Obituaries

Caden White

Jan 9, 2009

A Celebration of the Life of Caden Michael White, 5, son of Darin and Shannon Wentz White, will be at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church.  Burial will follow in the Prairie Center Cemetery, SE of Eudora, Kansas.  He died on Friday, January 9, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

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Robert Davis

Jan 9, 2009

Funeral services for Robert Davis, 63, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, January 16, 2010.  Interment will be held at. 9 a.m. Monday, January 18, 2010 at Leavenworth National Cemetery.  He died January 9, 2009 at his home.

He was born on March 5, 1946 in Belle, Tennessee the son of Pauline Davis.

He...

Jesse “Jay” Turnbull

Jan 7, 2009

Funeral services for Jay Turnbull, 41, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at Pioneer Cemetery on the West Campus of the University of Kansas. He died suddenly of natural cause at his home at 1617 Alabama Street, Lawrence, on Wednesday, January 7, 2009....

Edna Baker

Jan 1, 2009

Funeral services for Edna V. Baker, 102, Omaha will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

She died January 1, 2009 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Steven Spears, Omaha,...

Wilbur Rothwell

Apr 22, 2008

Funeral service for Wilbur Rothwell, 86, Lawrence, will be 2 p.m. Monday, April 27, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died April 22, 2008, at his home.

He was born July 19, 1922, in Jefferson County, KS, the son of Thurman Allen and Mable Florence Carr Rothwell.  He was raised in...

Arthur W. “Bill” Keefer

2008

Graveside services for Arthur W. “Bill” Keefer, 93, Lawrence, will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at Clinton Cemetery in Clinton, KS.  The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. – 12:00 noon on Thursday, prior to the graveside service at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Bill was born August 11, 1928 in Ottawa,...

Janet Jean O’Connor

Oct 5, 2006

Janet J. (Jensen) O’Connor was born in Minden, Nebraska on August 12, 1941 to Glenville (“Dynie”) Wayne Jensen and Lily Marian (Christensen) Jensen. She attended the Minden Pubic Schools, graduating in 1959. She then received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and a Master’s degree and postgraduate work at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

She taught...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...