Obituaries

Janette Arlene (Pollom) Roberts

Janette Arlene (Pollom) Roberts

Apr 15, 2017

Janette Arlene (Pollom) Roberts, Lawrence, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Bridge Haven.

Born August 16, 1928 in Lawrence, KS to Marguerite and C.W. Pollom, Jan graduated from Kansas University (1950) with a degree in Home Economics. Upon graduation, she worked for the Kansas Gas Company as a nutritionist, in what was actually a Public Relations...

Eric Reed, Sr.

Eric Reed, Sr.

Apr 13, 2017

Visitation for Eric Ardel Reed Sr., 53, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Tuesday April 18, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Eric was born March 31, 1964 in the son of London Reed and Dolly (Blurton) Reed.

He was a...

Val Mckinney

Val Mckinney

Apr 12, 2017

Val Kay Masquat McKinney N’schuckaquah. Entered eternal peace on April 12, 2017 at home. Surrounded by her loving family. Val was born October 6, 1934 on the Kickapoo Reservation in Horton Ks. The daughter of Robert and Carrie Masquat. Val is survived by her siblings. Drusa Wabaunsee, Carole Garrison and Tee Villegas. Her brother Chub Masquat Proceeded her in...

Daniel Everett Basel

Daniel Everett Basel

Apr 10, 2017

Funeral services for Daniel Everett Basel, 88, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Christ Community Church, 1100 Kasold Drive, Lawrence, 66049. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, 1517 E. 15th Street, Lawrence, 66044. He passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Daniel was born August 26, 1928...

Peter A. Pillege

Peter A. Pillege

Apr 8, 2017

There are no formal services planned for Peter A. Pillege, 96, Lawrence. He passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living.

Peter Pillege was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 19th, 1920.

He was one of five children and lived in Nebraska for 45 years. While in Nebraska, he met the love...

Clifford Raymond Neis

Clifford Raymond Neis

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...

Geneva (Genny) Cora Weston

Geneva (Genny) Cora Weston

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...

Celia A. Crisp

Celia A. Crisp

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)...

Bertille “Tillie” G. Bichelmeyer

Bertille “Tillie” G. Bichelmeyer

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...

Ramona Marie Smith

Ramona Marie Smith

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.

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Lloyd Martin Jones

Lloyd Martin Jones

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...

Marc M. Mitchell

Marc M. Mitchell

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...

Betty Jean Curtiss

Betty Jean Curtiss

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...

Selma J. John

Selma J. John

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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Douglas “Doug” L. Beene

Douglas “Doug” L. Beene

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...

Gaylord E. Richardson

Gaylord E. Richardson

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...

Betty J. Kessler

Betty J. Kessler

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...

Richard L. “Dick” Steele

Richard L. “Dick” Steele

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,...

Rebecca L. (Trowbridge) Blocher

Rebecca L. (Trowbridge) Blocher

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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Lenoir D. Ekdahl

Lenoir D. Ekdahl

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.

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