Obituaries

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....

Oct 22, 2019

Barbara C. Etzel passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on September 19, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the only daughter of Ruth C. Etzel and Walter T. Etzel.

Barbara amassed an enormous circle of personal friends, students and colleagues during her 93 years. Her personal friends remember her as a generous...

Oct 22, 2019

At Betty C. Mason, 79, De Soto, KS request there will be no services. Inurnment will take place at Hesper Friends Cemetery (south of Eudora). Betty passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at LMH Health.

Betty was born March 19, 1940 in Leavenworth, KS, the daughter of Lloyd E. and Elsie (Yazel) Burns.

Betty was...

Oct 18, 2019

Arlon Eugene “Gene” Sullivan, 84, Lawrence, Kansas, formerly of Washington D.C. passed away at Legend Healthcare in Tonganoxie on Friday, October 18, 2019.

Gene was born on August 7, 1935 on a farm in Almena, Kansas, the son of Laurin and Martha (Bukacek) Sullivan. As a sixth grader he moved with his family to a ranch outside...

Oct 17, 2019

Albert Baldwin “Sandy” Cook, III died October 17, 2019. He was born August 29, 1931 in Ionia, Michigan to Margaret Reineke and A. B. Cook, Jr. When he was 8 years old, the family, which then included a younger sister Margie, returned to his parents’ hometown, Owosso, Michigan to live on the Cook family farm. During World War II,...

Oct 15, 2019

Funeral services for Paul Goebel, 67, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 18, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Green Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Paul passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at LMH Health.

He was born on September 21, 1952 in Colby, Kansas the son of Peter...

Oct 15, 2019

Memorial services for Gerald “Garry” Kent Dunavin, 67, Eudora, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 18, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora, KS. Gerald passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at his home.

Garry was born August 24, 1952 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Paul and Ruth (Ryan) Dunavin.

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