C. and Rose (Eveld) Rinke. He married Patsy S....