Obituaries

May 2, 2013

Graveside inurnment for Sylvia M. Wagner, 86, Lawrence will be held at a later date in Oak Hill Cemetery.  She died May 2, 2013 at Brandon Woods.

She was born on February 24, 1927 in Chicago, IL the daughter of John and Marie (Wollert) Schmidt.

She was a housewife and bank teller.  She was an...

May 2, 2013

A Memorial Mass for Heather L. Watgen, 50, Lawrence will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 6, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  She died May 2, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born March 5, 1963 in Carbondale, IL the daughter of Leonard G. and Elsie (Payne) Wood.

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May 1, 2013

Memorial services for Stephen A. “Mitch” Mitchell, 64, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  He died May 1, 2013 at his home.

He was born July 27, 1948 in Lawrence, KS the son of Kenneth E. and Mary Katherine (Barber) Mitchell.

He graduated from Lawrence High School...

May 1, 2013

Funeral services for Rosie B. Little, 74, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Victory Bible Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  She died May 1, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born June 22, 1938 in Hollandale, MS the daughter of Asirie Doc and Rosia (Washington)...

Apr 29, 2013

Graveside services for Dorothy M. Budke, 93, Lawrence will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died April 29, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

Dorothy was born October 7, 1919 in Rockport, IL the daughter of Nathan M. and Luella (Walton) Browning.

She was a homemaker who...

Apr 27, 2013

Funeral services for Ralph G. “RG” Henley, 88, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Military graveside services will be conducted at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born November 23, 1924 in Sedalia, Missouri the...

Apr 27, 2013

A memorial visitation for Betty Jane Sackmann Allen, 94, Lawrence will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.    She died April 27, 2013 at Pioneer Ridge Rapid Recovery.

She was born November 7, 1918 in Oklahoma City, OK the daughter of Harry C. and Jane (Rowntree) Sackmann.

Betty graduated...

Apr 25, 2013

Funeral services for Darwin Keith Benton, 87, Midwest City, OK, formerly of Lawrence, will be held at 10:30 a.m., May 2, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Burlington, KS at 3:00 p.m.  He died on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Midwest City, OK.

Darwin was born on December 24, 1925...

Apr 24, 2013

Graveside services for Eldridge H. Matthews, 84, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Eldridge was born on August 31, 1928 in Robertson County, TN, the son of John Henry and Lula Lorene (Truelove) Matthews. He was a journeymen...

Apr 22, 2013

Graveside services for Virginia Powell Conard, 86, Lawrence, KS will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the Fairview Cemetery in Greensburg, KS.  The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  A Celebration of Life service in Lawrence will be announced later. She died in Lawrence...

Apr 22, 2013

Graveside services for Allan D. Bryant, 81, Gardner, KS, will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, KS.   He died on Monday, April 22, 2013 at Medicalodges Gardner.

Allan was born on July 26, 1931 in Pittsburg, KS the son of William C. “Pete” and Margaret H. (Flottman)...

Apr 22, 2013

Makenna Rose Bartel-Heaney, formerly of Leawood, residing with her husband in Overland Park, passed peacefully in the early evening of April 22, 2013 at her home with loved ones surrounding her after a two year battle with cancer. Makenna was born October 19, 1984 and so began a lifelong passion for the arts, beginning at Nativity Parish and leading...

Apr 21, 2013

Graveside service for Eva Sue Wells, 66, Lawrence will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2013 at Rochester Cemetery in Topeka.    She died April 21, 2013 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Eva was born on December 26, 1946 in Kansas City, MO the daughter of Fred and Ida Mae (Ross) Coffman. Eva graduated from Osage City...

Apr 20, 2013

A Mass of Christian Burial for Leslie Anne Riner will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Lawrence, KS.  Leslie died Saturday April 20, 2013 after a courageous five-year battle with cancer.

Leslie Anne Wurdeman was born September 23, 1983 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Tom and Dana...

Apr 19, 2013

Nancy E. (Turner) Richardson passed away April 19, 2013, after losing a third battle with cancer that she fought with great courage.

Nancy spent her childhood in Texas, the daughter of Drexyle H. and Margaret (Reamer) Turner.  She was born on June 18, 1936 in Ft. Worth, rode her first horse in Midland, and delivered the commencement...

Apr 19, 2013

A Mass of Christian Burial for James M. Heim, 69, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS.  Graveside services will be held at noon Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at the St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Cemetery in Hoxie, Kansas.  He died on Friday, April 19,...

Apr 16, 2013

Carolyn Darrach Norton Brushwood, formerly of Lawrence, died April 16, 2013 in Houston.

She was born July 2, 1921 in Philadelphia to Eleanor Halsey and Paul T. Norton, Jr.  She was raised in Blacksburg, VA, graduated from Mary-Baldwin College and completed post graduate work at Columbia University.

On May 19, 1945 she married John S....

Apr 15, 2013

Anna (Hardie) Stimatze passed into the waiting arms of the Lord on April 15, 2013 at the age of 96.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Minnis Chapel in St. John, KS.  Burial will follow at Farmington Cemetery in Macksville, KS.

Anna was born on August 1, 1916 in Stafford...

Apr 14, 2013

Mary Sue Gilkeson died peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 14, 2013.  She was born in Topeka, KS, on August 19, 1914, to Susan Bingham and Ralph K. Ball.  She attended Topeka schools and graduated from Washburn University in Topeka in 1936 with a B.A. degree. Sue married her college sweetheart, Washburn law graduate Leo Mulloy, in 1939,...

Apr 14, 2013

Mary L. (Barnes) Krische, 88, got her wish and passed away peacefully at home at Vermont Towers April 14, 2013.

Mary was born December 2, 1924 in Emporia, KS.  She was the daughter of Arthur and Mary L (Cupp) Sowerby.

Mary moved to Lawrence in 1944 from Emporia to work at Hercules to help the...