Obituaries

Nov 15, 2019

Memorial services for Velta M. Sitler, 84, Lawrence, KS will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 25, 2019 at Christ Community Church, 1100 Kasold Dr. in Lawrence. Inurnment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. She passed away Friday, November 15, 2019 in Garnett, KS.

Velta was born on December 18, 1934 in Crescent, OK,...

Nov 14, 2019

Memorial visitation for Phyllis LuAnn Blough Brubeck, 81, Lawrence will be held from 10:00 a.m. – noon, Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. She passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

Private family inurnment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.

Phyllis was born on March 24, 1938...

Nov 13, 2019

Funeral services for Betty L. Kennett, 92, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Connect Church. She passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at LMH Health surrounded by her loving family. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Betty was born on April 17, 1927 in Pittsburg, KS, the daughter of Homer...

Nov 12, 2019

Dennis Howard Garrison, 77, of Lawrence, KS, died peacefully in his sleep at home on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. He was born on January 13, 1942, in Sublette, Kansas, the son of Chester and Thelma Garrison. He was a 1960 graduate of Plains High School, Plains, KS. He married Cinda Lou Wilson on March 7, 1964. Dennis graduated from...

Nov 11, 2019

Funeral services for Donald “Don” Lloyd Gillihan, 91, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 15, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Entombment will follow at Memorial Park Mausoleum in Lawrence. Don passed away on Monday, November 11, 2019 at Neuvant House of Lawrence.

Don was born on September 4, 1928 in Chanute,...

Nov 10, 2019

Dan Owen Roelofs of Lawrence, KS. died Nov 10th, 2019, peacefully with his family at his side. He was born Sept. 21, 1945 in Denver, CO to Harvey and Jane Roelofs.

Dan graduated from Denver Christian High School in 1963, followed by Central College in Pella Iowa, and Univ of Colorado in Boulder, where he graduated in...

Nov 8, 2019

Jan Jess, social justice advocate, basketball fanatic and devoted grandmother, died November 8, 2019, at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, Kan. She was 81.

A true Midwestern progressive and frontier feminist, she petitioned the Rock Rapids, Iowa, school board to start a girls’ basketball team in the early 1950s.

Janet Kay Hurt was born on Jan....

Nov 7, 2019

A Celebration of Life Visitation for Deronda “D.D” Deene Ashley, 79, Lawrence will be from 10:00 a.m. to Noon Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Arbor Court 1510 St. Andrews Drive in Lawrence. She passed away Thursday, November 7, 2019 at LMH Health.

She was born on October 3, 1940 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of William Almer...

Nov 7, 2019

Funeral services for Peggy Marie Crawford, 79, Eudora, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 11, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Peggy passed away Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Medicalodges Eudora.

She was born on February 21, 1940 in Lawrence, the daughter of Roy and Evangeline ((Killenbeck) Huffman....

Nov 5, 2019

Memorial services for Ray Urban Tomkins, 68, Lawrence will be held Monday, November 11, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., followed by a memorial service until 8 p.m.

Inurnment will take place 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday,...

Nov 5, 2019

Graveside services for Patrick “Pat” M. France, 72, Eudora will be held at 11 a.m. on November 23, 2019 at Holy Family Catholic Church Cemetery in Eudora KS. He was able to be surrounded by those who loved him and peacefully passed on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 with his daughter at his side, hands embraced.

Pat was...

Nov 1, 2019

Graveside services for Anna Jo Sylvester, 91, Lawrence, KS will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. Anna passed away Friday, November 1, 2019 at her home.

Anna was born September 29, 1928 in Leavenworth County, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Lela (Lobb) Shirk.

She...

Oct 31, 2019

Sharon Knapp, 76 of Lawrence, Kansas passed away Thursday, October 31, 2019 at her home.

There are no memorial services scheduled .

Sharon was born on December 1, 1942 in Denver, Colorado. She was the third surviving child born to Cleo Vincent and Wilda (McElfresh) Thompson. She excelled at hand crafts, jewelry making and stained...

Oct 31, 2019

** Inurnment will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Sunset Memorial Park in South Charleston, West Virginia. **

A Memorial Mass for Judith E. (Morris) Blackshire of Lawrence, Kansas will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. She passed...

Oct 29, 2019

Allen L Wiechert, 81, died October 29, 2019, at Overland Regional Medical Center, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident Sunday, October 27. Immediate family members were with him as his life concluded. His memorial service will be Saturday, November 2, All Souls Day, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St at 10 am. Inurnment will be in...

Oct 29, 2019

Private graveside services for Shirley Mae Amyx, 83, Lawrence, KS will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. She passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born on September 13, 1936 in Brandenburg, Kentucky, the daughter of Sherman Raymer and Dora Ruth Osborne.

She was married to Thomas M. Amyx on October...

Oct 27, 2019

Memorial services for Levi Ray Wisdom, 38, Eudora, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, November 8, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora. Levi passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019 at his home.

Levi was born April 6, 1981 in Lawrence, KS, the son of William Ray Wisdom and Terri Lee Titus-Wisdom.

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Oct 27, 2019

Mass of Christian Burial for Thomas Ramirez, Sr., 92, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 4, 2019 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. He passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019 at his home.

Thomas was born September 20, 1927 in Lawrence, KS,...

Oct 26, 2019

Graveside services for Hattie Ruth (Rowland) Weaver Dwyer, 92, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Clinton Cemetery. Ms. Dwyer went to be with her heavenly father and loving brother and sisters on October 26, 2019 with her faithful daughter by her side at Brandon Woods, Lawrence, Kansas.

Hattie was born on...

Oct 24, 2019

Memorial services for Austin Logan Coonce, 20, Lawrence will be held at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Austin passed away Thursday, October 24, 2019 at his home.

Austin was born July 30, 1999 in Overland Park, KS the son of Charles Thomas “Joe” and Donna Marie Brown....