Obituaries

Aug 12, 2015

Memorial services for Marjorie Smith, 88, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Marjorie passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at Olathe Hospice House.

Marjorie was born April 13, 1927 in Dexter, MO the daughter of Dwight and Florence (Chils) Colbert.

She received her Bachelor’s Degree...

Aug 11, 2015

Mass of Christian Burial for Hunter Cade Robinson, 19, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015.

Hunter was born December 2, 1995 in Lawrence, KS the son of Ryan Joseph and Jenni Nieva Robinson....

Aug 10, 2015

Graveside services for Donald Francis Cobb, 76, Eudora will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 14, 2015 at Eudora Cemetery. Donald passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at Medicalodges Eudora.

Donald was born March 24, 1939 in Junction City, KS the son of Ruth (Dowdell) Foland.

He served his country in the National Guard....

Aug 10, 2015

Graveside services for Darrel J. Brubaker, 82, Lawrence, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Oak Hill Cemetery. Darrel passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at his home after battling Glioblastoma (brain cancer).

Darrel was born September 30, 1932 in Pawnee, OK the son of Orvil and Hazel (Lizer) Brubaker....

Aug 10, 2015

Funeral services for Helen W. Goff, 89 Eudora will be held at 1:30 Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel. Burial follow at Eudora Cemetery. Helen died August 10, 2015 at Brookdale Senior Living in Overland Park, KS.

She was born on June 6, 1926 in Cave City, Arkansas the daughter of Herman and...

Aug 7, 2015

Memorial service for Roy Arthur Coker, 63, Lawrence will be held Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence at 3:00 in the afternoon. A private family inurnment will follow at the DeSoto Cemetery at a later date. He died August 7, 2015 at his home in Lawrence surrounded by his wife, Dodie, and family.

He...

Aug 6, 2015

Frank Shontz died on August 6, 2015, at the age of 88, in his home in Lawrence, KS. A memorial service will be held at Warren- McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS, at 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 17, 2015.

Frank was born to Curtis Groner Shontz and Ida May Painter on December 9, 1926, in...

Aug 5, 2015

Velma A. (Cobb) Harlan 1923-2015

Funeral services for Velma Harlan, Plano, TX (formerly of Lawrence, KS) will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Her burial celebrating her life will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. The family will greet friends at noon, one hour prior to the...

Aug 5, 2015

James F. (Jim) Schubert of Lawrence died August 5, 2015 at the age of 100 years. He was born on February 19, 1915 at his family’s farmhouse to Victor and Mary Ellen Price Schubert. The farm was located near the small German settlement of Schubert, MO.

Jim was the first-born of five children. He attended a one-room...

Aug 4, 2015

Nita Wyatt Sundbye Sewell passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at the Neuvant House for Memory Care, Lawrence, Kansas. Nita was born in Calico Rock, Arkansas, February 28, 1932, to Ewell C. Wyatt and Eltha Sears.

Nita graduated from high school at the age of fifteen having been advanced several times at the urging of her teachers....

Aug 4, 2015

Robert Leroy Timmons, legendary track and swimming coach, who was affectionately known as “Timmie”, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at age 91, in Lawrence, Kansas. A visitation will be held on Monday, August 10, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Mustard Seed Church in Lawrence. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August...

Aug 1, 2015

**A reception honoring the life of Lucie “Jeannot” Seymour will be held on Saturday, November 7 th , 2015 from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Brandon Woods Smith Center, 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace, Lawrence.**

Lucie Jeanne “Jeannot” Barnes Seymour, 84, Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on August 1, 2015 at...

Jul 30, 2015

Funeral services for Marilyn Jean Lynch, 78, Wichita, formerly of Lawrence will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Entombment will follow at Memorial Park Mausoleum in Lawrence. Marilyn passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita surrounded by her family.

Marilyn was born in...

Jul 25, 2015

A celebration of life for John Thomas Leasure, 76, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Arterra Event Gallery, 2161 Quail Creek Drive, in Lawrence. Private family inurnment will be held at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Topeka. Tom passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 at The Windsor of Lawrence.

Tom was...

Jul 24, 2015

Memorial gathering for Linda Kay Merchant, 66, Lecompton will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Linda passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 at her home.

Linda was born October 22, 1948 in Lawrence, Kansas to Melvin William Icks and Anna Margarite Burns Icks Simmons.

She was...

Jul 24, 2015

Service for Sherrill M. Hershiser will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 3, 2015 at First United Methodist Church ~ 946 Vermont Street ~ Lawrence.

Services and final arrangements are pending for Sherrill Marlene Hershiser. Sherrill passed away peacefully July 24 th at the Baldwin Care Home in Baldwin City, KS. She...

Jul 23, 2015

Graveside services for Dorothy Darlene Cassity, 83, Lawrence will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. She passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Dorothy was born August 17, 1932 in Atchison, KS the daughter of Henry Watts and Mae McNemee Watts.

She attended...

Jul 22, 2015

Memorial services for Howard Earl Sanford, 86, Lecompton will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Lecompton United Methodist Church. Private family burial will be at a later date at Maple Grove Cemetery. Earl passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at his home.

Earl was born June 26, 1929 in Lecompton, KS the son...

Jul 21, 2015

A Celebration of Life for Wilma “Jane” Massey, 77, Eudora will be held from 1 – 3 p.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora. Attire is casual. Jane passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Jane was born July 13, 1938 in Lamar, MO the daughter of Herbert...

Jul 20, 2015

Carlos Jose Gomez Fries, 73, Lawrence passed away July 20, 2015. Memorial Mass will be Tuesday, July 28, at 10 am at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Lawrence.