Jun 21, 2020

Mass of Christian Burial for Alberta J. Schopper Pyle, 88, Eudora, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed on Holy Family’s webpage on Facebook. Due to Covid-19, social distancing will be observed and masks are...

Jun 19, 2020

Graveside Services for Sadie “Ruth” Coon will be held at 10am on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Memorial Park Cemetery. We will be practicing social distancing and request that you wear a mask for the health and safety of everyone attending. Ruth passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020 at Medicalodges in Eudora. Ruth was born on March 19,...

Jun 19, 2020

Graveside service for Lester L. Walker, 84 Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 26, 2020 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He died June 19, 2020 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Lester was born May 8, 1936 in Lawrence, KS the son of Charles and Helen (Logan) Walker.

He worked for the University of...

Jun 18, 2020

Michael (Mike) Dale Siler died on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at LMH Health. There will be a celebration of life on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Centennial Park at the East Side Shelter House starting at 10:00 a.m. Mike was born in Topeka, KS and then moved to Lawrence where he went to school. He met Heaven Love in...

Jun 17, 2020

Memorial services for Waletta Joy Medlock, 63, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2020 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence. Private family burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Waletta passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2020 at her home.

Waletta was the definition of a free spirit; independent, strong, and willful. She was...

Jun 16, 2020

Graveside services for Willis Ray Moten, 80, Lawrence, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. Willis passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at his home. Willis was born on May 23, 1940 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Clyde Lewis and Tessie Rosetta (Vann) Moten.

Willis married...

Jun 16, 2020

David D. Pike died at LMH hospital on June 16, 2020 in Lawrence, KS. He was 71. He had an earlier brush with Death in 2014 when hospitalized for 6 weeks with multiple illnesses including lymphoma, or, as he liked to say “The Big C.” Dave wasn’t ready to go yet and he convinced Death to hold off for...

Jun 15, 2020

Graveside service for Laura Sue Gillihan, 71, Eudora, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 22, 2020 at Edgerton Cemetery, Edgerton, KS. Laura passed away Monday, June 15, 2020 at LMH Health of natural causes.

Laura was born on July 23, 1948 in Sedalia, MO, the daughter of Jessie Warren and Ova Evelyn (Robinett) McLeod.

Jun 14, 2020

Mass of Christian Burial for Francis G. Weigel, 86, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 20, 2020 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Clinton Cemetery with military honors.

Mr. Weigel passed away, Sunday, June 14, 2020 at his home.

He was born August 20, 1933...

Jun 11, 2020

Mark Martinez, 75, of Baldwin City, Kansas, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, June 11, 2020. He passed away at his home, surrounded by his family. Born in Garden City, Kansas on February 27, 1945, he was the son of J.E. and Ruth (Ascencio) Martinez. Mark married Sherrill (Koehn) Martinez on September 4, 1970, in Emporia,...

Jun 8, 2020

Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Ellen (Hayes) Hane, 74, Lawrence will be offered Monday, June 15, 2020 at St John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Lawrence, KS. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Mass will be a private ceremony. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Mary passed away Monday, June 8, 2020 at Village Shalom in Overland Park, KS....

Jun 8, 2020

Graveside services for James Preston Girard, 75, Lawrence, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 12, 2020 at Oak Hill Cemetery. James passed away Monday, June 8, 2020 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

James was born on July 6, 1944 in Tillamook, OR, the son of Preston Leroy and Inez Elizabeth (May) Girard.

He...

Jun 6, 2020

Funeral services for Ruby Maxine Lickteig, 91, of Lawrence will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 12, 2020 at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS. Burial will take place at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. Due to Covid-19, please be mindful of social distancing guidelines if planning to attend services. Ruby passed away Saturday, June...

Jun 5, 2020

John C. Gingerich, Lawrence, KS passed away peacefully at Brandon Woods on June 5, 2020. During his 98 years with us, he was a United Methodist minister, social justice activist, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. During his lifelong fight for social justice, he never became a cynic. He was, at heart, an optimist who understood that progress was not...

Jun 4, 2020

Graveside services for Barbara Jean Cobb, 82, Eudora will be private family only. Barbara passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 at The Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.

Barbara was born on December 15, 1937 in Concordia, KS, the daughter of William and Geneva (Ross) Amspacker.

Barbara attended beauty school in Topeka, KS,...

Jun 4, 2020

Eric Steven Cenovich

“Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be. There’s a shadow hanging over me. Oh, yesterday came suddenly.” Lennon-McCartney

Eric Steven Cenovich, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Overland Park and affectionately known as “Dave” cast aside the shadow of cancer peacefully in his sleep at his home on June 4,...

Jun 4, 2020

Marion “Granny” Carothers Klinker

Marion “Granny” Carothers Klinker passed away peacefully June 4, 2020 at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living in Lawrence, KS.

Marion was born to Dominic Fish and Mary Naccarato on September 8, 1927 in Los Angeles, California. She was raised in Los Angeles and Temple City, California. Marion met her husband William “Bill”...

May 31, 2020

John A. Emerson, 91, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020 at Brandon Woods in Lawrence, KS. Mary, his wife, was by his side.

John was born June 26, 1928 in Chanute, KS. He was the son of the late Adrian V. Emerson and Josephine (Ashbrook) Emerson.

John attended the University of Kansas in 1946. Upon...

May 29, 2020

Robert passed away on Friday, May 29th, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born on June 10th, 1929 in McPherson, Kansas to Samuel Mathias Embers and Esther Elinor (Eklund) Embers, the children of German and Swedish immigrants. Growing up on the family farm he attended Centennial School located on the farm. In addition to completing his daily chores...

May 29, 2020

Graveside services for Ruby Virginia Freels, 79, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Memorial Park Cemetery. She passed away Friday, May 29, 2020 at her home.

Ruby was born on October 16, 1940 in Lawrence, the daughter of James and Sarah (Hall) Stone.

She worked as a Vice President...