Feb 15, 2014

A memorial service for Dewitt William “Bill” Venner, 79, Lawrence, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, February 21, 2014 at Warren McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He died on February 15, 2014 at his home.

He was born March 2, 1934, in Richmond, VA, the son of Dewitt W. and Frances (Bass) Venner.

After serving...

Feb 14, 2014

A Celebration of Life for Eleanor Pack Gage, 89, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 on Sunday, March 9 at the First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Pkwy, Lawrence. She died peacefully on February 14, 2014, at Windsor of Lawrence.

Eleanor was born January 9, 1925, in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Claude and Edith (Robb) Pack....

Feb 14, 2014

Timothy L. Thomas, 64, passed away at his home on February 14, 2014 from Alzheimers.

He was born March 18, 1949 in Tonganoxie to Frank and Virginia Thomas.

He worked at Kansas Color Press from 1974 to 1983. He then started his own roofing company from 1983 until 1997, when he fell from a roof...

Feb 14, 2014

Memorial Services for Bernard D. Turnbaugh of Mountain Home, Arkansas, will be 3:00 P.M., Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church in Lawrence, Kansas. Military Honors will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS.

Bernard passed away February 14, 2014, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 77. He was born June...

Feb 13, 2014

Kenneth P. Callicott was born on October 7th, 1923 on a farm 5 miles southwest of Harrison, Arkansas, the son of Alter Bayard Callicott and Mary Ben Callicott. Kenneth attended Harrison Public Schools and was a member of Future Farmers of America in which he attended several conventions in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a graduate of Harrison High...

Feb 12, 2014

Funeral services for Bruce G. “Butch” Neis, 60, Eudora, KS will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 17, 2014 at Eudora High School Performing Arts Center, 2203 Church Street. Burial will follow at Hesper Friends Cemetery, SE of Eudora, KS. He died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Bruce was born March 15,...

Feb 12, 2014

Funeral services for Vernon H. “Bud” Broers, 90, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, February 17, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Sutton Cemetery. He died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at his home.

Vernon was born September 9, 1923 in De Soto, KS the son of Harold and Pearl (Koehler)...

Feb 11, 2014

A memorial service will celebrate the life of George Sundstrom, 65, of Lawrence, at 11:00, Sunday, February 16, 2014 at KU’s Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.

George was born June 19, 1948, in upstate New York, in the Town of Delaware, the son of Charles and Florence(Vargo) Sundstrom, and died Tuesday, February 11, 2014, in Lawrence....

Feb 6, 2014

Memorial services for Randall Luther, 60, Eudora will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Eudora Rec. Center Community Room (1630 Elm Street). He died Thursday, February 6, 2014 at The University of Kansas Medical Center.

Randall was born October 15, 1953 in Lawrence, KS the son of Donald M. and Mina Place...

Feb 6, 2014

Funeral services for Willard Elden “Timber” Harwood, 95, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 14, 2014 at Plymouth Congregational Church. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Elden died Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Elden was born July 10, 1918 in Tonganoxie, KS the son of William T. and Emma...

Feb 6, 2014

Funeral services for lifelong Lawrencian, Lucille Vann, 97, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 14, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She passed away on, Thursday, February 6, 2014.

She was born April 9, 1916 in Lawrence, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Rhoda (Simpson) Georgie.

She was united in marriage to...

Feb 4, 2014

Steven Craig Smelser, “The Button Man” was born July 22, 1952 in Topeka and died February 4, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Steve was the Bert Nash 2011 Supported Employment Employee of the Year.

He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Smelser, Lawrence, sisters Sherrie Christian, Rossville, Deanna (Dee) Bisel, Lawrence, and brother Lyle Duane...

Feb 2, 2014

Memorial services for Marjorie L. Green Talley 89, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 7, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She died Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Marge was born October 12, 1924 in Shelbyville, MO, the daughter of John Cecil and Mary Susan (Waite) Green.

She...

Feb 1, 2014

Dennis “Corkey” Goodden passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Bridgehaven Memory Care Home after struggling with a long illiness, Lewy Body Dementia a Parkinsons Disease.

Dennis Franklin Goodden was born March 6, 1943 in Kansas City, MO the son of Della and Frank Goodden. He was raised by his parents and grandparents.

He grew...

Jan 31, 2014

Jason Nathanial Hill, 35, died peacefully at his home in Prairie Village, KS on January 31, 2014.

He was born on March 18, 1978 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio the son of Thomas Richard and Robin Rene (Ragland) Hill.

Jason was one of those rare people that never met a stranger. His sense of humor was...

Jan 31, 2014

Memorial services for Dorothy Kaye Seele, 65, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She died Friday, January 31, 2014 at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Dorothy was born October 17, 1948 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of George and Evelyn (Smith) Staus.

She...

Jan 29, 2014

Funeral services for Ida Mae Sutton, 90, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at her home.

Ida Mae was born January 26, 1924 in Great Bend, KS the daughter of Joseph...

Jan 28, 2014

Funeral services for Ayla Marie Dawn Vesecky, 22, Baldwin City will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2014 at First Christian Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Stony Point Cemetery in Rural Baldwin City. She passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at home. She lived longer than expected with non-ketotic hyperglycemia.

Ayla was...

Jan 27, 2014

Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Elizabeth Watgen, 89, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 31, 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 3, 2014 at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois. Mary died Monday, January 27, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

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Jan 26, 2014

Stephen Clark Kirk died January 26, 2014, at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Baldwin City, Kansas. Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

He was born to Meldon C. Kirk and Carrie Mae (Klinkenberg) Kirk at the Atchison Hospital in Atchison, Kansas on August 6, 1957. Due to...