Obituaries

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...

Mar 17, 2016

Graveside service for Tina Marie Shepperd, 57, Lawrence will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio. She passed away March 17, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Mar 16, 2016

A memorial visitation for Stephen Henry, 55, Lawrence will be held 6:00 – 8:00 pm Monday, March 21, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Private inurnment at Pioneer Cemetery will be held at a later date. Stephen passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at his home.

Stephen was born April 28, 1960 in Lawrence, KS, the son...

Mar 14, 2016

Funeral services for Paul David Winn, Jr., 63, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Free Methodist Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Topeka. He passed away Monday, March 14, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Paul was born December 30, 1952 in Topeka, KS the son of...

Mar 14, 2016

Vera L. (McCrary) Hadl, age 84, passed away quietly on March 14, 2016 in Lawrence KS.

Vera was born to parents Marlin “Mac” McCrary and Ruby Fairbanks McCrary on July 1, 1931 in Lawrence KS. She married Richard Wayne Hadl on June 12, 1948. At the time of Richard’s passing, they had been married 54 years.

Mar 14, 2016

Professor Stephen J. Parker, born August 5, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, died on March 14, 2016 of complication from Alzheimer’s with his family around him. He spent 44 of his years as a professor of Russian literature at the University of Kansas, 13 of those as Chairman of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. He became one...

Mar 7, 2016

Memorial service will be held at a later date in New York for Norman Roy Rogers, 78, Moultrie, GA. He passed away Monday, March 7, 2016 surrounded by his family and friends in Lawrence, KS.

Norman was born June 3, 1937 in Java, NY the son of Alvie Roy and Helen Shrieber Rogers.

He was...

Mar 6, 2016

Graveside inurnment for Leonie C. Oxley, 85, Eudora will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora, Kansas. She passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Leonie was born August 8, 1930 in Charleston, South Carolina the daughter of John A. and Leonie (Tatum) Sottile.

Mar 4, 2016

Jane Murray, 86, died in Lawrence, KS on March 4, 2016. Two weeks ago, she was returning from her KU class she was taking…this one was, “The Revolutionary War”. She stumbled over her feet and fell, fracturing her jaw. Although she was beginning to recover, a sprained ankle, small stroke and inability to eat, all ended up being …...

Mar 4, 2016

Funeral services for Everette Eugene Bowman, 90, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Military burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. He passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Everette was born August 1, 1925 in Collins, IA the son of...

Mar 2, 2016

Funeral services for Johnnie B. Shears, 84, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. The family will greet friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the mortuary.

Johnnie Belle Shears was born April 26, 1931,...

Mar 1, 2016

A memorial visitation for Michael G. Douglas, best known as “Swede”, 64, Lawrence will be held from 5-7pm, Friday, March 4, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. No formal service will be held per Swede’s request. He passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at his home.

Swede was born April 4, 1951 in Salina, KS the son...

Feb 27, 2016

Mass of Christian Burial for Edward Cole Carter, 73, Lawrence will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2016 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. It will be followed by a private burial. He passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

He was born March 21, 1942 in Nevada, Missouri the son of...

Feb 25, 2016

Graveside services for Leon “Ray” Freels, 76, Lawrence will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 29, 2016 at Memorial Park Cemetery. He passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Presbyterian Manor.

Ray was born December 15, 1939 in Mountain Grove, MO the son of Lawrence and Mildred (Estep) Freels.

He served his country in...

Feb 25, 2016

Funeral services for Betty Ann Stroda, 73, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. She passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Betty was born November 1, 1942 in Mountain Grove, Missouri the daughter of Erwin Louis and...