Obituaries

Sep 11, 2009

Memorial services for William “Bill” Jennings Bryan, Jr., 87, Lawrence will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, October 11, 2009, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence, KS.  Graveside Inurnment services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, October 12, 2009 at Penwell-Gabel Memorial Park Cemetery in Topeka, KS.  He died September 11, 2009 at Brandon Woods...

Sep 11, 2009

Funeral service for Ervel F. Cleaver, 89, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Monday, September 14, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, KS.  Mr. Cleaver died on September 11, 2009 at his home.

He was born on April 29, 1920 in Findley, Illinois the son of...

Sep 6, 2009

Marjorie Baerg Boon’s funeral and burial will be at sea, off the coast of California.  She died on September 6, 2009 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor, after a long illness.

Marjorie was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago, where she earned her Ph.D.  She taught Germanics at De Paw University, and at the University...

Sep 5, 2009

Funeral services for Charity Vann, 24, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at Morning Star Christian Church. Private burial will be in the Oak Hill               Cemetery.  She died September 5, 2009 at her home after a 5 year battle with cancer.

She was born January 5, 1985 in Kansas...

Sep 5, 2009

Memorial Services for James A. “Jim” Roberts, 65, Lawrence, KS will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church (946 Vermont St.) in Lawrence.  Inurnment will be at a later date in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Chanute, KS. He died on Saturday evening, September 5, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, after a...

Sep 4, 2009

Funeral service for Louezelle Smith, 86, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.   Private burial will follow.  She died on Friday, September 4, 2009, at her home.She was born on March 19, 1923, in Alma, Arkansas, the daughter of James W. and Lula (Miller) Wise.

She worked for the Reuter Organ...

Sep 3, 2009

Memorial Mass for Bernadine Rocker, 74, Goodyear Arizona formerly of Lawrence, Kansas will be held Friday, September 18, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Inurnment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Bernadine passed away on September 3, 2009 at her home in Arizona, surrounded by loved ones.

She was...

Aug 30, 2009

Funeral Service for William Lawrence “Larry” Mitchell, Sr., 87, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. September 4, 2009, at Trinity Lutheran Church.  Burial will be at 1: 30 p.m. on Friday at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Olathe, Kansas.  He died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar, Lawrence.

He was born October 25,...

Aug 29, 2009

Funeral Services for ELMER ROBERT JOHANNING, 91, Lawrence, Ks. will be at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence.

Mr. Johanning died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Medical Center in Topeka.

Elmer was born April 29, 1918 in Worden, Kansas,...

Aug 28, 2009

Funeral service for Harley Jay Yoder, 82, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday September 1, 2009 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died August 28, 2009, at Rossville Mental Health and Rehabilitation Center, Rossville, KS.

Mr. Yoder was born May 8, 1927, in...

Aug 26, 2009

Memorial service for Josiah Lee Nance, Infant, will be held 8 a.m. Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Praise Temple Church of God in Christ.  He died August 26, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Survivors include mother, Jaquita Davis, Lawrence; father, Gene Nance, Lawrence; Maternal Grandmother, Catina Franklin, Lawrence; Maternal Grandfather, Harry Saulsberry, Alton, IL; Maternal Great-Grandmother, Martha...

Aug 26, 2009

Funeral services for Carl E. “Gene” Van Hoesen, 85, Lawrence, KS, will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 28, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Interment will be follow at Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin City, Kansas.  He died August 26, 2009, at his home.

Mr. Van Hoesen was born October 30, 1923, in Willow Springs Township, KS,...

Aug 26, 2009

Graveside service for Jimmy Dale Howell, 68, Lawrence will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  Mr. Howell died on August 26, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born on June 22, 1941 in Koshkonong, MO the son of Jesse Ivory and Lydia Ethel Brazael Howell.

He worked for...

Aug 24, 2009

Funeral services for Ozella Eva Burns, 87, Lawrence will be held 10:00 a.m.  Friday, August 28, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died August 24, 2009 at Baldwin Health Care Center.

She was born September 6, 1921 in Lamar, Arkansas the daughter of John L. and Maude P. Horton...

Aug 24, 2009

Funeral services for Ozella Eva Burns, 87, Lawrence will be held 10:00 a.m.  Friday, August 28, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died August 24, 2009 at Baldwin Health Care Center.

She was born September 6, 1921 in Lamar, Arkansas the daughter of John L. and Maude P. Horton...

Aug 20, 2009

Funeral services for Barbara McCandless Grodi, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 6 p.m.     Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will be in Hampden Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.  She died August 20, 2009 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado the daughter of Russell and Irma (Hoop)...

Aug 17, 2009

Memorial services for Lynn McCormick, 80, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2009.  Inurnment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  Lynn died August 17, 2009 at Harbor House.

She was born on April 24, 1929 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Carl and Beulah Lewis Devard.

She married William...

Aug 12, 2009

Funeral Services for Wanda Mae Gonuslin, 74, Lawrence will be 11 a.m., Saturday, August 15, 2009  at Calvary Church of God In Christ. Interment will be in Leavenworth National Cemetery on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 9 a.m.

She died Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Wanda was born March 7, 1935 in...

Aug 9, 2009

Memorial services for Darrell E. Kahle, 74, Eudora, KS will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 15, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary—Eudora, Kansas. Military Honors will be conducted by Dorsey-Liberty Post #14, American Legion.

He died on Sunday, August 09, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Kahle was born on December 16, 1934 in Kansas City,...

Aug 9, 2009

Memorial services for Darrell E. Kahle, 74, Eudora, KS will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 15, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary—Eudora, Kansas. Military Honors will be conducted by Dorsey-Liberty Post #14, American Legion.

He died on Sunday, August 09, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Kahle was born on December 16, 1934 in Kansas City,...