Obituaries

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...

Apr 7, 2022

On Thursday, April 7, 2022, the world lost one of its most compassionate, most hospitable, most brilliant, and quietly hilarious human beings. Terry Allen Tracy passed away in Lawrence, KS, at age 87, after mastering the art of caring for others, befriending nearly everyone he met, tying a knot with one hand, and mixing THE perfect vodka martini.

Apr 6, 2022

A Celebration of Life for Gary Kenneth Patterson, 73, will be held at a later date in Wichita, KS. Gary went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at LMH Health.

Gary was born on July 1, 1948, in Salina, KS, the son of Roy Kenneth and Catherine (Donahue) Patterson. After living...

Apr 5, 2022

Memorial services for Dana A Leibengood, 89, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday April 9 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. A visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m. Dana passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS.

Dana was born on January 20, 1933, in Lawrence,...

Apr 5, 2022

Linda Sue Bost died of Lawrence died April 5, 2022, at home, surrounded by her loved ones. Linda was born in Mammoth Spring, AR on April 9, 1950, to Otis and Lola (Hedrick) England, the youngest of three and the only girl.

Linda spent most of her childhood in Eudora, KS, graduating from Eudora High School in...

Apr 2, 2022

Graveside services for Grace Alice Gibson Helmert, 88, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 15, 2022 at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Grace passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Windsor of Lawrence.

Grace was born...

Mar 31, 2022

Memorial Mass for Margaret “Jody” Woods, 79, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 8, 2022 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Lawrence. A Rosary will be recited on Thursday, April 7, 2022, 6:00 p.m., with visitation to follow from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Jody died March 31, 2022...

Mar 27, 2022

Funeral services for Edith Grace Godfrey Bogart, 91, Lawrence, will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Private family graveside service will be held at Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, KS. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 8, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Edith passed away...

Mar 25, 2022

Mass of Christian Burial Services for Elizabeth “Betty” L. Lucas, 84, Lawrence, Kansas, will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Wellington, Kansas. A private family burial will immediately follow at Greenwood Cemetery in SW Wichita. A visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. before Mass at St. Anthony’s School...

Mar 25, 2022

Funeral service for Merle C. Morris, 83, Eudora, KS. will be held at 12 PM on April 2, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora, KS.

The visitation will be held from 10 AM to 12 PM before the funeral service. The graveside service will be held directly after the funeral service.

Merle...

Mar 22, 2022

Funeral Services for Norma Lee Sharp Leary, 87, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Warren McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Norma passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at Meadowlark Estates Gracious Retirement Living in Lawrence.

Norma was born on March 16, 1935 in Quincy,...

Mar 17, 2022

Vaughn Leonard Flora – January 17, 1945 – March 17, 2022

Although Vaughn Flora died decades too soon for all of us who loved him, he lived a vivid and vibrant life unfolding in dazzling decades rooted in his Western Kansas heritage. His catchphrase was “I did the best I could,” but this force of nature’s best...

Mar 16, 2022

Irmgard Gerda Otto January 2, 1942 – March 16, 2022 Overland Park, KS –

Irmgard “Irmi” Gerda Otto of Overland Park, Kansas passed away peacefully on March 16, 2022, surrounded by family and friends.

Irmi was born on January 2, 1942, in the picturesque town of Berchtesgaden, Germany, to Helmut Schulz and Charlotte Klein. She...

Mar 15, 2022

Memorial services for Ricky “Rick” Evan McGuire, 76, Kansas City, KS will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora, KS. Rick passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at his home.

Rick was born on August 5, 1945, in Parsons, KS to Bert Evan and Freda...

Mar 14, 2022

Amye Alyce Givens Scott, 78, of Eudora, died Monday, March 14, 2022. Amye was born on Sept 21, 1943, at Ripley, Mississippi, the first child of Charles Melvin and Eunice (Pannell) Givens.

In 1960, she graduated from Centre High School, Ripley, Mississippi, and in 1963 graduated from Blue Mountain College in Mississippi. She taught school for a...