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Rodney “Rod” Ray Evinger

Rodney “Rod” Ray Evinger

Aug 16, 2016

Funeral services for Rodney “Rod” Ray Evinger, 63, Eudora, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 22, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary-Eudora Chapel. Burial will follow at the Vinland Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at his home.

Rod was born October 6, 1952 in Osawatomie, KS the son of Lawrence O. and Meda M....

Jack H. Riegle

Jack H. Riegle

Aug 15, 2016

A Celebration of Life for Jack H. Riegle, 82, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 24 2016 at Theatre Lawrence. He made his final exit from the stage on Monday, August 15, 2016 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

Jack was born January 26, 1934 in Independence, KS, the son of Ellis W. and Marian...

Marviene Decker

Marviene Decker

Aug 14, 2016

Funeral services for Marviene Decker, 76, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 18 th, 2016 at First Southern Baptist Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. She died August 14, 2016 at Medicalodges in Eudora, KS.

Marviene was born April 7, 1940 in Mountain Home, Arkansas the daughter...

Richard Lloyd Ballard

Richard Lloyd Ballard

Aug 14, 2016

Visitation for Richard Lloyd Ballard, 72, Lawrence will be held 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Richard died on August 14, 2016 in Lawrence, KS.

He was born on April 3, 1944 in Ottawa, KS. He was the son of Lloyd Samuel Ballard and Velma Cecil Ryou.

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Earl Allen “Al” Kelley

Earl Allen “Al” Kelley

Aug 13, 2016

Earl ‘Al’ Allen Kelley passed in peace on August 13, 2016 at the age of 83 after a celebrated life well-lived.

Al was born December 24, 1932 in Dearing, Kansas, the son of Frank and Bertice (McColm) Kelley. He married his beloved Barbara ‘Barb’ Ann Hampton on April 10, 1955 in Oskaloosa, KS. She survives of the...

Jimmie L. Gill

Jimmie L. Gill

Aug 11, 2016

Jimmie L. Gill was born March 3, 1924, on a farm near Benton, Kansas. He was the son of Alva and Anna Gill, pioneer residents of Butler County. On August 11, 2016, Jimmie was called from this life at Lawrence, Kansas where he and his wife Pauline lived for the past 45 years. Jimmie was 92 years,...

Delbert F. Bradley

Delbert F. Bradley

Aug 10, 2016

Private family inurnment for Delbert F. Bradley, 88, Lawrence will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. He passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Delbert was born April 18, 1928 in Tonganoxie, KS the son of Ira Ammon and Katherine Johanna (Norden) Bradley.

He graduated from Tonganoxie High...

Ava Lea Denton

Ava Lea Denton

Aug 7, 2016

Funeral services for Ava Lea Denton, 81, Lawrence will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 15, 2016 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church. Private burial will be later at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Topeka, KS. She died on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at her home.

Ava was born July 14, 1935 in Ft. Riley, KS, the...

Charlene Joyce Garzillo

Charlene Joyce Garzillo

Aug 7, 2016

A visitation for Charlene Joyce Garzillo, 75, Baldwin City, will be held from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 12, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She died August 7, 2016 at her home.

She was born on November 5, 1940 in Concordia, KS the daughter of Herman Joyce and Maxine Fay (Hose) Shunn.

Charlene...

Burney D. Deonier

Burney D. Deonier

Aug 6, 2016

Graveside service for Burney D. Deonier, 72, Eudora will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 13, 2016 at Deay Cemetery in Eudora, KS. He died August 6, 2016.

He was born May 9, 1944 in LaRussell, MO the son of John Joseph and Erma Iris (Sanders) Deonier.

Burney graduated from Eudora Rural High School in...

Evan Harper Ice

Evan Harper Ice

Aug 5, 2016

Evan Harper Ice , age 52, Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on August 5, 2016 after a heroic fight with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Evan was born on November 5, 1963 in Newton, Kansas, to Ted and Sue Harper Ice. He graduated from Newton High School in 1982, and attended the University of Kansas where...

Jane Wofford Malin

Jane Wofford Malin

Aug 4, 2016

Jane Malin, who was born on January 30, 1926, died in Lawrence on August 4, 2016. She spent her childhood here, the only and beloved child of Betty and James Malin, attending both Liberty Memorial High School and the University of Kansas. At KU, as an undergraduate, she majored in Zoology, but soon after her graduation in 1945, she...

Camden James Wroten-Lindgren

Camden James Wroten-Lindgren

Aug 1, 2016

Funeral services for Camden James Wroten-Lindgren, infant son, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 5, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He passed away Monday, August 1, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.

Camden was born Monday, August 1, 2016 the...

Emalene (Gooch) Correll

Emalene (Gooch) Correll

Jul 30, 2016

Memorial services for Emalene (Gooch) Correll, 85, will be conducted by Fr. William Wolff at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August, 5, 2016 at St. David’s Episcopal Church 3916 SW 17th Street, Topeka, KS 66604. Private inurnment will follow at a later date at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery in Topeka. Emalene passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Pioneer Ridge Health Care in...

Carol Jean Boncella

Carol Jean Boncella

Jul 29, 2016

A visitation for Carol Jean (Sliwinski) Boncella, 70, Lawrence will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She died July 29, 2016 at her home.

Carol was born September 30, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of Eugene and Louise (Righi) Sliwinski.

She received her BSN from...

Charles M. “Chuck” Berg

Charles M. “Chuck” Berg

Jul 26, 2016

Charles Merrell (“Chuck”) Berg, 75, died July 26, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A memorial celebration will be held Sunday, November 20th at 2pm, at the Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. He was born to Richard Charles and Frederica Merrell Berg on July 1, 1941. Growing up, he lived in Towson, MD, Springfield, MA,...

Shirley Jean Lyberger

Shirley Jean Lyberger

Jul 24, 2016

Private family services for Shirley Jean Lyberger, 67, Lawrence will be at a later date. She died July 24, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born October 24, 1948 in Coffeyville, KS the daughter of James Marion and Margaret Cameron Ingmire Lyberger.

The family suggest memorials to the charity of the donor’s choice and may be...

Robert “Bob” Dillon Brown

Robert “Bob” Dillon Brown

Jul 23, 2016

A longtime resident of Lawrence and emeritus member of the Department of Mathematics faculty at the University of Kansas, Robert Dillon Brown (known as Bob to most of his friends), died on vacation with his wife and one granddaughter in Charleston, South Carolina, on July 23, 2016. Bob was born November 26, 1933 in the small town of Paris,...

Darrell L. Ward

Darrell L. Ward

Jul 22, 2016

Celebration of life service for Darrell Ward, 87, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July, 27, 2016 at Southside Church of Christ in Lawrence. He passed away Friday, July 22, 2016 at his home. Darrell was born November 7, 1928 in Gainesville, Texas the son of Thomas B. and Fairy Jane Nichols Ward. Darrell worked at Lawrence...

Ramesh Thippavajjala

Ramesh Thippavajjala

Jul 21, 2016

Ramesh Thippavajjala, (81) Lawrence, died on July 21, 2016 at his daughter’s home, surrounded by family. The family has planned for cremation.

He was born November 20, 1934 in Guntur, India the son of Subramanya Sastry and Subaravamma Thippavajjala.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. He was a retired Professor of English...