Obituaries

May 28, 2012

Mass of Christian Burial for Marylee Brochmann, 86, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2012 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Inurnment will take place at a later date in the Saint Bridget Cemetery in Scammon, KS.  She died May 28, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born on April 17, 1926...

May 27, 2012

Lynn Marion Bretz, former director of University Communications at the University of Kansas, died at her home after a long battle with cancer on Sunday, May 27, 2012.  She was preceded in death by her loving partner of 30 years Janet Hamburg, her mother Marion, and her father Marshall.  She is survived by her sister Anne Bretz-Aronoff and husband...

May 25, 2012

Allen Hoffman Jr., 89, of Lawrence, Kansas passed away at his home on May 25, 2012.  Allen was born on a farm west of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma on March 18, 1923.  He was the son of Allen and Rosa Mae (Holloway) Hoffman. He graduated from Coffeyville High school and attended Coffeyville Jr. College where he lettered playing football in...

May 25, 2012

Funeral services for Raybert H. Thornton, Sr., 96, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Hardy-Oak Cemetery in Jefferson County, KS.  He died on Friday, May 25, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Raybert was born on April 29, 1916 in Lamar, MO, the...

May 22, 2012

Memorial services for Jerrald Michael Lynch, 65, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11:00 a.m.  Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Private family inurnment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, KS.  He died on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Colmery-O’Neil VA Hospital in Topeka.

Jerrald Michael Lynch, born May 6,...

May 22, 2012

Graveside services for Barbara Jean Bright Zimmerman, 83, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 25, at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora.  Mrs. Zimmerman died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born Jan. 14, 1929, in Lawrence, the daughter of Ralph E. and Delta Swain Bright.

She was a...

May 21, 2012

Graveside service for Betty Jean Ryan, 88, Lawrence will be held 10 am Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died May 21, 2012 at The Windsor of Lawrence.

Betty was born on November 30, 1923 in Osage County, KS the daughter of William Earl and Bertha Leora (Drummond) Gordon.

Betty was a...

May 20, 2012

Vincent A. Gray, 91, Lawrence, departed peacefully on May 20, 2012.  A private family service is being planned.

Vincent was born on May 29, 1920 in Holton, KS, the son of Warren and Clara Gray.

He graduated from Holton High School, and then worked for his uncle in a retail jewelry store in Hiawatha, KS. ...

May 18, 2012

Private graveside inurnment services for Elizabeth Francis Jacobs, 107, Lawrence, KS, are planned for a later date at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City, OK.  She died Friday, May 18, 2012, at her home in the Brandon Woods Retirement Community.

Mrs. Jacobs was born on July 13, 1904, in Marble Falls, TX, the daughter of Carl and...

May 18, 2012

Graveside inurnment services for William H. Douglas, Jr., 87, Lawrence, KS will be on Tuesday, May 22 at 10:00am at Pioneer Cemetery on the West Campus of KU.  He died on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

He was born on April 23, 1925 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the son of William H. Sr....

May 17, 2012

A Celebration of Life service for Gerald “Link” Hughes, 83, Perry, KS, will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Mustard Seed Church, 700 Wakarusa Drive in Lawrence, KS.  He died on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at his home.

He was a member of the Mustard Seed Church and the Alpha Course at the...

May 16, 2012

Memorial services for Earl Wesley “Bill” Swanner, 85, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will be held at a later date at Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, KS.  He died on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Hickory Pointe Care & Rehabilitation Center in Oskaloosa.

Earl was...

May 12, 2012

Funeral services for Rachel Margaret Harvey Hammers, 32, Lawrence, KS, will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Rachel was born on August 26, 1979 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the...

May 12, 2012

Funeral services for Sherman Ellis Ledbetter, 72, Lawrence will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Mr. Ledbetter died May 12, 2012 of complications due to congestive heart failure at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born on January 12, 1940 in Competition, Missouri the son of Charles W. and Mary A. (Dorris)...

May 11, 2012

Funeral services for Irving A. “Mitch”  Mitchell, 69, Lawrence, KS, will be held 2 p.m. Friday, May 18, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Burial with Military Honors will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at his home. Irving was born on September 21, 1942 in Linwood, KS, the son of Wade...

May 11, 2012

Funeral services for Charlotte Ann Dickson, 75, Lawrence, KS, will be held at  11:00 a.m., Friday, May 18, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  She died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at her home.

Charlotte was born on March 6, 1937 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Wilford and...

May 10, 2012

Memorial services for Wilmer Albert Linkugel, 83, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow at Pioneer Cemetery.  He died on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at his home.

Wilmer was born on January 12, 1929 in Bremen, KS the son of Otto and...

May 3, 2012

Funeral services for Dean Clifford Brown, 49, Lawrence will be held Monday, May 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at his work.

He was born September 12, 1962 in Lawrence, Kansas the son of Marvin Clifford and Wyona M. (Reavis)...

Apr 30, 2012

Services for Edna Irene Webb, 97, Shawnee, will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 7, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Inurnment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  Mrs. Webb died April 30, 2012 at Shawnee Mission Hospital in Merriam, Kansas.

She was born January 21, 1915 in Timken, Kansas, the daughter of Emil and...

Apr 28, 2012

Memorial services for David Hudson Owen, 72, Baldwin City, will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence, KS.  David passed away at his home on Saturday, April 28, 2012.

David was born on March 8, 1940 in Bellows Falls, VT, the son of Rev. George B. and Christine (Jones)...