Obituaries
Verle D. Istas
Oct 31, 2020
Funeral Mass for Verle D. Istas, 92, De Soto, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 5, 2020 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora, KS, with a visitation starting at 10:00 a.m. Please be aware that due to COVID-19 and safety precautions, we are asking his loved ones to please respect and comply with social distancing...
Lennie Dean Erwin
Oct 29, 2020
Graveside inurnment services for Lennie Dean Erwin, 57, Lawrence, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Eudora Cemetery. Please be aware that due to COVID-19 and safety precautions, we are asking his loved ones to please respect and comply with social distancing and must wear a mask. Lennie passed away Thursday, October 29, 2020 at...
Royce John Parsons
Oct 25, 2020
Royce John Parsons left his loving earthly home on Oct. 25, 2020 just 3 days before his 91 st birthday. His wife Cathey was with him holding his hand when he passed. He died from COVID pneumonia. Both Cathey and son William were Covid positive.
Royce was born, in King, Texas on Oct. 28, 1929 to John...
Richard H. (Dick) Foster
Oct 23, 2020
Richard H. (Dick) Foster January 24, 1934-October 23, 2020
0In the words of our beloved Richard H. “Dick” Foster– father, husband, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, coach, friend…legend, who entered eternal life on October 23rd, 2020: “What. A. Ball. Game.” Dick’s spirit is carried on by his wife, 6 children, 18 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, as well as an...
Ellen Marie Krebs (Nee Eginton)
Oct 23, 2020
Ellen Marie Krebs (nee Eginton) died on Friday, October 23 2020 after living with ovarian cancer for four years. Her family is bereft at the loss of such an extraordinary woman, and equally grateful for the time they spent in her presence. At the time of her death, Ellen was surrounded by loved ones at her beloved Lawrence, KS...
Mark Alan Wilson
Oct 21, 2020
Mark Alan Wilson, of Lawrence, Kansas unexpectantly left his home here and went to heaven on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. He was born May 24, 1957 in Escondido, California.
He is survived by his loving wife, Patricia Anne Lange Wilson; his children, Lyle Edward Wilson; Cassandra Joyce Elizabeth Sparks; and J.A. Victor Wilson. He is survived also...
Franklin Francis Crawshaw
Oct 21, 2020
Funeral services for Franklin Francis Crawshaw, 100, Eudora, KS will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 26, 2020 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora. Graveside services will be at noon at the Silver Lake Cemetery in Silver Lake, KS. Franklin will lie in state from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at...
Phyllis Marie Fulton
Oct 19, 2020
Graveside services for Phyllis Fulton, 77, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 26, 2020 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. Phyllis passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 at her residence. Please be aware that due to COVID-19 and safety precautions, we are asking her loved ones to please respect and comply with social distancing and...
Marilyn Fenton Walz
Oct 17, 2020
Marilyn Fenton Walz, 92, currently of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away peacefully at Bridge Haven, Madel’s House, on Saturday, October 17, 2020. The beloved daughter of Elsie (Katz) Fenton and Everett Orr Fenton, she was born on November 29, 1927, in Des Moines, Iowa, where she spent her childhood and graduated from Roosevelt High School. Her college career began at...
James “Jim” Church
Oct 14, 2020
James “Jim“ Church,85, died October 14, 2020, at Bridge Haven in Lawrence. He was born June 2, 1935, in Lincoln, Nebraska. His parents were Bernard and Ethel (Meyers) Church.
He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1957 and served in the U.S. Navy for three years. He returned to the University of Nebraska and received a...
James D. Church
Oct 14, 2020
James “Jim“ Church,85, died October 14, 2020, at Bridge Haven in Lawrence. He was born June 2, 1935, in Lincoln, Nebraska. His parents were Bernard and Ethel (Meyers) Church.
He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1957 and served in the U.S. Navy for three years. He returned to the University of Nebraska and received a...
Patricia “Tricia” Kay (Gaddis) Fender
Oct 12, 2020
Memorial services for Patricia “Tricia” Kay (Gaddis) Fender, 75, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, October 19, 2020, at City Center Church in Lenexa, KS.
Tricia passed away Monday, October 12, 2020, in Mountain Home, AR.
Tricia was born on July 13, 1945, in Sidney, NE, the daughter of Lester Clark and Helen Louise...
Elizabeth Courtney “Betty” Banks
Oct 10, 2020
Elizabeth Courtney “Betty” Banks passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020 in her home.
Elizabeth (“Betty”) Banks was an emerita professor of archaeology in the Department of Classics at the University of Kansas. Throughout her career she devoted her sharp intellect and keen eye to the Neolithic site of Lerna, in Greece where she excavated from 1952-1957, both...
Michael John Nunez, Sr.
Oct 9, 2020
Graveside services for Michael John Nunez, 72, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS, followed by a potluck starting at 1:30 pm at El Matador Café, 446 Locust Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Michael passed away Friday, October 9, 2020 at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, KS. Please be...
Judith Anne (Moore) White
Oct 9, 2020
Judith Anne (Moore) White, 82, of Lawrence, KS passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her daughters, on October 9, 2020. She was born on January 20, 1938 in Wichita, KS the daughter of Herschel Jake and Margaret Lee (Fields) Moore.
Judith is survived by her children, Cheryl White, Christopher White, both of Lawrence, Stacy Bonaldo...
Karen Boyle
Oct 5, 2020
Memorial services for Karen Boyle, 65, Lawrence, KS will be held at a later date. Karen passed away Monday, October 05, 2020 at LMH Health with her family by her side.
Karen was born on September 3, 1955 in Lawrence, KS, the daughter of Arvin and Dorothy Powell.
She worked as a fork lift operator...
Lawrence D. “Mike” Penny
Oct 2, 2020
Graveside services for Lawrence D. “Mike” Penny, age 96, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. Mike died October 2, 2020 at Presbyterian Manor. Mike was born May 1, 1924, to Corban L. and Myrtle E. Penny on his family’s farm near Effingham, Kansas. At the age of seven, the...
Betty Jane Gregus
Sep 30, 2020
There are no services schedule at this time for Betty Jane Gregus, 81, Lawrence, KS. Betty passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at Morning Star Care Homes.
Betty was born on February 25, 1939 in Los Angeles County, CA, the daughter of William and Delphine (Atkinsson) Pierce.
Survivors include her daughters; Julie Massie, Noreen Austin,...
Robert “Bob” Lynn Stanclift
Sep 29, 2020
Private family services will be held for Robert Lynn Stanclift, 71, Lawrence. Burial will be held Oak Ridge Cemetery in Perry, KS. The family will greet friends from 4 – 7 p.m. Monday, October 5, 2020 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. A viewing of the “live-stream” private family service will be able to be viewed at warrenmcelwain.com on the...
Allen Clyde Toshavik
Sep 29, 2020
Graveside services for Allen Clyde Toshavik, 75, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 23, 2020 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Allen passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS.
Allen will lie in state from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in...
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