Obituaries

Sep 22, 2017

Memorial services for Autumn Grace Smith, 1, Lawrence will be held on her 2 nd birthday at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Christ Community Church in Lawrence. She passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 at her home.

Autumn was born September 28, 2015 in Lawrence the daughter of Chance and Megan (Glotzbach) Smith....

Sep 20, 2017

Willis Myron “Bill” Mack, 88, formerly of Kansas City, died September 20, 2017 at his daughter’s home in Lawrence, KS following a brief illness. He was born in 1929 in Kansas City, MO and spent most of his life in the Kansas City, KS area, living in rural Linwood, KS from 1973-1989.

He graduated from Shawnee Mission...

Sep 14, 2017

Walt “Coach” Klinker, 79, of Lawrence passed away Thursday, September 14, 2017 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence, KS. Walt was born July 9, 1938 in Denver, CO, the son of Leo and Ruth Driscole Klinker. He grew up in Gunnison, CO and later attended the University of Colorado where he started 3 years under center for the...

Sep 14, 2017

Marjorie Jean (Zwiers) Miller, 69, died September 14, 2017 at the Kansas City Hospice House.

Marjorie was the third of five children born to Henrietta (Hamer) and Harris Zwiers on April 18, 1948. She graduated from Zeeland (Michigan) Christian Grade School. She was first in her class of 139 in Zeeland High School, graduating in...

Sep 11, 2017

A Military Honors Ceremony was held for Jack Lee Bond, 84, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS on September 14, 2017. He passed away Monday, September 11, 2017 at his home, surrounded by loving family members.

A Memorial Service will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, IA on October 7, 2017 in the afternoon...

Sep 10, 2017

Lorita Higginbottom Pendleton, 91, Lawrence, passed away September 10, 2017 at Brandon Woods.

She was born March 14, 1926, in Winfield, KS, daughter of Clarence and Louise Janke Higginbottom. She graduated from Winfield High School in 1944 and the University of Kansas in 1948. She was the art supervisor in the Abilene, KS, public schools for two...

Sep 4, 2017

Memorial Mass for Nancy Whitehouse, 84, of Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Monday, September 4, 2017 at her home.

Nancy Jean Hazzard was born November 28, 1932 in Wellsville, NY, the daughter of...

Sep 2, 2017

Bradly L. Chindamo passed away on September 2, 2017. He died peacefully, surrounded by loving family and friends. He was 48.

Brad was born on March 15,1969, in Salina, Kansas, the son of Daniel W. and Linda R. (Smith) Chindamo, of Abilene, Kansas. Brad spent his early years in Clay Center and Wamego before his family settled...

Aug 31, 2017

Mass of Christian Burial for Rosalene Kelly, 88, Lawrence, will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora. She died Thursday, August 31, 2017 peacefully and surrounded by her family. She was born February 8, 1929, in Lawrence, KS, the...

Aug 29, 2017

Funeral services for Irene Gladys Wilson, 95, of Lawrence will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Warren McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Everest, KS at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 2nd. She died on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Midland Hospice in Topeka.

Irene was born on...

Aug 26, 2017

Memorial services for Seth T. “Buddy” Griffin, Jr., of Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 1, 2017, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m., Friday, at the mortuary.

Seth T. Griffin, Jr., died at St. Luke’s Hospital on August 26, 2017, at age 91. Seth, or “Buddy” as many knew...

Aug 25, 2017

Graveside services for Lois B. Gish 96, Lawrence, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 31, 2017 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, KS. She died August 25, 2017 at Brandon Woods.

She was born May 4, 1921 in Douglas Co., KS the daughter of Irvin S. and Etta A. (Pence) Flory.

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Aug 23, 2017

Larry Eugene Morgan, 72. Lawrence, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at home surrounded by family.

He was born August 30, 1944, at Centerville, Kansas. Larry was the son of Arthur K. Morgan and Marjorie (White) Morgan Sparks. He was a graduate from Parker High School in 1962. Larry served in the United States Army from June 1965...

Aug 20, 2017

Funeral service for Ezra Thomas Medlock, 8 weeks old, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence. Private family burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. He passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family and friends.

Ezra was born on June...

Aug 19, 2017

LaDonna “Kate” Mattingly Dillon died August 19, 2017 at Pioneer Ridge Healthcare. She died peacefully after a long illness.

She was born on April 24, 1942 in Paris, IL to C. Francis and Aline Newman Mattingly. She and her husband Larry “Smitty” Dillon, who preceded her in death, later moved to Lawrence, KS. She spent many years...

Aug 18, 2017

Funeral service for Gail Elaine Morgan, 69, Oskaloosa, KS will be held 11 a.m. Friday, August 25, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died August 18, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

On December 31, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas, Gail was the first of six children born to Jack and Dorothy...

Aug 17, 2017

Paul “Bud” Burke passed away on August 17, 2017. He died peacefully at home surrounded by family.

Bud was born on January 4, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri to Paul and Virginia Burke. Bud was an avid Jayhawk and life-long devoted Kansan. He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in 1952 and from the University of Kansas...

Aug 16, 2017

Sandra Blaney Sullivan Alderman, 76, passed away peacefully on August 16, 2017, at the Brandon Woods skilled care center in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born to Alexander and Ethel (Rourke) Blaney on February 28, 1941, in Toronto, Ontario. She moved with her family to Kendall, Wisconsin, at the age of three. Sandra graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse...

Aug 14, 2017

Robert Charles McCullough, 92, passed from this life Monday, August 14, 2017 at his home in Tonganoxie, Kansas. He was born to Charles Joseph McCullough and Clara Adelia Throckmorton on April 28, 1925 in Denver, Colorado. His father died when he was quite young, at which time his mother relocated to Delphos, Kansas to be close to...

Aug 13, 2017

Celebration of life services for Erin Alane Berg, 36, and her daughter, Mazey June Berg, 3 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2017 at First United Methodist Church – West Campus, 867 US-40, Lawrence. Visitation begins at 1 p.m. at the same location. They passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017 in Lawrence the result of a...