Obituaries

Apr 14, 2016

Mass of Christian Burial for Ailene Bocquin, 87, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April, 19, 2016 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Family inurnment will be at a later date at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Reading, KS. She passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

Ailene was born February...

Apr 14, 2016

Funeral Service for Brandy Lynn Sneegas-Searles, 35, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April, 23, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016 at her home.

Brandy was born September 8, 1980 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Michael Sneegas and Gayle (Avery) Mead.

She worked in Operations...

Apr 13, 2016

A Celebration of Life for Charles W. Brown, 73, Ottawa will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April, 16, 2016 at Centropolis Baptist Church, 717 Centropolis Avenue, Centropolis, KS 66067. Green burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. at Evergreen Mound Cemetery in Ottawa. He passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at his home in Ottawa with the loving support...

Apr 11, 2016

Family services for Mary E. Russell, 73, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2016 in Resurrection Cemetery in Lenexa, KS. She passed away Monday, April 11, 2016 at Indian Creek Nursing Center in Overland Park, KS.

Mary was born September 7, 1942 in Kansas City, KS the daughter of Logan C. and Marie...

Apr 10, 2016

Leah G. Puckett

Leah G. Ashe McBride Puckett passed away peacefully April 10, 2016 at the age of 91. She was born January 20, 1925 in Belmont, North Carolina, the daughter of James William Gibby and Florence Laney Gibby. She attended elementary and high school in Belmont, and Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Spring, NC. In...

Apr 9, 2016

Funeral Services for Arlyne McGaugh, 73, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 14, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, KS.

Arlyne was born December 14, 1942 in Kansas City, KS the daughter of...

Apr 7, 2016

Funeral services for Ethel M. Stewart, 91, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 11, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. She passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at her home.

She was born December 17, 1924 in Hays, KS, the daughter of Franklin N. and Anna...

Apr 7, 2016

Family services for Mary Ruth Burton Denney, 89, Lawrence will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at her home.

Mary was born February 6, 1927 in Columbia, MO the daughter of Oscar and Mae Dell (Colvin) Cunningham.

She was a...

Apr 3, 2016

Pauline Gill, 93, died peacefully at her home on April 3, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Pauline was born March 7, 1923, at Midian, Kansas. She was the daughter of R.S. Wright and Winona Wright. She married Jimmie Gill on February 17, 1943. They enjoyed 73 wonderful years together. From this union two sons were born, Rusty and...

Apr 2, 2016

Val Houston Smith, professor at the University of Kansas for 23 years, passed away April 2 at his home in Lawrence. He was 65. Memorial visitation for Dr. Smith will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. April 9, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Val was born in 1950 in Lubbock, Texas, the son of Fray...

Apr 1, 2016

Graveside service for Harlan Lill, 91, Lawrence, will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Garfield Cemetery in Garfield, Kansas. He died April 1, 2016 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence.

He was born on May 11, 1924 in St. John, Kansas the son of John and Alice (Kennedy) Lill.

During WW2...

Mar 30, 2016

Memorial services for Virginia M. Hadl, 87, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Washington Creek Cemetery in Southwest Lawrence. She passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Virginia was born to Everett and Mary (Sanders) Kingery on April 15, 1928...

Mar 29, 2016

Memorial services for Maxine Bowman, 91, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2016 at University Community of Christ 1900 University Dr. Lawrence, KS 66044. She passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Bridge Haven at Alvamar.

Maxine was born October 10, 1924 in Tulsa, OK the daughter of Charles Thomas and Bessie (Saul)...

Mar 28, 2016

Memorial services for Terri Lee Titus-Wisdom, 55, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora. She passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 in Eudora.

She is survived by her parents, Murray and Juanita Murdoch of Eudora, Kansas and Don and Bunny Cronk of Lake Havasu; two...

Mar 28, 2016

Memorial services for Ora Lee Simpson, 72, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Ora was born September 15, 1943 in Pine Bluff, AR the daughter of Polk and Ethyl (Austin) Griffin.

She loved her...

Mar 27, 2016

Memorial service for Randall “Randy” Scott Burchett, 58, Baldwin City will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2016 at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Eudora.

Memorial service for Randall “Randy” Scott Burchett, 58, Baldwin City, KS will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2016 at St. Paul’s United Church...

Mar 26, 2016

Funeral services for Sarah Belle “Sadie” Wilkinson Vaughn will be Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Worden United Methodist Church. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. followed by the service at 2:00 p.m. Private burial will be in Worden Cemetery.

Sarah passed away March 26, 2016 at Neuvant House in Lawrence, Kansas.

Sarah was born September...

Mar 25, 2016

Memorial service for Charlotte Ch’iu-Fang Bedford, 89, Lawrence are pending. Inurnment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. She died March 25, 2016 at Brandon Woods.

She was born on October 23, 1926 in Tianjin, China the daughter of Bi-Chen and Bo-Ying (Wang) Wan.

She was employed as a Librarian at the United Nations Library...

Mar 19, 2016

Visitation for Myrna N. Benson, 64, Lawrence will be held 5-7 pm Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Funeral service will be held 10:30 am Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died March 19, 2016.

Myrna was born on April 16, 1951 the daughter of Philip Benson...

Mar 17, 2016

Memorial visitation for Kenneth W. Adkinson, 73, will be held at 5-7 p.m. Monday, March 28, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Eudora. He passed away the morning of Thursday, March 17, 2016.

Kenneth was born January 25, 1943 in Joplin, MO the son of George Kenneth and Clare (Cole) Adkinson.

He married Marsha Ramey on...