Obituaries

Jun 23, 2023

Memorial services for Valentina “Corina” Bermudez, 82, Lawrence, will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Corina passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023 at her home surrounded by family and loved ones.

Corina was born on February 14, 1941 in Lawrence, KS, the daughter of Manuel and Mary (Jaimez)...

Jun 21, 2023

Stephen Nelson, 73, Lawrence, passed peacefully on June 21st at The Arbors Memory Care at Monterey Village to join his Lord. Steve, son of Goldie and Homer Nelson grew up in Lawrence and graduated LHS in 1966, participating in band and theatre. An Eagle Scout, he spent summers in Tincup, Colorado as a counselor at Timberline Trails Boys Camp...

Jun 19, 2023

Harry J. Reitz of Kansas City, passed away peacefully in Eudora on June 19 at the age of 98.

He was born in Kansas City March 9, 1916 to Henry and Marie Adamo Reitz, who emigrated to the United States from Germany before WWI. He graduated from Paseo High School in 1932 and from the University of...

Jun 18, 2023

Funeral Mass for Raymond “Ray” J. Wingebach, 96, Eudora, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2023, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora.  Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. There will be a light luncheon to follow the burial.  Ray passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2023, at LMH Health.

Ray was...

Jun 18, 2023

Emerson Hazlett passed away on June 18, 2023, Fathers’ Day. He was born on October 25, 1924, in Longford, Kansas, the son of Everett and Lois Davis Hazlett. His parents moved to Lawrence in 1926. Everett and Lois ran a dairy farm outside of Lawrence. The farm was located at what is now 6th Street and Lawrence Avenue. Milking...

Jun 17, 2023

Patricia Frances Sevigny, 82, of Lawrence passed away on Sunday, June 17th at Brandon Woods Retirement Facility.

She was born on August 11, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York to Frank and Melodia (Champagne) Guyer.

Patricia married Raymond Sevigny on October 10, 1964 in Laconia, New Hampshire, this union gave life to two children; Kathryn and...

Jun 15, 2023

Thomas E. “Tom” Gleason, 74, died June 15, 2023, at his home in Lawrence. A celebration of his life is planned for 3 p.m., July 20 in the Pavilion at the Lied Center of Kansas.

He was born Nov. 15, 1948, in Topeka to Thomas E. Gleason and Carolyn Carey Gleason. The family moved soon...

Jun 15, 2023

Dave Drummond passed away on Friday, June 15 th , peacefully at home in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife Rheva by his side. Dave was born on August 20 th , 1948, in St. Joseph, Missouri to James Bagwell Drummond and Frances May Shelton.

Dave graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph, Missouri and attended St....

Jun 15, 2023

Joyce Carol Emerson, age 81, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, June 15, 2023, after spending the last three years in memory care at Brandon Woods at Alvamar, in Lawrence, KS.

Born on February 22, 1942, to Arthur and Carrie Longhofer, Joyce grew up an only child in Wichita, KS, and...

Jun 14, 2023

A Celebration of Life for David Ashley Vaughn, 55, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Sunday, June 25th, 2023 at 6 Mile Tavern in Lawrence, KS. Burial Services will be held at 10:00 AM at Oak Hill Cemetery on Monday, June 26th, 2023. David passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at his home....

Jun 12, 2023

Ralph Gilbert Osburn passed away on June 12, 2023, at age 85, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center near his home in Lawrence, Kansas.  Gilbert, the eldest son of William Dessie “Buster” Osburn and Macie Marie Eslinger (Osburn), was born on October 1, 1937, at the Indian Hospital in Claremore, Oklahoma. He attended elementary schools in the Lowery and...

Jun 11, 2023

Thelma Imogene (Ridgway) Hehn, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, and neighbor to everyone she knew, died early Saturday morning, June 11th, at McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff in Kansas City, Mo. at age 102.

She was born September 27, 1919, on a farm southeast of McLouth, Kansas, the daughter of Guilford and Alice (Osborn)...

Jun 11, 2023

Marion Otto Temple, 90, Lawrence, KS, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023, in Falls Church, VA where he had recently moved to be near his daughter and her family. He will be laid to rest in a private family service at the Union cemetery in Douglas County, KS

Marion was born on April 11, 1933, in Lyons,...

Jun 11, 2023

A remembrance service will be held on Saturday July 8th 1-3pm. at Johnny’s Tavern in north Lawrence for Bryant C. Philgreen, 81, Lawrence.  Private family burial will be at Clinton Cemetery. Bryant passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2023.

Bryant was born on November 17, 1941, in Westport, MO, the son of Clarence Henry and Martha Irene...

Jun 10, 2023

Came in a pandemic… left in a pandemic. Anna Margaret Walker Bricker left us peacefully on June 10. What she saw in that lifetime! World War I was still being fought. The Spanish flu was just beginning. Her teenage years were the Depression. She married on Christmas Day since Clark could only get three days off during that time...

Jun 9, 2023

Leroy Komma, Lawrence, KS, was born February 8, 1938, in Ponca City, OK to the parents of Edward and Marguerite Komma.  He was raised in various towns across Oklahoma and Kansas and graduated high school in Tonganoxie, KS.  He graduated with a business degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

He married Loretta Stiglmire in 1963.  They had...

Jun 9, 2023

Marcia Fisher, 55, passed away in her home on June 9, 2023. A memorial is planned for 11 a.m., Saturday, June 24, 2023 at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St., Lawrence, KS. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Clearity Foundation, a leader in the fight against ovarian cancer and may be sent in care of...

Jun 6, 2023

A Celebration for Chris Allen Iden, 63, Lawrence, KS, will be held from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the VFW, 1801 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS, 66044. Chris passed away on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at his home.

Chris was born on January 1, 1960, in Zanesville, OH, the son of Harold and Sandra (Bishoff) Iden....

Jun 5, 2023

The Martinez family is saddened to announce that Ken Martinez passed away at the age of 87 on June 5, 2023, at Bridge Haven/Madel’s House.  He was born July 31, 1935, in Gunnison, CO , the son of Frank L. and Marie Jemma (Bellino) Martinez.  He was the third child with an older brother Edmund and sister, Kathy.  Baby...

Jun 4, 2023

On Saturday June 4th, William Lyon (Bill) Roach, loving husband and father passed away at age 77 at his home in Lawrence. He was born July 23, 1944, in Chicago, IL the son of James Markham and Mary Margaret (Lyon) Roach. He grew up in Oak Park, IL and attended the University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, and the...