Obituaries

Mar 13, 2011

Funeral services for Jimmie L. Kraft, 89, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.   Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Paola Cemetery in Paola, KS.  She died on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

She was born...

Mar 12, 2011

Funeral services for Wilford Brown, Jr., 80, Lawrence, will be held at Warren-McElwain Mortuary at 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2011.   Burial with military honors will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Mr. Brown died March 12, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born March 7, 1931 in Lawrence, KS, the...

Mar 10, 2011

Memorial service for Madalyn Ruth Simpson, 88, Lawrence, will be held Tuesday, March 15 at 4:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 10th & Vermont in Lawrence. Private inurnment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Simpson died March 10, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community where she engaged in her life-long enjoyment of painting.  She is a...

Mar 9, 2011

Funeral services for Joanne Jones Vogt, 75, of Lawrence, KS will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 11, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS. Private inurnment will be at a later date at Memorial Park Cemetery Columbarium in Lawrence.  She died on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born on May...

Mar 8, 2011

Private graveside interment for Margaret Caroline Lewis, 93, Lawrence, KS, will be held at the Lone Elm Cemetery in Lone Elm, KS.  She died on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

Ms. Lewis was born on July 12, 1917 in Vail, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph & Emma Turner Patrick.

She had...

Mar 5, 2011

Mass of Christian Burial for George "Ned" Edward Rooney, 77, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10:00 a.m., March 10, 2011 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS. Visitation is at the church at 9:00, rosary at 9:30 and funeral mass at 10:00. Luncheon provided prior to departure for graveside services at Fidelity in Fairview, KS. Burial will...

Mar 5, 2011

Graveside services for Ruth Jeanette Beers Nelson, 89, Topeka, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 11, 2011 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. Kansas.  She died March 5, 2011 at Medicalodges in Eudora, Kansas.

She was born January 2, 1922 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Charles Arthur and Edith Grace (Brockett) Pieratt.

She...

Mar 5, 2011

Melba Sibbella Kelley, 90, of High Ridge Missouri and former Lawrence resident died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at St. Clare Health Center, Fenton, MO. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family.

Melba was born Dec. 7, 1920, in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles and Sibbellah (Wilson) Fulton and attended  Addington Schools.  She married Arnold...

Mar 4, 2011

Memorial Services for Ruth “Jeanette” Roberts will be held 2-4 p.m., Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the Central Junior High Auditorium.  She died March 4, 2011, at Pioneer Ridge.  Inurnment took place in the Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, MO.  She was born on May 12, 1935, in Moberly, MO the daughter of G. Harold and Ruth (Breckenridge)...

Mar 4, 2011

Private memorial services for Kimber Ray Coffelt, 56, Lecompton, will be held at a later date.  He died Friday, March 4, 2011 at his home from an Aortic Embolism. He was born September 11, 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas the son of Charlie and Jewel (Fergus) Coffelt. He worked for 20 years for the University of Kansas as a Storekeeper...

Mar 3, 2011

Funeral services for Millard Elden Murray, 85, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Military graveside honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Murray died March 3, 2011 at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.

Millard was born on October 20, 1925 in Lawrence, KS,...

Mar 2, 2011

Funeral services for Donald M. Schonberg, 88, Lawrence will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Lawrence Bible Chapel in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS.  He died Wednesday, March  2, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born November 2, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN the son of Martin...

Mar 2, 2011

A Mass of Christian Burial for Emma Estrada, 86, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora, KS  Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora.  She died on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at her home.

She was born January 3, 1925 in...

Feb 27, 2011

Funeral services for Donald Bernard Norris, 92, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 2011 at University Community of Christ Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  Mr. Norris died February 27, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born February 15, 1919 in Butte, Montana, the son of...

Feb 27, 2011

Memorial Service for Robert Eric Kristiansen, 55, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. November 18, 1955 – February 27, 2011 Bob passed away Sunday after his valiant six year fight against non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Bob was born in Cheektowaga, NY.  He grew up in Hamburg, NY and was a life-long fan...

Feb 26, 2011

Funeral services for Lois M. Kibbee McCleery Hamrick, 82, Palm Beach Gardens, FL will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 7, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence. She died February 26, 2011 at her home.

Lois was born February 20, 1929 in Atchison, KS, the daughter of Roy C. and...

Feb 23, 2011

Memorial services for Joseph Lynn Hickock, 52, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, March 7, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Inurnment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home.

He was born May 14, 1958 in Lawrence, KS the son of Joseph Loving Hickock, Jr....

Feb 21, 2011

Funeral services for Darlene Rider Lovelett, 84, Eudora, KS, will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 25, 2011 at Eudora United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Eudora Cemetery. She died February 21, 2011 at Medicalodges in Eudora.

She was born July 5, 1926 in Polk, Nebraska, the daughter of John and Anna (Bramer) Falk.

Feb 18, 2011

Funeral services for Corby Reeves, 93, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Military graveside honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence.  He died on February 18, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar, Lawrence, KS.  He was a resident of Lawrence since 1954.

He was born...

Feb 15, 2011

Kathryn Jo Pierce Steffen was born April 2, 1928, in Minneapolis, MN, the only child of Esther and George Pierce. She joined her husband, Norm, in heaven on February 15, 2011. Kay passed peacefully, surrounded by family, in a residential memory care home in Leawood, KS. A visitation will be held Saturday, February 19, at 2:00 p.m. at Immanuel...