OBITUARIES

Pamela “Pam” Grey Mills Casagrande passed from this earth April 14, 2024, surrounded by family; she was 86 years young.   Pam was born March 12th, 1938, in Waukegan, Illinois to Bud and Helen Mills; she was raised in Denver, Colorado.   Upon graduation from high school, Pam attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana where she…

Sonja Lilian Olsson Six died on April 17, 2024, in Lawrence, Kansas. Lilian was born to Tage Rudolv and Gerda Erika Olsson in Stockholm, Sweden on February 8, 1934. She attended high school and college in her native Sweden and received a law degree from the University of Stockholm in 1959. She worked as an…

Memorial services for Donald Wayne Daniels, 81, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. April 22, 2024 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Family will greet friends an hour prior (1:00 p.m.) until the service. Private family burial will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Grove, KS.  Donald passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024…

Donald R. Burns, Sr., 82, of Early, IA, passed away on April 3, 2024, at Methodist Manor in Storm Lake, IA, after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10am on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Hesper Friends Church, Eudora, KS, with Rev. Jerry Mercer, officiating. Burial will be at Hesper Friends…

A Visitation for Wendell B. Benson, 48, Lawrence, KS, will be held from 7:00 ~ 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. A reminiscing period will be held from 10:00 ~ 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 22, 2024, also at the mortuary. A Graveside will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.…

Jeffrey (Jeff) Moran–history professor, Cajun chef, World’s Greatest Dad, and human encyclopedia–passed away on Wednesday, April 17 at the age of 57, after a 23-year battle with brain cancer. He was surrounded by family who loved him fiercely. Jeff was born on September 20,1966 in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Duane Moran and Violet (Suta)…

Funeral services for Jerry Wayne Wurtz, 68, Eudora, KS, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Eudora. The burial will take place at Eudora City Cemetery.  Jerry passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at LMH Health. Jerry was born on October 16, 1955, in Kansas City,…

A visitation for David G. Swartz, 75, Lawrence, will be held from 1:00 ~ 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Inurnment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors at 3:30 p.m.  David passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Parkway Care & Rehab. in Edwardsville, KS.…

May 6, 1932 – April 1, 2024 In the early morning hours of April 1, 2024, Glen F. Davis, masterful teller of stories and jokes, passed away and joined his beautiful saint of a wife in Heaven. Glen was charming, kindhearted, generous, mischievous, and sometimes even belligerent, but above all, he was a master of…