Obituaries

Dec 25, 2011

Visitation for Gary G. Howe, 62, Junction City, KS will be held Friday, December 30, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Private family services will take place at a later date.  He died December 25, 2011 at his home.

Gary was born on April 19, 1949 in Newton, Iowa the son...

Dec 25, 2011

Memorial services for Ouita N. Russell, 90, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died December 25, 2011 at Medicalodges in Eudora. She was born July 24, 1921 in Lamar, Arkansas the daughter of Jess and Flora Bell (Cowell) Horton. Ouita worked as a waitress at the Turnpike Restaurant and the...

Dec 22, 2011

Funeral services for James Z. Huff, 85, Lawrence will be held at 1:30pm, Thursday, December 22, 2011, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Additional services will be held in Albany, KY at a later date with burial at Irwin Cemetery in Clinton County, KY.

Jim was born on December 5, 1926 in Clinton County, KY, the son of...

Dec 22, 2011

William Charles “Bill” Kitchen, passed away peacefully early in the morning of December 22, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge in Lawrence, KS.  A Memorial service will be held at a later date.

Born on May 3, 1924 in Hays, KS, he was 87 years old. Bill grew up in Hays, KS.  After graduating from Hays High School in...

Dec 21, 2011

Virginia Kaspar Dolezal, 93, passed away December 21st, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Virginia was born March 11, 1918 in Wilson, KS the daughter of Georgia and Emil Kaspar.  She was a 1940 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy.

She married Joseph F. Dolezal in 1940; they owned and operated the Zeman...

Dec 20, 2011

A Mass of Christian Burial for Marian M. Brown, 82, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at 12:30 p.m. at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, KS.  She died December 20, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Marian was born on December 11,...

Dec 19, 2011

Memorial services for Patrick William Whalen, 63, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m., Friday, December 23, 2011 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.  Private family burial will be held prior to the Memorial service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died December 19, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born on April 14, 1948 in...

Dec 19, 2011

Funeral services for Richard D. “Dick” Wintermote, 85, Lawrence, KS will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.  Rev. Dr. Peter Luckey will be the officiant.  Private burial will be later in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, MO.  He died on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar...

Dec 18, 2011

Mass of Christian Burial for John E. Gruber Sr., 89, Eudora, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will be in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora. Mr. Gruber died Sunday, December 18, 2011, in the home he built. Mr.

Gruber was born March 17, 1922 in Overbrook, the son...

Dec 18, 2011

Funeral services for Rita Gruber, 71, Eudora, Kan., will be held 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora.

Rita passed away Thursday, January 16, 2020, at KU Med Center due to complications from a brain aneurysm sustained at her home...

Dec 16, 2011

Funeral services for James Ray Moore, 77, Lawrence will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 22, 2011 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Lawrence.  Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City, KS.  He died December 16, 2011 at home.

James was born on December 30, 1933 in Dodge City,...

Dec 16, 2011

Funeral Services for Karl W. Koch, 71, Shawnee, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary-Eudora Chapel.  Military Graveside service will follow in Eudora Cemetery, Eudora.  He died December 16, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.

Karl was born September 3, 1940, in Lawrence, KS, the son of Gus and Jane...

Dec 16, 2011

No organized funeral service planned for Duane Melvin Brooks, 67, Lawrence, he chose cremation and his family honored those wishes.  A Celebration of Life Party and Cookout is planned for January 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at 4441 Freeman Rd in Manhattan, KS (call Anna for directions at home), all family, friends and co-workers are invited to...

Dec 15, 2011

A Mass of Christian Burial for Sandra Ann Mancewicz Hefferren, 76, Lawrence will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.  She died December 15, 2011 at home.

Sandra was born on January 9, 1935 in Hamtramick, Detroit, Michigan, the...

Dec 15, 2011

The Mass of Christian Burial for Laura Christine Baldwin, 30, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  She passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born on November...

Dec 14, 2011

Funeral services for Lydia L. Coleman, 71, Lawrence, KS, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Ninth Street Baptist Church in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  Pastors Delmar White and William Dulin will be the officiants. She died in her home Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

She was born...

Dec 13, 2011

Funeral services for Theodora B. “Theo” Puckett, 91, Eudora, KS,  will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at Medicalodges in Eudora.

Theodora was born on March 16, 1920, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of...

Dec 12, 2011

Funeral services for Lonnie W. Welsh, 65, rural Lawrence, KS, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Military and Masonic graveside services will follow at Clinton Cemetery in Clinton, KS.   He died on Monday, December 12, 2011 at his home near Clinton, KS.

He was born on December...

Dec 12, 2011

Funeral services for Richard Harry Smith, 71, Lawrence will be held 1 p.m., Friday, December 16, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at   Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton, KS with Military Honors.  He died December 12, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Richard was born on February 1, 1940 in Lecompton, Kansas the son of...

Dec 10, 2011

Funeral services for Leta Mae Percival, 85, Lawrence will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died December 10, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born September 28, 1926 in Lone Star, KS the daughter of Alva T. “Buck” and Kizzie (Brubaker) Hodges....