Dec 2, 2011

A Celebration of the life of Dorothy M. Steward, 95, Lawrence will be at 3 pm, Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church.  A private family burial will be held at  2:00 p.m. on December 7, 2011 at the Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Kansas.

Mrs. Steward died Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Baldwin Health...

Dec 1, 2011

Funeral services for Sara J. Green, 87, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died December 1, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

Sara was born on February 23, 1924 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of William and Elizabeth...

Nov 28, 2011

Funeral services for John H. ‘Jack” Denton, 78, Lawrence, KS will be at 11 a.m. Monday, December5, 2011 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church.  Private burial will be later at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Topeka, KS.  He died on Monday, November 28, 2011 at his home.

Jack was born on September 17, 1933 in Kansas City,...

Nov 26, 2011

Funeral services for Shari Ann (Reed) Sheaffer, 66, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Lawrence Wesleyan Church.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died November 26, 2011 at her home.

Shari was born on July 25, 1945 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of William and Emma (Richardson) Reed....

Nov 25, 2011

Ferguson, Dorothy S. (Stringham), 78, of Raymore, Missouri, passed away on Nov. 25, 2011 after a six-year battle with cancer.  She was the daughter of R. Paul and Ruth Stringham, and is survived by her sister, Helen Fridblom, and brother, Howard P. Stringham.

Dorothy married Sam D. Ferguson, who survives, on March 16, 1952.  Also surviving are...

Nov 24, 2011

Graveside services for Pamela S. “Pam” Rothwell, 60, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died November 24, 2011 at home after battling a long illness.

She was born on July 25, 1951 in Marceline, MO the daughter of Hubert “Herb” Vincent and Jewell Jean (Dorrell) Kornbrust.

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Nov 22, 2011

Memorial services for Robert E. “Bob” Shmalberg, 84, Lawrence, KS will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.    Private entombment will be at the Memorial Park Garden Mausoleum in Lawrence.  He died on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at his home.  Rev. Dr. Peter Luckey will be the officiant.

Bob...

Nov 22, 2011

Andrew Rodgman – Obituary

Born October 30th, 1985, one day before his father’s birthday of October 31st in Ottawa, Ontario, from the get go Andrew was always doing his own thing. He was 26 years old.  The son of Dr. Graeme and Dr. Susan Rodgman (Mowat) and brother of Dr. Christopher Rodgman of New Orleans, LA, he...

Nov 21, 2011

A family gathering will be held at a later date to celebrate the life of Olga Lillian Davis Haigler who died November 21, 2011.

Olga was born February 28, 1914, near Syracuse in Otoe County, Nebraska, the fourth of six daughters to Orlando Evan Davis and Anna Christina (Bengston) Davis.

She graduated from Syracuse High...

Nov 21, 2011

Heidi Linnay Everley, DDS, 36, of Overland Park, Kansas died at home on 11/21/2011 after a long, courageous battle with cancer.

Heidi was born January 22, 1975 in Topeka Kansas to Marty Garren and Linda Binggeli-Reynolds.  She graduated from Topeka High School in 1993 where she excelled in diving, cheerleading and academics.  She then attended the University...

Nov 20, 2011

Funeral services for Margaret A. Banks, 74, Osage City, formerly of Lawrence will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died November 20, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.

Margaret was born on August 10, 1937 in Lebanon, MO the daughter...

Nov 18, 2011

Graveside services for Coral Jean Sheppard, 88, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2011 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died Friday, November 18, 2011 at her home.

She was born February 8, 1923 in Baldwin City, KS the daughter of George Dewey and Grace (Keller) Schmitendorf.

She attended Liberty Memorial High...

Nov 17, 2011

A Mass of Christian Burial for Dean Burkhead, 80, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2011 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence. Dean passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at his home.

Dean was born on April 27, 1931 in Quinter,...

Nov 15, 2011

Clara Sieve, 100, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on November 15, 2011. Her parents, Gottfried and Mary (Herbers) Sieve, and her brothers and sisters Elizabeth Sieve, Frank Sieve, Leo Sieve, Josephine Schroers, Albert Sieve, and Olivia Beaubien preceded her in death. She is survived by a sister, Matilda Petesch, a brother, Lawrence Sieve, and 31 nieces...

Nov 10, 2011

Private graveside services for Madelyn Ronnie Jenks, 92, Lawrence will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died November 10, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Madelyn was born on July 15, 1919 in Starbuck, MN the daughter of Carl and Esther Engebretson Ronnie.

She was a graduate of Minnesota School of Business and attended...

Nov 9, 2011

Private memorial services and inurnment for Viola A. “Babs” Murphy, 92, of Lawrence, KS will be at a later date.  She died on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence.

She was born on September 28, 1919 in Wayside, KS, the daughter of Oscar & Susan Beard Maupin.

Mrs. Murphy was...

Nov 9, 2011

Private family services for Olga Fisher Black, 96, Eudora, formerly of Grandview, MO will be held at a later date.  She died November 9, 2011 at her home in Eudora.

Olga was born on May 5, 1915 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Steve and Elizabeth (Danyi) Fisher. They had immigrated from Hungry in the late 1890’s. ...

Nov 7, 2011

Marjory Ruth Hermes passed out of this world peacefully, in the early hours Monday November 7th after a long graceful journey through lung cancer.

She was born June 28th 1931 in Caldwell Kansas and was the only child of Truman and Ruth Brown.

Her life was an adventure that included growing up between her parents...

Nov 5, 2011

Irene Edith Stein was born on March 4, 1910, in LaPlata, Missouri, the daughter of Paul William Kroggel, a blacksmith, and Eda Louise Kroggel (nee Fennel). Of German ancestry, she had one older brother, Raymond. The family moved to Moberly, Missouri where her father became part of the Fennel Auto Works.

Irene attended Moberly High School, Moberly...

Nov 3, 2011

A Mass of Christian Burial for Kathleen Fitzpatrick Haas, 96, a resident of Lawrence, will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will be 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney, KS.  Kathleen died in Newton, IA on November 3, 2011.

Kathleen was born...