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Barbara Ewing Crews

Barbara Ewing Crews

Mar 30, 2005

Celebration of life for Barbara Ewing Crews will take place 3:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. The family will greet friends from 6:00 ~ 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2019 also at the mortuary.

Barbara was a life-long Lawrence native, born February 28, 1926, the daughter of A.B. and Sally (Winsby) Ewing....

Mary Ellen (Horton) Comeau

Mary Ellen (Horton) Comeau

2005

Mary Ellen (Horton) Comeau was born to Lewis and Cecelia Schneider Horton on January 2nd, 1932 in Smackover, Arkansas. She moved to El Dorado, AR in 1936 where she spent her childhood. She attended St. Mary’s Dominican College in New Orleans, graduating with a BS in Business Administration. She worked for Pan Am Southern Corporation in New Orleans for...

Frances “Fran” Elizabeth Morrison

Frances “Fran” Elizabeth Morrison

Feb 17, 2004

Frances Elizabeth Morrison passed peacefully in her sleep Monday, February 8, 2016, at Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility. Frances was born April 30, 1924 and enjoyed her life, putting God and her family first.

She was united in marriage January 1, 1946 to Max W. Morrison 58 years before his preceding her in death on February 17, 2004....

Mary Jo Bryan

Mary Jo Bryan

2003

Funeral services for Mary Jo Bryan, 80, Elgin, SC formerly of Lawrence were held on Thursday at Faith Church of the Nazarene in Camden, S.C. Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 in Eudora Cemetery, Eudora, Kansas.

Mary Jo was born in upstate New York, raised in Ohio and New York in the...

Mary Jordan Carlson

Mary Jordan Carlson

2003

Mary Jordan Carlson, 90, formerly of Prospect Heights, and Glenview, IL passed away at Neuvant House in Lawrence, Kansas. Mary, daughter of Leslie and Ruth Jordan; born December 29, 1925 in rural Bristow, OK; skipped a grade in Junior high school; completed high school in three years as valedictorian; graduated at age 20 with a BS in Home Economics...

Stanley Newmyer Shumway

Stanley Newmyer Shumway

2000

STANLEY NEWMYER SHUMWAY was born in Omaha, Nebraska on February 19, 1932, and was raised and educated in the small town of Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska. His parents were Lorin L. and Helen Newmyer Shumway. He worked on the family farm and enjoyed the security of growing up in a happy and secure environment, surrounded by his parents, grandparents,...

Patricia J. Black

Patricia J. Black

Jul 23, 1997

Patricia J. Black, 89, formerly of Eudora, KS peacefully passed away Friday, April 5th at Hillside Village of DeSoto Skilled Nursing Center. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 12th from noon to 1:00 pm at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Eudora Chapel, Eudora, KS, with funeral following. Private graveside services will be held later at Hubbel Hill Cemetery, Tonganoxie, KS.

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Mary Lucretia Vannicola

Mary Lucretia Vannicola

Jul 4, 1997

Mary Lucretia Vannicola was the third child born to Alva and Maxine (Wolf) Goff on April 16, 1932, on her grandparents farm in Graham County, KS. She graduated from Hoxie, High School in 1950. She worked at Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Colby for six years. While working at the bank, she met Louis Vannicola. They married on...

Velma Mignot

Velma Mignot

1995

Mass of Christian Burial for Velma E. Mignot, 97, of Lawrence, Kansas will be 10 a.m., Thursday, July 7, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.

Velma was born December 17, 1913 in Walnut, Kansas the daughter of Sylvester and Jennie (Osburn) Van Ness.

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Kathryn Heffner

Kathryn Heffner

Dec 5, 1975

Kathryn “Kay” Heffner, 83, of Urbana, Ohio, died Saturday, October 30, in Lawrence, Kansas.

She was born March 1, 1927 in Gallipolis, OH, a daughter of Russell Austin and Rose Elsie (Altizer) Saunders.

Mrs. Heffner retired from Lazarus-Macys after 36 years. She had frequent lunches, dinners and vacations with her sisters and sisters-in-law and was...

Olelah Mae Morris

Olelah Mae Morris

Dec 27, 1973

Funeral services for Olelah Mae Morris will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 14, 2017 at Fairview Cemetery in Shawnee, OK.

Olelah Mae Morris was born August 25, 1925 in Claremore, Oklahoma. The daughter of David and Flora Cornell....

Clyde Thierry

Clyde Thierry

1959

Clyde Vincent Thierry, affectionately known as “Van,” was born October 22, 1908 in Chataigner, Louisiana to Franklin D’Avy and Eleanor Thierry. He was raised in Beggs, Oklahoma until the age of 15 when he moved to Kansas City Kansas.  While in Kansas, he met and married Ella Mae Miles in September 1935 and remained married until her death in...

Albert John Rowell

Albert John Rowell

Sep 28, 1929

Albert J. (Bert) Rowell was born in the cathedral city of Ely, a few miles from Cambridge, England on July 19 th , 1929.  He died at home on September 28 th in Lawrence, Kansas at the age of 94.

His father was a signals engineer in the railway system. Bert’s formative years were spent in Cambridgeshire...

Lavaughn (Williams) Kastl Peak

Lavaughn (Williams) Kastl Peak

Sep 11, 1924

LaVaughn (Williams) Kastl Peak 3/5/30 – 9/11/24

LaVaughn was born in Fulton, KS, where she attended Fulton High School and then moved to Fort Scott, KS where she met her future husband Calvin Kastl. They were married on March 15, 1947.

She was preceded in death by her daughter Peggy Kastl and her son Curtis...

Arvie Southard, Jr.

Arvie Southard, Jr.

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Wayne Morrison

Wayne Morrison

Warren-McElwain provides a full range of services including burial, cremation in our own crematory, entombment, or body donation. We offer a complete line of granite and bronze markers and arrange the installation in any cemetery. Complete pre-planning in advance of immediate need is also available.

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Exum Langrell

Exum Langrell

Warren-McElwain provides a full range of services including burial, cremation in our own crematory, entombment, or body donation. We offer a complete line of granite and bronze markers and arrange the installation in any cemetery. Complete pre-planning in advance of immediate need is also available.

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Larry Walburn

Larry Walburn

Warren-McElwain provides a full range of services including burial, cremation in our own crematory, entombment, or body donation. We offer a complete line of granite and bronze markers and arrange the installation in any cemetery. Complete pre-planning in advance of immediate need is also available.

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