Obituaries

Velma A. Harlan

Velma A. Harlan

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...

James F. “Jim” Schubert

James F. “Jim” Schubert

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...

Nita Wyatt Sundbye Sewell

Nita Wyatt Sundbye Sewell

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....

Robert “Bob” Leroy Timmons

Robert “Bob” Leroy Timmons

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...

Lucie “Jeannot” Seymour

Lucie “Jeannot” Seymour

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...

Marilyn Jean Lynch

Marilyn Jean Lynch

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...

John Thomas Leasure

John Thomas Leasure

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...

Linda Kay Merchant

Linda Kay Merchant

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...

Sherrill M. Hershiser

Sherrill M. Hershiser

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...

Dorothy Darlene Cassity

Dorothy Darlene Cassity

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...

Howard “Earl” Sanford

Howard “Earl” Sanford

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...

Wilma “Jane” Massey

Wilma “Jane” Massey

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...

Carlos Jose Gomez Fries

Carlos Jose Gomez Fries

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.

Carl E. Ryan

Carl E. Ryan

Jul 18, 2015

Memorial service for Carl Eugene Ryan, 77, Lawrence will be held 6:00 pm Monday, July 20, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Inurnment will be held at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. He died July 18, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Carl was born in 1937 in Lawrence, Kansas the son of Timothy and Minnie...

Sonia Lynn (Cook) Stielow

Sonia Lynn (Cook) Stielow

Jul 18, 2015

Tribute service for Sonia Lynn (Cook) Stielow, 37, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015 at First Christian Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Sonia passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

Sonia was born December 27, 1977 in Lawrence the daughter of Harold...

Dorothy “Dk” Kizer

Dorothy “Dk” Kizer

Jul 17, 2015

Dorothy Darlene Gruber was born on a farm near Salina, Kansas, Christmas Day 1929.

She was born the sixth of seven children to Joseph and Mabel (Andrews) Gruber. Both sets of her grandparents moved to the Salina, Kansas area in the 1870’s, migrating from the Pennsylvania Dutch Country of east central Pennsylvania where their families had earlier...

Dorothy Mae Mcgregor

Dorothy Mae Mcgregor

Jul 16, 2015

Dorothy Mae McGregor was born December 7, 1918 in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Ursula Nuffer. She graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in 1936. She married Ronald L. McGregor February 13, 1942. Dorothy passed away on July 16, 2015 at Neuvant House surrounded by family.

Dorothy graduated from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia...

Clarice Darlene Broz

Clarice Darlene Broz

Jul 16, 2015

Funeral Service and Burial for Clarice Darlene Broz of Lawrence, KS, will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont Street at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday August 1 st , 2015. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery, Lawrence, KS, will follow the service.

Mrs. Broz died on July 16 th , 2015, at St. Luke’s hospital...

Bridget Fae Hedman

Bridget Fae Hedman

Jul 15, 2015

Memorial services for Bridget Fae Hedman, 31, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 26, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Bridget passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Bridget was born June 5, 1984 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Gordon F. Hedman and Marjorie “Chloe” A. Mason.

She...

Shirley Ann Higgins

Shirley Ann Higgins

Jul 12, 2015

A Celebration of Life for Shirley Ann Higgins, 76, Lawrence will be held from 2 – 5 p.m. Sunday, August 23, 2015 at the Smith Center at Brandon Woods 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace in Lawrence. Inurnment will also be at a later date at Riverside Cemetery in Mammoth Spring, AR. Shirley passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Brandon...

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