Obituaries

Feb 16, 2010

A private memorial life celebration for O. Warren Mitchell, 84, Lawrence, is planned for this spring.

Mr. Mitchell died February 16, 2010, in Lawrence.

He was born Sept. 23, 1925, in Abilene, the son of J.L. (Roy) and Laura Cooley Mitchell.

Mr. Mitchell graduated from Minneapolis High School, then served as an airman...

Feb 16, 2010

Funeral service for Betty Jean Gabriel, 78, Fort Worth, Texas will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary- Eudora Chapel.  Mrs. Gabriel died in her sleep, February 16, 2010, in Fort Worth, Texas after a long illness with Alzheimer’s.

She was born May 4, 1931 in Eudora, Kansas, the daughter of Howard...

Feb 15, 2010

Memorial service for Edward “Skip” R. Speich, Sr., 65, Lawrence will be held 6 p.m. Friday, February 19, 2010 at Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church.  Mr. Speich died on February 15, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born on January 5, 1945 in Kansas City the son of Robert Walter and Ruth Louise Speich.

Mr....

Feb 15, 2010

Memorial service for Leonard Edwin Dodson, Sr., 90, Lawrence will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  He died February 15, 2010 at his home.

He was born on March 1, 1919 in McCloud, OK the oldest son of Lillian Couch and Thomas E. Dodson.  He graduated from the University of Oklahoma School...

Feb 14, 2010

A memorial mass for Daniel J. “Tucker” Blewitt, 60, Ft. Worth, TX will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS.  Private inurnment will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at the James L. West Center in Ft. Worth. He...

Feb 13, 2010

Memorial Mass for Dr. Nobleza Castro Asuncion-Landé, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. February 27, 2010 at St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center in Lawrence.  (The Memorial Mass will be preceded by the Praying of the Rosary at 9:00 a.m..)   Inurnment will follow the mass in Pioneer Cemetery.  She died February 13, 2010 at her home.

Feb 13, 2010

Private graveside services for LaVesta A. (Tess) Banning, 81, Lawrence, KS will be held at the Washington Creek Cemetery in SW Douglas County, Kansas.  She died on Saturday evening, February 13, 2010 at the Hillside Village of DeSoto, KS.

She was born on November 27, 1928 in Lawrence, the daughter of James R. & Alberta Bateson Rule. ...

Feb 11, 2010

The funeral service for Austin Lee Clover, 16, Baldwin City, KS, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died on Thursday, February 11th at his home near Baldwin.

He was born on January 10, 1994 in Lawrence,...

Feb 10, 2010

Graveside  service for Charles W. “Bill” Lawrence, Sr., 74, formerly of Lawrence, will be  held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 13, 2010  at Oak Hill Cemetery. A Celebration of Life will follow the service at the residence of Michael Lawrence.   Mr. Lawrence died February 10, 2010 at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, Kansas. He was born on October 13,...

Feb 8, 2010

Funeral services for Wilma Aileen Alter Weinberg, 91, 0f Lawrence, Kansas will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 13, 2010 at Ford Wulf Burns Chapel in Coffeyville, Kansas. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas. Wilma died Monday, February 8, 2010 at the Brandon Woods Retirement Center at Alvamar in Lawrence.

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Feb 7, 2010

Funeral services for Fred Ernest Schulmeyer, 73, Leon, KS (formerly of Lawrence, KS) will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.   Private Burial will be in the Vinland Cemetery.  He died February 7, 2010 at his home in Leon, Kansas.

He was born on April 27, 1936 in Lawrence, Kansas the son of...

Feb 7, 2010

Funeral service for Charles Ned Cushing, 86, Lawrence will be held 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 11, 2010 at First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence.  Burial will be held 11 a.m. Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Downs Cemetery in Downs, Kansas.  He died, Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born on September 21, 1923...

Feb 7, 2010

Funeral services for Letha L. Wulfkuhle, 90, Baldwin City, will be held  at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2010  at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow in Zion Cemetery in Shawnee County, Kansas.  She died February 7, 2010 at Vintage Park in Baldwin City, KS.

She was born January 22, 1920 in Stull, Kansas the daughter...

Feb 7, 2010

Funeral service for Susie R. Budd, 91, Lawrence, KS, will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 15, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died Sunday February 7, 2010 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

Mrs. Budd was born August 11, 1918 in the Brown Community, northeast of McLouth, in Leavenworth County,  Kansas.  ...

Feb 6, 2010

Memorial service for, Scot James Hamlin, 49, Eudora will be held 10 am Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary- Eudora Chapel.

He was born on August 19, 1960 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin the son of William George and Mary Lou (Van Norman) Hamlin.

He was a 1978 graduate of Eudora High School.  He was a...

Feb 6, 2010

Mass of Christian Burial for Robert Orvis Whitaker, 90, of Lawrence, Kansas will be held 10 a.m., Saturday February 13, 2010 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Mr. Whitaker died Saturday, February 6, 2010 in Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence.  Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence with Military Honors.

He was...

Feb 4, 2010

Memorial service for James O. Maloney, 94, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas, will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lawrence, Kansas.  He died Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.

He was born on April 29, 1915 in St. Joseph, Missouri the son...

Feb 4, 2010

Memorial service for Dixie Lee (Bradshaw) Vitt, 81, Lawrence will be held 1 p.m. Monday, February 8, 2010 at Trinity Episcopal Church.  Mrs. Vitt died February 4, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  Inurnment will take place at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery.

She moved to Lawrence in 1946 from Lock Springs, Mo.

She...

Feb 3, 2010

Celebration of life services for Hazel I. Glasener, 95, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence.  She died February 3, 2010 at Wellsville Retirement Community.

Hazel was born March 19, 1914 in Amity, Arkansas.  She was the daughter of William...

Feb 3, 2010

A memorial service for Esther Bjerre Bowles Owen, 91, will take place March 27, 2010, in Minnesota.  Mrs. Owen died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Bloomington. Minnesota. She was born March 28, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Peder and Ydun Bjerre.  She moved to Lawrence in 1980, and to Minnesota in 1998. She was preceded in death...