Obituaries

Aug 14, 2021

Funeral services for Kenneth “Ken” Leroy Spurling, 77, Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 19, 2021 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. The service will be live streamed on our website. Burial will follow at Clinton Cemetery. Ken passed away on August 14, 2021 at his home.

Ken was born on October 31, 1943 the son...

Aug 10, 2021

A family visitation for John Eric Berglund, 61, Lawrence, will be held from 2:00 ~ 4:00 p.m. Friday, August 13, 2021, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. John passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at his home.

John was born on April 11, 1960, in Kansas City, KS, the son of John Elliot and Norma Frances (Trout)...

Aug 9, 2021

Graveside Services for Grace P. Smith, 90, Lawrence will be held at 9:00 a.m. Friday, August 27, 2021 at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, KS. Grace passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, MO.

Grace was born on December 22, 1930 in Fairfield, ID, the daughter of William and...

Aug 8, 2021

Celebration of life for Gary Wayne Davis, 55, Lawrence will be private. He died August 8, 2021 at LMH Health.

He was born on February 20, 1966 in Goshen, Indiana the son of Albert Lee and Shelby Ann (Waldrop) Davis.

Gary was a CMA.

Survivors include his partner, Stephen Shapiro, Lawrence; sister, Stephanie...

Aug 7, 2021

Betty “Jan” Strasser passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021 from COPD. Jan was born on November 27, 1953 in Ottawa, KS, the daughter of Charles and Nadine (Seymour) Peters.

She married James “Andy” Strasser on January 16, 1987 in Lawrence. He preceded her in death on August 22, 2020.

Jan is survived by her...

Aug 6, 2021

Rev. Rebecca (Becky) Suzanne Krom, M.F.T.

Born Dec. 21, 1983 – Died August 6, 2021

Becky had just received her Master’ Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She started a new job at Positive Bright Start, early childhood non-profit, for under privileged children, last week. Becky was killed in a fatal car accident in Kansas...

Aug 5, 2021

Memorial Mass for Larry Mason Lawrence Patrick Smith, 82, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Larry was born on November 11, 1938, to Ethan Smith and Ruth Parry. Larry lived in Lawrence his entire life and loved being a part of the Lawrence community.

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Aug 4, 2021

Marian Karleen Overfield Curtis – Resident of Lawrence Kansas for 53 years passed away: August 4, 2021, at the age of 100. There will be a burial at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha, Kansas at a later date.

She is survived by her son, Lawrence Curtis, and daughter Cynthia Petrehn Curtis, including Grandchildren, Angela Longhurst, Mae Rose...

Aug 3, 2021

Shirley was born on a farm in Russell County near Wilson, KS, to Mary B. and Ben F. Steinle on January 29, 1933, and passed away August 3rd in Topeka, KS at the Midland Hospice House.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ted; her sister, Bernadine Brack; brother-in-law, Everett Brack; and her oldest...

Aug 2, 2021

Thomas Richard Boyd, Baldwin City, Kansas passed away on August 2nd, 2021 at his home. He was born on April 5th, 1940 in Topeka, KS the son of Richard and Grace (Cotton) Boyd.

Shortly after his Dad came back from World War II, they moved to Staff Village (Housing for the employees of Hercules) near...

Jul 31, 2021

Anita Rose Breuer, born June 24, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri to Fred Bundy (Deceased) and Lena Lipari Bundy (Deceased). Anita passed away at the age of 70 on July 31, 2021, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Anita is preceded in death by her brother Sam Bundy.

Anita resided in Lawrence Kansas and is survived by her...

Jul 29, 2021

Erik Joseph Acheson, age 18, of Mayetta, KS, passed away on July 29, 2021 in Springfield, MO. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Friday, August 6, 2021, at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Visitation will be held from 6- 8 p.m. on...

Jul 28, 2021

Memorial services for Bruce Allen Linton, 97, Lawrence, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. The service will be live streamed on our website. Inurnment will be held at Pioneer Cemetery. Bruce passed away July 28th, 2021.

Bruce was born in Ottawa, Illinois on December 3, 1923 to...

Jul 28, 2021

A Memorial service for Rebecca Eileen Kessler, 62, Lawrence, KS will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday at Christ Community Church in Lawrence, KS followed by a graveside at 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. Rebecca passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at Kansas City Hospice House and Palliative Care in Kansas City, MO.

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Jul 28, 2021

Jonathon Wayne Shelton, 33 of Lawrence Kansas passed away on July 28, 2021 in Lawrence Kansas. He was born on July 30, 1987 in Parsons Kansas to Angela Murphy and Donald Shelton.

Jon grew up in Lawrence and graduated from Free State High School in 2005.

He took pride in working at Hp Pelzer as...

Jul 26, 2021

There are no services scheduled at this time for Michelle Louise Clark, 63, Lawrence, KS. Michelle passed away on Monday, July 26, 2021, at LMH Health.

Michelle was born on October 6, 1957, in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Raymond and Donna (Gist) Blasche.

Survivors include her daughter, Gwenivere Farley, brothers, Rodney Blasche, Edward...

Jul 25, 2021

Norman Leslie (Les) Hannon died July 25, 2021, at home in Bella Vista, Arkansas. Les was born December 31, 1923, in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, the son of Archdeacon Arthur Gordon Hannon and Hilda Catherine Stewart-Moore Denny Hannon. He attended boarding schools in Northern Ireland and England. After service in the Royal Air Force during World War II, he graduated...

Jul 23, 2021

Sandra Kay Reusch, 74, passed away on July 23, 2021 at the Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Graveside inurnment will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at Memorial Park in Lawrence, Kansas.

She was born December 20, 1946 in Franklin Co., KS the daughter of Ralph and Frances Nevalee (Van Valkenburg) Hartpence....

Jul 22, 2021

A Memorial Service for Marc Clifford Mahlios, 71, Lawrence, KS will be held Saturday, August 7, 2021, at 1PM at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, KS, Marc passed away on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at his home surrounded by his loving family. You can live stream Marc’s service by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AAF08Fz2ro

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Jul 21, 2021

Mass of Christian Burial for John Raymond Messer, 83, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. The family will greet friends an hour prior to the service at the church. John passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.

John was born on...