Obituaries

Jun 14, 2010

Funeral service for Roger Lee Wilks, 54, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Mr. Wilks died June 14, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born on February 10, 1956 in Leavenworth, Kansas the son of Chester Arthur, Sr. & Mary Jane Henninger Wilks.

He was a self employed mechanic.  He...

Jun 13, 2010

A memorial service for Brenda Kay Durr, 49, of Eudora, Ks. will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the St. Pauls United Church of Christ in Eudora.  Private family inurnment will be at a later date in Eudora Cemetery.

Ms. Durr died Sunday, June 13, 2010 at her home in Eudora.

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Jun 13, 2010

Private family inurnment service for James A Price, 72, Lawrence will be at a later date in Gore Oklahoma.  Mr. Price died Sunday June 13, 2010, at his home.  He was a long-term resident of Lawrence.

He was born September 11, 1937, in Oklahoma City,OK, the son of Jesse and Lola (Carter) Price. Mr. Price graduated from...

Jun 11, 2010

The funeral service for Ralph I. Nesler, Sr., 84, Lawrence, Kansas, will be held at 3p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Military honors will follow the service.  He died on Friday, June 11, 2010 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

He was born on July 5, 1925 in Virginia, Minnesota, the son...

Jun 10, 2010

Funeral services for Arthur Turner, 63, Lawrence will be held at 11 am, Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Ninth Street Baptist Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died June 10, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born September 23, 1946 in Vicksburg, Mississippi the son of Henry Plug...

Jun 10, 2010

The funeral service for Lillian Louise O’Keefe, 84, Lawrence, will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 14, 2010 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence. She died on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at Brandon Woods Arbor, Lawrence.

She was born on January 2, 1926 in Oskaloosa, Kansas, the daughter of George Marion...

Jun 8, 2010

Private graveside services for Brandon M. (Bryant) Sims, 25, will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS.  He died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, Lawrence, Kansas.

He was born October 8, 1984 in Lawrence, Kansas the son of Gaye Livingston and George W. Bunnel. He was a graduate of Glendale High School in Springfield, MO.

Jun 6, 2010

Memorial service for Constance “Connee” E. Breyley, 66, Lawrence will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Mrs. Breyley died June 6, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born on April 6, 1944 in Clay Center, KS the daughter of Melvin and Mary Walters Stoll.

Connee grew up on a...

Jun 5, 2010

The funeral service for Carrol Gerstenberger, 89, Eudora, KS, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the Eudora United Methodist Church in Eudora (2084 N. 1300 Rd.).  Burial will follow in Eudora Cemetery.  He died on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at the Medicalodge in Eudora.

He was born on December 16, 1920 in...

Jun 5, 2010

A private inurnment for Pauline G. Harvey, 86, Lawrence, will be at a later date in Memorial Park  Cemetery.  She died Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. She was a longtime resident of Lawrence.

Pauline was born on August 19, 1923 in Parsons, Kansas, the daughter of George and Stamata Pappas.  She graduated from...

Jun 3, 2010

Funeral Services for D. Douglas Breithaupt, 69, Lawrence will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at First Church of the Nazarene in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Worden Cemetery in Rural Douglas County, Kansas.  He died Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born November 26, 1940 in Lawrence, KS the son...

Jun 1, 2010

A Celebration of Life Open House for friends of the family of Irvin Lewis Durflinger, 78, Lawrence will be held Tuesday, June 8 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at 4504 Oak Tree Ct., Lawrence, KS.  Inurnment will be at a later date in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. He died June 1, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Mr....

Jun 1, 2010

Funeral service for Leslie C. Boring, 88, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 4, 2010 at Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church in Lawrence. Military Graveside honors will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died on June 1, 2010 at Presbyterian Manor.  He was a resident of Lawrence since 1958.

He was born on February...

May 28, 2010

Memorial Services for J.D. Gilmer, 81, Ellinwood, KS will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Ellinwood, KS.  Private inurnment will be at a later date in the Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, KS.  He died on Friday, May 28, 2010 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, KS.

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May 28, 2010

Memorial services for Richard “Dick” J. Bennett, 88, Lawrence, will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He died May 28, 2010 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence.  Mr. Bennett had recently moved to Lawrence from South Bend, Indiana, where he had lived for over 30 years.

Dick was born...

May 27, 2010

Funeral services for Robert Stephen Mueller, 89, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 29, 2010 at the Trinity Episcopal Church (10th & Vermont) in Lawrence.  Burial will be held at Mount Moriah, Kansas City, MO.   Robert died May 27, 2010 at Lawrence, KS.

Bob was born in Kansas City, Kansas on November 13, 1920...

May 27, 2010

The funeral service for Margaret L. Freeman, 92, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at the Trinity Lutheran Church 1245 New Hampshire Lawrence, KS 66044.  Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence.  She died on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born on October 9, 1917 in Atchison,...

May 24, 2010

Funeral service for Nancy Alberta Rolland-Thomas, 43, Eudora , KS will be held 10 a.m. Friday, May 28, 2010 at Jack Ribbon Baptist Church in Pryor, Oklahoma.  Mrs. Rolland-Thomas died May 24, 2010 at her home.

Nancy was born on April 6, 1967 in San Francisco, CA the daughter of Amos Wilson and Carolyn White Rolland.

May 24, 2010

A Funeral Mass will be held at the Catholic Church Nuestra Señora del Carmen, located at Avenida Jorge Montt 1785 Las Salinas, Viña del Mar, Chile. Entombment will follow in the Cementerio Parroquial El Belloto located at Baden Pawell 696, Quilpue, Chile. Mass will be celebrated Friday, June 4 at 15:00.

She died on Monday 24, 2010...

May 23, 2010

John McQueen Nunn, 80, died of cancer on May 23, 2010 at his home in Baldwin City, Kansas.  He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 15, 1929, the third of five children, to Leah Agnes (Hennessey) Nunn and Walter Melrose Nunn.

After graduation in 1948 from Warren Easton High School in New Orleans he joined...