Gerald Adolph Brunner
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,...
Rita Rosso Haugh
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...
Janie C. (Schaake) Harris
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...
Thomas F. Cassen
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...
Eva Mae Daniels
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...
Paul Marion Spearman
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.
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Terrill “Terri” Pulliam
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...
Robert “Bob” Schaffer
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...
Raymond “Ray” Poteet
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...
Mattie Mae Turner
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,...
Jean E. Stokes
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...
Clarence G. Norman
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...
Charles William Protasio
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,...
Donald J. Minnis
Mar 9, 2023
Donald J. Minnis, 75, Lawrence KS, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at his home. Don was born on August 3, 1947, in Atchison, KS, the son of Dee Alexander and Kathryn Patricia (McGinnis) Minnis. He married Virginia Stanley on September 30, 1978, and she survives at home. Other survivors include his sons, Oliver (Katie) Minnis, Morgan (Heidi)...
Elizabeth “Liz” Hare
Mar 6, 2023
Liz passed away Sunday, March 6th at Bridge Haven Village after a long-fought battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Memorial services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church on Thursday, March 24th at 10:30 AM with a birthday celebration to follow. Memorial contributions can be made through Douglas Co. Community Foundation to Hare Family Garden Fund (located at Trinity) or Just...
Jerry William Kunkel
Mar 6, 2023
Jerry William Kunkel, loving husband and father, passed away peacefully at his home in Lawrence, Kansas on Monday, March 6, 2023 at the age of 78.
Jerry was born in Mansfield, Ohio to William and Leva (Calhoon) Kunkel. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1968 and was an...
Loree A. Beeler
Mar 4, 2023
LoRee Beeler, 93, Wichita, KS, formerly of Lawrence passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023, surrounded by family and those who cared for her at Park West Plaza in Wichita.
LoRee was born on November 22, 1929, in Great Bend, KS, the daughter of Wilbur and Nina (Sipes) Almquist. She was a trailblazer, learning to fly airplanes...
Joan M. Mccarthy
Mar 3, 2023
There are no formal services scheduled at this time for Joan M. McCarthy, 80, Lawrence, KS. Joan passed away on Friday, March 3, 2023, at her home.
Joan was born on April 29, 1942, in Richmond, A, the daughter of Linus and Eleanor (Austin) Brazil.
Joan married Michael McCarthy on November 7, 1964, in Concord,...
Donald Lee Carney
Mar 3, 2023
Lawrence — The Don Carney story ended Friday, March 3, 2023, in a Lawrence hospital, after 87-years in the making.
Don was a retired circus acrobat and a retired gymnastics coach. He also retired as a custodian with Chicago public schools. He was a retired beer connoisseur, too, upon the recommendation of his doctor.
Donald...
