Obituaries

Dec 13, 2013

Memorial service for Florence “Danny” Drury (nee Daniels) will be held 11 a.m. Friday, December 13, 2013 at Plymouth Congregational Church . She died peacefully Sunday morning in the presence of family members. She was 93. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she spent most of her childhood in Madison, Wisconsin as the daughter of a professor. She graduated from the...

Dec 13, 2013

Funeral services for Archie Lloyd Mills (U.S. Navy Retired LCDR), 99, Lawrence will be held 1:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at the Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

Archie was born July 14, 1914 in Brentwood,...

Dec 13, 2013

Private family services for Wilbur Junior Meier, 92, Lawrence will be held at a later date. He died Friday, December 13, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Wilbur was born June 25, 1921 in St. Joseph, MO the son of Alfred and Julia (Haeberle) Meier.

He was a resident of Lawrence since 1951.

Wilbur...

Dec 10, 2013

Memorial services for Armistice L. “Misty” Albert, 89, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Inurnment will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Glenwood Cemetery in Glen Elder, KS. She died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at The Windsor of Lawrence.

She was born on...

Dec 9, 2013

Memorial services for Brian Christopher Johnson, 35, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December, 13, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He entered life eternal on Monday, December 9, 2013 at the University of Kansas Medical Center after an extended illness.

Brian was born May 21, 1978 in Hinsdale, IL the son of O. Franklin...

Dec 7, 2013

Funeral service for Rita Ann (Thompson) Pennybaker, 83, Lawrence, Kansas will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lawrence, Kansas. Following the service Rita will be put to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas. Rita passed away at home at 3:10 am on Saturday, December 7th, with her family by her side....

Dec 6, 2013

Memorial services for Peggy Lou Schanze, 78, De Soto, KS, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel. She died Friday, December 6, 2013 at her home. Peggy was born August 10, 1935 in Greenwood, MO the daughter of George W. & Nellie (Curtis) Kalousek. She graduated from Lees’ Summit, MO...

Dec 5, 2013

Public services for Hazel Katherine Anderson, 95, Lawrence will be held at 4:00 in the evening of Friday, December 13th at Anderson Rentals located at 1312 W. 6th St. She died Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. All are welcome to attend and share their memories of Hazel. Attire is casual. Hazel was born January 14,...

Dec 4, 2013

James R. (J.R.) Henry, 70, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at his home in Lawrence, KS. J.R. was born October 16, 1943, in Miltonvale, KS, the son of Marshall and Pearl (Angelo) Henry. After graduating from Miltonvale High School in 1961, he enrolled at the University of Kansas and later earned his degree from the Brown Mackie School of...

Dec 2, 2013

Memorial service for Judy Ann Ruff, 62, Eudora will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Eudora Assembly of God. She died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Judy was born February 5, 1951 in Stella, MO the daughter of Raymond Benjamin and Genevee Marcine (Johnson) Shockley.

She was a...

Nov 28, 2013

Funeral services for Stephen “Jack” Elliott, 83, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. He passed away on November 28, 2013, at his home in Lawrence, Kansas. Jack was born November 29, 1929, in Anthony, Kansas to Stephen and Grace Elliott. He later...

Nov 27, 2013

Memorial services for Eleanor Burt Allen, 98, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Private family burial will take place at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Allen died November 27th in Lawrence.

She was born June 5, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts the daughter of...

Nov 27, 2013

Russell Jean Larkin passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. He was 91.

Russ was born November 6, 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Russell Victor Larkin and Florence Jeanne Rossi Larkin.

He was a 1940 graduate of Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Indiana and the University of Missouri, Columbia. He was a member...

Nov 27, 2013

Memorial services for Eleanor Burt Allen, 98, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Private family burial will take place at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Allen died November 27th in Lawrence.

She was born June 5, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts the daughter of...

Nov 25, 2013

Gilbert Ross Holle, 84, passed away November 25, 2013, at Good Samaritan Center in Olathe, Kansas. Visitation will be 11 a.m. Saturday, November 30, followed by a funeral service at 1 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, Kansas. Private burial at a later date. Gil was born January 29, 1929, in Herkimer, Kansas, to Albert and...

Nov 22, 2013

Service for Vicente “Vic” Bugtong Balawen, 82, Lawrence will be private. He died November 22, 2013 at his home. Vic was born on May 8, 1931 in Ilocos Sur, Philippines the son of Balawen and Aquilina (Lipes) Bugtong. He worked as a drilling superintendent for Lepanto Mines and Diamond Drilling Corporation in the Philippines until his retirement. He later...

Nov 20, 2013

Funeral Services for Shaterika Nicole “Nicky” Doleman, 16, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, November 29, 2013 at the First Regular Missionary Baptist Church in Lawrence, KS. A private family burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. She died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Nicky was born...

Nov 19, 2013

Juanita Ryse Hunter, beloved matriarch of five generations of strong women, died November 19, 2013, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Juanita was born May 3, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri the first child of Bessie Wilcox and Louis Ryse. Juanita was an independent woman who lived her 96 years with gusto and style. Until very recently she lived in...

Nov 19, 2013

Funeral services for Dwayne W. Peaslee, 81, Lawrence, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 22, 2013 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Private burial will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. He died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Dwayne was born July 13, 1932 in Lawrence, KS the son of Dwight...

Nov 19, 2013

Adeline “Addie” Geiger, 90, Lawrence, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor. She was born on 29 October 1923 in Saunders County, Nebraska. The first of four children born to Joseph and Mary (Houdek) Petrzilka, she spent much of her youth on the family farm near Loma, Nebraska, and graduated from Brainard...