Obituaries

Sep 3, 2019

Interment services for Joseph Dean Cary, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 13, 2019 at Missouri Military Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri with full military honors.

Joseph Dean Cary, aged 85, died at Brandon Woods nursing home in Lawrence, Kansas on September 3, 2019.

Joe was born in Norborne, Missouri on August 17, 1934....

Sep 1, 2019

Jean-Pierre Boon’s funeral and burial will be at sea, off the coast of California as a joint ceremony with his predeceased wife, Marjorie. He died on September 1, 2019 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence, KS.

Jean-Pierre was a graduate of Columbia University, in New York City, where he earned his PH.D. He was a longtime...

Aug 31, 2019

Services for Richard C. Bivens, 89, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m., September 6, 2019 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence, Kansas. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He died August 31, 2019 at Baldwin Healthcare Center.

Richard was born October 10, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri the son of Nathaniel Wayne and...

Aug 24, 2019

Mabel Bowman, 102 years old, has died peacefully in her home in Lawrence on August 24, 2019. Known to many as “Bubbles”. Mabel was born on June 22, 1917, in North Dakota. After helping on the family farm in her early years, Mabel moved to the Kansas City area in 1936 during the depression years when she met Ed...

Aug 23, 2019

Jeanne Shelford Stolz

Jeanne passed away peacefully on Friday, August 23, 2019, at her apartment at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. Jeanne was born on February 6, 1930 in Bayonne, New Jersey, the daughter of Paul K. and Eva (Housman) Shelford.

She was graduated from Denison University in 1951 with Honors in English. Jeanne had a...

Aug 22, 2019

There will be no formal services for Ferris Kendall Wolf, 80, Casa Grande, AZ formerly of Lawrence. Kendall passed away August 22, 2019 at Chandler Regional Medical Center in Chandler, AZ.

He was born September 21, 1938 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Ferris Theodore and Gladys Gertrude (Cline) Wolf.

He graduated from Lawrence...

Aug 12, 2019

A Celebration of Life for Cynthia Louise McClure, 66, Lawrence, will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at Plymouth Congregational Church. She died on Monday, August 12, 2019. Cynthia was born on October 11, 1952 in Rochester, Minnesota, the daughter of Dr. Rensselaer W. and Mary Anne McClure.

Cynthia attended Lawrence schools and graduated...

Aug 11, 2019

Funeral services for Dévonté Lashawn Turner, 2, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Dévonté passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Lawrence.

Dévonté was born on July 30, 2017 in Lawrence, KS, the son of Travis and Kristina...

Aug 9, 2019

Memorial Mass for Thomas “Tom” Michael Wilcox, 64, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 am, Saturday, August 17, 2019 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. There will be a Celebration of Life following the Mass at RND Corner Grille from 11:30am-1:30pm. Tom died August 9, 2019 at his home.

Tom was born June 30, 1955 in...

Aug 9, 2019

A memorial service for Naomi Jean Otney, who died August 9, will be held at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont Street, Lawrence, KS at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 21. Graveside burial will be held at Grandview Cemetery in Albany, MO on September 22.

Naomi “Jean” Otney, 95, of Lawrence passed away Friday, August...

Aug 5, 2019

A green burial service for Carol Jean Williams, 62, Spring Hill, KS, will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, August 9, 2019. She will be laid to rest at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. Carol passed away Monday, August 5, 2019 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO.

Carol was born February 13,...

Aug 4, 2019

Memorial services were held at Danforth Chapel.

Jeannette Pearl Perkins Olin passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019, at Bridge Haven Nursing Home, Lawrence, Kansas.

Jeannette was born on September 15, 1925, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Delbert W. and Rhoda (McLean) Perkins. She attended Lawrence schools, and graduated from Lawrence High School. Jeannette graduated...

Aug 3, 2019

Patricia Ann Hopper, (nee Tierney), age 90, Lawrence, Kansas passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2019. She was born on August 9, 1929, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to the late William F and Pauline Tierney. She was a 1947 graduate of St Mary’s Catholic High School in Pittsburg, Kansas. She married the late David C. Hopper, June 14, 1947, in...

Aug 3, 2019

Mass of Christian Burial for Darlyne (Dar) Marie Williams, 84, Lawrence will be held at Noon on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at

Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Dar passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence.

Dar was born May 30, 1935 in Omaha, NE,...

Jul 29, 2019

Max Gene Falkenstien, the voice of the Jayhawks for 60 years, died on July 29, 2019 at age 95. Max was born in Lawrence, Kansas on April 10, 1924, to Earl and Edith Gosper Falkenstien. He graduated from Liberty Memorial High School and after a year at the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Beta Theta...

Jul 25, 2019

Funeral services for Sybil Aileen Scales, 99, Lawrence, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 27, 2019, at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Burial will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 27th at Gridley Cemetery in Gridley, KS. Sybil passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Sybil was born March 1,...

Jul 23, 2019

Funeral service for Matilda A. Petesch, 103, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 26, 2019, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Topeka, KS. Matilda passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Matilda was born May 18, 1916, in Valley...

Jul 21, 2019

Robert R. Bigsby Jr. passed away at his home on July 21, 2019. He was born on August 8, 1953 in Lawrence, Ks. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert R. & Dorothy Jean Bigsby and his grandparents Ambrose & Esther Bigsby, Charles & Carry Henderson. He attended Vinland Grade School and graduated from Lawrence High School...

Jul 17, 2019

Michael Allen Tamerius, 25, passed away on July 17, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Michael was born January 7, 1994 in Lawrence, Kansas to Glenn and Sherry Tamerius. Michael attended Sunflower Elementary School, Broken Arrow Elementary School, Southwest Junior High, South Junior High, and Lawrence High School. Throughout his youth Michael participated in soccer, baseball, football and basketball....

Jul 17, 2019

Services for Mary Jeanne Sneegas, 93, Lawrence, KS will be at 10 a.m. Friday July 26, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Sneegas died Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at the Windsor of Lawrence.

She was born October 13, 1925, in Randolph, KS, the daughter of Wilfred...