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....

Mar 15, 2017

A memorial service for Floyd L. Ott, 91, Eudora, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 1st, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel, Eudora, KS. He passed away March 15, 2017 at home.

Floyd was born in Eudora to Arthur and Clara Ott on September 19, 1925. He graduated from Eudora High School, and was a...

Mar 14, 2017

Private family graveside service for Samuel Llewellyn Brien, 63, Oskaloosa, KS will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Samuel was born April 23, 1953 in Lawrence the son of Lindley A. “Lynn” and Margaret Moyer Brien.

He worked for Brien Plumbing and City of...

Mar 13, 2017

A Memorial for Don G. Baxter, 84, of Lawrence, KS will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 1st at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Flory Meeting Hall, 2110 Harper Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Don died March 13, 2017. Don was born April 27, 1932 in Cheraw, CO the son of Earl and Eileen Baxter. They...

Mar 11, 2017

Private graveside service for Phyllis Ann Hughes Lawton, 95, of Lawrence will be held at Pioneer Cemetery. She passed away peacefully on March 11, 2017.

Phyllis was born on April 14, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Bowmer and Ruth Hughes. She attended Emporia high school and Emporia State University. She and her husband Keith...

Mar 11, 2017

Funeral services for Maudie “Darlene” Baskins, 76, Baldwin City will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 17, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Baldwin City Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Darlene was born May 14, 1940 in Calhoun, Missouri the daughter of Price Franklin...

Mar 9, 2017

Memorial services for Regina B. Cannon, 91, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Hillside Christian Church in Wichita, KS. Inurnment will be in Wichita Park Cemetery. She passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence.

Regina was born August 3, 1925 in Wild Cherry, AR the...

Mar 8, 2017

Funeral services for Francine Zada Breithaupt, 88, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Worden United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Worden Cemetery. She passed away at her home Wednesday, March 8th.

Francine was born on August 25, 1928 in Flag, Arkansas, the daughter of Harvey and Bertha (Broyles) Barnes.

Mar 7, 2017

Paul William Schultz, 64, passed away after a short illness on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Paul was born in 1953 to Alice Mary McEleney and John A. Schultz in Clinton, Iowa. His family moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 1958, where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1971, and Kansas University in 1975.

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