Obituaries

Mar 19, 2023

Mass of Christian Burial for Bernice Gehlen Born, 92, Eudora will be held at 10:00 a.m.

Friday, March 24, 2023 at the Holy Family Catholic Church.  Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic

Cemetery.  Bernice passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at her home.

She was born on December 9, 1930 in...

Mar 18, 2023

Dean Allen Morrison, 42, of Lawrence KS has passed on. The cause of death is unknown.

He was the son of Dreama Louise Morrison and Lonnie Dean Biggers. Grandson of Retta Morrison. Nephew of Martha, Trudy Morrison, Johnnie J Morrison Jr., and Patricia Bauer. Brother of Jason Morrison, Anthony Morrison, and Angela Biggers. Father of Cole Morrison,...

Mar 17, 2023

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell

Jean, born July 30, 1931 in Kingman, Kansas, the daughter of James Jehu Cox and Gladys E. (Long) Cox, died March 17, 2023 in Lawrence. She graduated from Kingman High School (1949) and came to K.U. where she was a member of Delta Gamma and graduated from the School of Fine...

Mar 17, 2023

Memorial services for Gerald Adolph Brunner, 85, Independence, MO, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2023 at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ 727 N. Main Street, Independence, MO.

Gerald passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023 at Homestead of Olathe Memory Care in Olathe, KS.

Gerald was born on October 26,...

Mar 15, 2023

Rita Rosso Haugh, 96, died Wednesday, March 15, in Lawrence. She was born Nov. 11, 1920, in Minneapolis, Minn., the daughter of Dan Rosso and Paulina Peterson. She married Oscar Haugh on Dec. 20, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minn. and they moved to Lawrence in August 1950, where Oscar started teaching at KU.

She graduated from Edison High...

Mar 14, 2023

Janie C. (Schaake) Harris, 87, passed away with family by her side, Monday, March 14th at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, KS. She was born January 16, 1935 to Charles and Isabelle Schaake. Janie grew up on a farm in Lawrence until her family moved to town in 1951 after the flood.

She graduated from Liberty Memorial High...

Mar 13, 2023

Memorial services for Thomas Cassen, 75, Lawrence, will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Thomas passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023, at LMH Health.

Thomas was born on March 14, 1947, in Burt, Iowa the son of Glenn Woodrow and Fae Evelyn (Fisher) Cassen.

He was...

Mar 11, 2023

Funeral services for Eva Mae Daniels, 66, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Calvary Church of God 646 Alabama St in Lawrence.  The family will greet friends an hour prior to the service at the church.  Burial will follow the service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS.

Eva passed...

Mar 11, 2023

Paul Marion Spearman, 63, died on the 11th day of March 2023 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, following a long illness. He was comforted by his family. His wife, Janice Spearman, survives of the home in Country Club, Missouri. Paul’s life will be celebrated at a memorial for family and friends in Lawrence, Kansas.

Mar 10, 2023

Terrill "Terri" Lynn Pulliam passed away Wednesday, March 10, at her home in Kansas City, Missouri, after a short illness.   A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 27 at 3:00, Union Pacific Depot, 402 North 2nd Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044. She was born April 16, 1955, in Lawrence, Kansas, daughter of Bob and Alice Pulliam.  Raised in...

Mar 10, 2023

Robert “Bob” Schaffer was born November 25, 1946 in Beloit, KS, to Marjorie Allen Schaffer and Loran Schaffer. He passed away at Star Living Memory Care in Lawrence on Friday, March 10, 2023, due to complications from a hemorrhagic stroke he suffered on January 30, 2019.

Visitation will be Monday, March 13, 5:30 to 7:30 pm (with...

Mar 10, 2023

Memorial services for Raymond “Ray” C. Poteet, 76, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Rev City Church in Lawrence. Ray passed away on Friday, March 10, 2023.

Ray was born on March 10, 1947 in Kansas City, KS, the son of Bob C. Poteet, Sr. and Sarah D. (Thomas) Poteet.

He ran track and cross country in...

Mar 9, 2023

Funeral services for Mattie Mae Turner, 78, Lawrence will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at the mortuary.  The burial will follow the service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  Mattie passed away March 9,...

Mar 9, 2023

Jean E Stokes of Lawrence passed away peacefully on March 9 th , 2023. She was born in San Francisco, CA on January 19, 1923, to Henry and Ruby Strout. She grew up in Portland, Oregon, until moving to the Boston, MA area in 1940. After graduating from Winchester High in 1941, she attended the Chamberlain School...

Mar 9, 2023

A visitation for Clarence G. Norman, 98, of Eudora, will be held at 1:00 p.m. with a funeral service following at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 18th, 2023 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel. Interment will follow at the Eudora Cemetery.

Clarence died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at LMH Health surrounded by his family. He was born...

Mar 9, 2023

Charles (Chuck) Protasio passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at home on March 9, 2023. He was born and raised in Williamsport, Pennsylvania as the eldest son of William Protasio and Dorothy (Walters) Protasio.

Chuck was an ordinary man, who loved his family, country, and believed in a merciful God. As a child,...