Obituaries

Jul 30, 2023

Graveside services for Ruth Marie Logan, 88, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Quenemo, KS.  Ruth passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023, at LMH Health.

Ruth was born on April 16, 1935, in Waverly, KS, the daughter of Howard and Bernice (Goodwill) Beard.

She...

Jul 30, 2023

A Celebration of Life for Thomas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, 2024 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Lawrence, KS. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 1, 2024 at Oak Hill Cemetery (Veteran’s Section), in Lawrence, KS.

Thomas Milton Kurata of Lawrence passed away July 30, 2023....

Jul 29, 2023

Shirley (87) passed on July 29, 2023. A private family graveside service is planned at a later date. The family welcomes donations to the charity of your choice and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary 120 W. 13th St. Lawrence, KS 66044.

Jul 29, 2023

Graveside services for Donna D. Wilson, 67, Lawrence, will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at Eudora Cemetery in Eudora, KS.  A visitation will be held 10:00 am -12:00 pm, Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel. Donna passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2023, at her home.

Donna was...

Jul 24, 2023

On Friday July 24, surrounded by his beloved wife and children, George Frederickson of Lawrence, Kansas peacefully returned to his heavenly home, one week after his 86 th birthday.

George Frederickson was born July 17, 1934 in Twin Falls Idaho, the son of Jack and Zelpha Richins Frederickson. As part of a large, loving family, George and...

Jul 22, 2023

Mary Ann Rinnert passed away on July22 at her home in Lawrence, Kansas, after undergoing treatment for cancer the past year and a half.

She was born in Fulton, Missouri on March 27, 1941 to Loren and Tina (Dean) Murray.

She graduated from Fulton High School and Northeast Missouri State University at Kirksville in 1962....

Jul 22, 2023

A visitation for Dewey “Lee” LeRoy Barnhart, 86, Lawrence, KS will be held 1:00 ~ 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 29th, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. A Graveside will take place 3:00 p.m., Saturday, July 29th, 2023, at Dean Cemetery in Pomona, KS. Dewey passed away Saturday, July 22nd, 2023, at his residence in Lawrence, KS.

Dewey ...

Jul 21, 2023

Janelle Howell Coons, age 92 died July 21, in Lawrence, Kansas. Janelle was born in 1926 in Irene, Texas, to Jefferson Davis and Myrtle (Zinn) Howell. Along with her four siblings, Janelle grew up in Waco, Texas until she attended Texas Women’s University in Denton, Texas in 1946. Janelle was preceded in death by her husband Warren R. Coons...

Jul 18, 2023

Helen M. Wilson, 88, of Lawrence, passed away peacefully at home Monday, July 18 th . Helen was born on September 10, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois to Mark Morgan & Pauline (Cednik) Morgan. She was preceded in death by her oldest granddaughter, April Richards. Helen is survived by her daughter, Anita Fetters and her son-in-law, Elmer Feters, both of...

Jul 18, 2023

Rick Biesheuvel passed away peacefully in his home in Eudora Kansas on July 18, 2023. His daughter and son-in-law by were by his side when the angels in Heaven rejoiced as he was received by God and his mother, Dorothy (Dedrick Biesheuvel) Plaggemeyer; father, Richard Biesheuvel; son, David Biesheuvel; and sisters Tina Biesheuvel and Wendy Schauaman. Rick was born...

Jul 18, 2023

A visitation for Michael L. Tennyson Sr., 73, Lawrence, KS, will be held from 5:00 ~ 8:00 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Michael passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

He was born on December 30, 1949, in Sabetha, KS, the son of George...

Jul 18, 2023

Lew Perkins, a lifelong college administrator who achieved nationally recognized success as Director of Athletics at the University of Kansas (2003-10) and the University of Connecticut, passed away Tuesday morning, July 18, in Lawrence, Ks. He was 78.

He arrived at KU in 2003 after serving 14 years as athletics director at the University of Connecticut. While...

Jul 16, 2023

Mary Alice (Snodgrass) Stout

Memorial services for Mary Alice (Snodgrass) Stout, 77 of Lawrence, Kansas will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the Reno Cemetery in Reno, Kansas. Mary passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2023 at the Medicalodges in Eudora, Kansas.

Mary was born on January 11, 1946 in...

Jul 15, 2023

Don Robert Miller, M.D. died quietly in the company of his family on July 15 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Don R. Miller was born on July 6, 1925 in Highland, KS to Pleasant V. Miller and Lucyanna Hammond Miller, and grew up in Kansas City, KS, where he graduated with honors from Wyandotte High School.  He was an Eagle...

Jul 14, 2023

Memorial services for Sandra Lee Flachsbarth, 82, Lawrence, will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2104 Bob Billings Pkwy, Lawrence, Kansas with a reception immediately following the service. Inurnment will take place at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Atchison, Kansas at a later date. Sandra passed away on Friday, July 14,...

Jul 14, 2023

Robert D. Smith (Bob) went to be with our Lord and Savior on July 14, 2023.  He was born on September 12, 1940, to Eldon and Inez Smith of Lawrence KS. He is survived by his son Martin P. Smith (Martha Proctor, fiancé), grandsons Cody & Christian Smith, all from Lawrence.  Tom Demuth (nephew) and family from Edmond, Oklahoma...

Jul 14, 2023

Shirley S. Joseph, 95, Lawrence died on July 14, 2023.

She was born February 13, 1928, in Concordia, KS, the daughter of Edward J. and Marjorie Pearl (Wright) Locke.

She was a homemaker and a member of the PEO Chapter GQ and the Dow Janes.

She married Howard F. Joseph on September 11,...

Jul 14, 2023

The world has lost another beautiful soul.

Robert “Bob” Lawrence Stephens, 86, of Lawrence, died in the early hours of Friday, July 14, 2023, in Lawrence after one heckuva fight against Parkinson’s.

Memorial services for Bob will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 21, 2023.  There will...

Jul 14, 2023

Mary Louise Barnhart (Blechel) 81, passed away on July 14 at home. Mary was the daughter of Joseph and Beth Blechel, who both passed away when Mary was very young. Her grandparents, P.W. and Elizabeth Jones raised her in Baldwin City, Kansas until  1960, when Mary married Vernon Keith Barnhart. They were married until 1998, when Vernon passed away....

Jul 13, 2023

Loretta (Gates) Roth was born in Newton, Kansas on Mother’s Day, 1933. Her childhood years were spent on the farm in the Newton area. Loretta graduated from high school in Whitewater, Kansas in 1951 and from Salt City Business College in Hutchinson the following year. She married her soul mate Paul (Bud) Roth in 1952. They had two daughters,...