Obituaries
Wendell B. Benson
Apr 17, 2024
A Visitation for Wendell B. Benson, 48, Lawrence, KS, will be held from 7:00 ~ 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. A reminiscing period will be held from 10:00 ~ 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 22, 2024, also at the mortuary. A Graveside will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Wendell passed away on...
Donald Wayne Daniels
Apr 17, 2024
Memorial services for Donald Wayne Daniels, 81, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. April 22, 2024 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Private family burial will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Grove, KS. Donald passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at The University of Kansas Health System.
Donald was born on July 15,...
Sonja Lilian Olsson Six
Apr 17, 2024
Fred and Lilian Six. We are holding a celebration of the lives of Fred and Lilian Six on Thursday May 9, 2024, at 11:00am at Plymouth Congregational Church followed by a reception at the Cider Gallery. The family invites anyone who knew them to attend and remember their wonderful lives.
Sonja Lilian Olsson Six died...
Pamela “Pam” Grey Mills Casagrande
Apr 14, 2024
Pamela “Pam” Grey Mills Casagrande passed from this earth April 14, 2024, surrounded by family; she was 86 years young.
Pam was born March 12th, 1938, in Waukegan, Illinois to Bud and Helen Mills; she was raised in Denver, Colorado.
Upon graduation from high school, Pam attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana where she was...
Pamela Gray Casagrande
Apr 13, 2024
A Celebration of Life for Pamela Gray Casagrande, 86, Lawrence, will be held at a later date. Pamela passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at her home.
Pamela’s obituary will follow as soon as possible.
Jerry Wayne Wurtz
Apr 9, 2024
Funeral services for Jerry Wayne Wurtz, 68, Eudora, KS, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Eudora. The burial will take place at Eudora City Cemetery. Jerry passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at LMH Health.
Jerry was born on October 16, 1955, in Kansas City, MO, the...
David G. Swartz
Apr 9, 2024
A visitation for David G. Swartz, 75, Lawrence, will be held from 1:00 ~ 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Inurnment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors at 3:30 p.m. David passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Parkway Care & Rehab. in Edwardsville, KS.
David was...
Peter Joseph Conway
Apr 7, 2024
Peter Joseph Conway, 85, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Presbyterian Manor, after a valiant fight against complications of Parkinson’s Disease and a stroke occurring 3 years ago. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Catherine Gormley Conway and Charles Paul Conway. The family moved to Stockton, California when he was 6 years old and remained there....
Ralph Kermit Reitz
Apr 5, 2024
Mass of Christian Burial for Ralph Kermit Reitz, 79, Lawrence, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Ralph passed away peacefully on Friday, April 5, 2024 at LMH Health surrounded by family and friends as mass was being said by his old friend,...
Donald R. Burns
Apr 3, 2024
Donald R. Burns, Sr., 82, of Early, IA, passed away on April 3, 2024, at Methodist Manor in Storm Lake, IA, after a long battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 10am on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Hesper Friends Church, Eudora, KS, with Rev. Jerry Mercer, officiating. Burial will be at Hesper Friends Church...
Carole D. Whitaker
Apr 3, 2024
Carole D. Whitaker, age 70 of Lawrence, KS, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Carole was born on August 9, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Alex and Elizabeth Kovach. Her brother was Tom Kovach. She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother.
Carole was proud of her...
Jean Marie Finch
Apr 2, 2024
Loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend, Jean Marie Finch, passed away unexpectedly on 2 April 2024 at her home. Jean was born on 17 May 1958, and spent her childhood in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. She was a gifted student, where alongside her academic excellence, she also starred in drama and swam competitively. She graduated with honors from...
Bradley Curtis Hagan
Apr 2, 2024
A Celebration of Life for Bradley Curtis Hagan, 60, Kansas City, MO, will be held from 5:30 ~ 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 12, 2024, at Eudora Baptist Church in Eudora. Bradley passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Kansas City, MO.
Glen F. Davis
Apr 1, 2024
May 6, 1932 – April 1, 2024
In the early morning hours of April 1, 2024, Glen F. Davis, masterful teller of stories and jokes, passed away and joined his beautiful saint of a wife in Heaven.
Glen was charming, kindhearted, generous, mischievous, and sometimes even belligerent, but above all, he was a...
Sharon Kaye Leftwich
Mar 30, 2024
A visitation for Sharon Kaye Leftwich, 82, Lawrence, KS, will be held from 5pm to 7pm, Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024, at McLouth Baptist Church. Burial will be held at Davis City Cemetery in Davis City, Iowa. Sharon passed away on Saturday,...
Ola Delle Faucher
Mar 28, 2024
Ola Delle Stover Faucher was born April 6, 1949, in Salina, KS. She burst into crimson and blue rays of light and was welcomed into eternity by Phog Allen and James Naismith with the KU fight song on March 28, 2024.
Ola is preceded in death by her mother: Chrystal Cleo Copeman Stover; her father: John Lucas...
Joan E. Dransfield
Mar 28, 2024
Joan E. Dransfield, 84, Lawrence, KS passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Meadowlark Estates in Lawrence. There are no formal services scheduled.
Joanie was born on June 22, 1939, in New York, NY, the daughter of Anthony and Mary (Conforti) Rugo, who preceded her in death.
She married Daniel Dransfield on November...
Mary Elizabeth Harden
Mar 26, 2024
Mrs. Mary Heidt Harden, 95, formerly of Pooler, GA and currently of Eudora, KS, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
Mary was born in Marlow, GA on December 6, 1928. After graduating from high school, she worked at Union Camp in Savannah, soon meeting Henry A. Harden who would become the love of her life, and...
Joan Lucille Knight
Mar 26, 2024
A visitation for Joan Lucille Knight, 89, Baldwin City, KS, will be held from 10:30 ~ 12:00 p.m., Monday, April 1, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Joan passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Vintage Park in Baldwin City.
Joan was born on December 12, 1934, in Chanute, KS, the daughter of Clyde and Esther...
Shirley Joan Walters
Mar 25, 2024
Shirley J. Walters passed away at Presbyterian Manor, Lawrence, Kansas on Monday, March 25, 2024. Cremation is planned.
A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 12, 2024 at the First United Methodist Church on Vermont Street in Lawrence. (Please allow time for street parking). A light reception will follow the service...
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