Obituaries

May 16, 2022

Funeral services for Richard Louis Perkins 93, Olathe, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Richard passed away on Monday, May 16, 2022, at his home.

Richard was born on January 8, 1929, in Lawrence, KS, the son of Carl...

May 15, 2022

Mass of Christian Burial for Stephen Raymond Putthoff, 73, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at St. Lawrence Catholic Center in Lawrence. A Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday at the church. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Tonganoxie, KS. Stephen died May 15, 2022 at his home in...

May 15, 2022

Funeral services for Brooklyn Ainsley Brouhard, 10, Eudora, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 27, 2022 at Eudora Baptist Church. Burial will follow the services at Eudora Cemetery. The family respectfully requests only immediate family attend the burial.

Brooklyn passed away at 4:05 a.m., Sunday, May 15, 2022, at Kansas University Medical Center,...

May 14, 2022

Barbara J. Knight, 87, Lawrence, (formerly of Salina, KS) passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. Barbara was born on March 11, 1935, in Hutchinson, KS, the daughter of Larry Amos and Mary Pearlena (Johnson) Marshall. She attended Hutchinson Public Schools. She married Bobby Knight, of Salina, Kansas and they settled and raised a family...

May 14, 2022

Services for Lorna Jean Ball, 89, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. She died May 14, 2022 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence.

Lorna was born March 30, 1933 in Mapleton, KS the daughter of Delphus S. and...

May 14, 2022

Memorial services for Ines L. Riegle, 86, Lawrence, will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 23, 2022, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Ines passed away on Saturday, May14, 2022, at LMH Health.

Ines was born on February 4, 1936, in Chanute, KS, the daughter of Beauford M. and Alverena (Fegel) Eastburn.

She retired as Credit...

May 10, 2022

Funeral Mass for Amelia (Cipat) Tinio, 63, Lawrence, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2022, at St. Lawrence Campus Center and burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. Amelia passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at LMH Health.

Amelia was born on July 13, 1958, in Manila, Philippines,...

May 10, 2022

There are no formal services planned for Donna Lee (Mortimer) Johnson, 74, Lawrence, KS. Donna passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at her home. Donna was born on February 25, 1948, in Salina, KS, the daughter of Howard and Vera (Issacsion) Mortimer.

She was a Procurement Officer at the University of Kansas for 19 years and...

May 7, 2022

John W. “Jack” Stoddart was born January 8, 1945, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to John and Wilma Stoddart. He died at his home in Lawrence, Kansas on May 7, 2022, from complications attendant to Alzheimer’s disease. He was surrounded by his loving family.

As a young boy Jack lived in Eau Claire and Antigo Wisconsin....

May 4, 2022

A Memorial Service and Burial for Mary S Reed, 88, Ypsilanti, Michigan, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 5, 2022, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. Mary passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.

Mary was born on February 21, 1934, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Fredrick W and Helen Simpson.  She was...

Apr 28, 2022

Lloyd Alfred Wulfkuhle, 80, of rural Lecompton met his Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Lloyd was born in his family home on September 19, 1941. He was the son of Arthur and Pearl Wulfkuhle. Lloyd graduated from Berryton High School in 1959, and he married Carolyn Kampschroeder on November 23, 1960. She survives in the home....

Apr 20, 2022

There are no formal services planned for Kevin Lee Coppenbarger, 59, Lawrence, KS, formerly of Wichita, KS. Kevin passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at LMH Health.

Kevin was born on February 24, 1963, in Wichita, KS, the son of Ray and Sherry (Compton) Coppenbarger.

He married Theresa Swisher on February 17, 1990, in...

Apr 19, 2022

Kenneth Eugene Burkart (Kenny), 82, of Lawrence, KS passed away on April 19, 2022, surrounded by family at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

A private burial will be held on Monday afternoon. Visitation for family and friends will be from 5pm to 7pm on Monday April 25 at Warren McElwain Mortuary, 120 W 13th St. in Lawrence, KS. A...

Apr 15, 2022

James “Jim” Vincent Grant passed away on Friday April 15th, 2022 at his home.

Jim was born May 19th,1948 in Parsons, Kansas to the late Leslie and Mary Grant.

Jim attended school in Parsons and enjoyed growing up in the “Wye” of Parsons where he made many lifelong friends. Especially “Little Joe” Alvarez, and cousin...

Apr 15, 2022

Graveside services for Joan Martin, 90, Lawrence, will be held at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Friday, April 22, 2022 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. She passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022 at her home.

Joan was on July 10, 1931 in Lawrence, KS, the daughter of Sylvester and Ruth (Bradshaw) Hagan.

She was a...

Apr 13, 2022

Gary Nuzum had a quiet departure from a rich life on Wednesday April 13, 2022. You can take the boy out of the country but the country never left this boy. Growing up in White Cloud, Kansas this farmer’s son had an adventurous colorful upbringing in the steep picturesque hills of the little river community where doors weren’t locked...

Apr 12, 2022

Memorial services for William Clay Hundley Jr., 93, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday April 25, 2022, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. William passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Bridge Haven in Lawrence, KS.

William was born on February 8, 1929, in Atchison, KS, the son of William Sr. and Elizabeth (Moore) Hundley.

Apr 11, 2022

Funeral services for Ruth May Lahman, 74, Shawnee, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 16, 2022, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora, KS. A visitation will be held at 1 p.m. an hour prior to the service at the mortuary. Burial will follow the service at Eudora City Cemetery in Eudora, KS. Ruth passed away...

Apr 8, 2022

Memorial service for John Thomas Kirby, 70, Lawrence will be private. He died tragically on April 8, 2022.

John was born on December 8, 1951 in Kansas City, MO the son of John Joseph & Betty Lou (Megede) Kirby.

He was the owner of John Kirby Insurance Company, representing American National for over...

Apr 7, 2022

Betty Ann Pruitt, age 93, beloved Mom, Grandma, and Great Grandma passed away on April 7, 2022. Funeral services will be at Perry Christian Church-Christ, on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 11:00AM with lunch following at the church, 603 E. Front Street, Perry, KS with burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery, 2464 Ferguson Rd, Perry, KS.

Recently, she...