OBITUARIES

Kathryn Joan Schmutz (known to all as Joan, pronounced “Jo-Anne”) passed away on July 23, 2024. She was born on January 5, 1936, to Albert and Grace Legler of Robinson, Kansas. Joan graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. in Physical Therapy in 1957. In 1957, she moved to California after meeting her…

Lillian Kay Carl, mother and friend to many, died Wednesday after a long battle with lung and heart disease and cancer. She was 80 years old.  Ms. Carl was born on Nov. 15, 1943, in Duluth, Kansas, the second child of Iverna and Ben Teske. She graduated from high school in 1961. It was her…

Funeral Service for Janet Alene (Brown) Rusk will be held at Warren-McElwain Mortuary on Saturday August 3rd, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. with a visitation one hour prior. Burial to follow at Sutton Cemetery in Baldwin City, KS. Janet Alene (Brown) Rusk was born in Strawberry Point, Iowa on November 23, 1934, to Roy W. and…

Memorial services for Kathleen Ellen Gallagher, 41, Lawrence, will be held on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, Kansas.   There will be a viewing and visitation with family at 1:00 PM preceding the 2:00 PM service.  A reception will follow at 3:30 PM at Arterra Event Gallery, 2161 Quail Creek Drive, Lawrence…

Thelma Marie Bellinger, 93, of Lawrence, KS passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. She was born December 26, 1930, in Arapahoe, Colorado to Roy and Musie Kibbee. Her family later moved to Lecompton, KS where she graduated from Lecompton High School in 1948. Thelma was one…

Kelli Lash Curtiss passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023, at the Olathe Hospice House. Celebration of life services for Kelli 48, of Lawrence, KS, will be Saturday, July 27, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. ~ 3:00 p.m., at the Union Pacific Depot, 402 N. 2nd Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Kelli was born on January 11, 1975,…

Richard (Rick) Bastemeyer, 67, of Lawrence, KS died Friday, July 12, 2024 .  Rick was born in March of 1957 in Wagner, SD to Melvern (Bee) and Norma Sue (Garberick) Bastemeyer, the sixth of ten children.    Rick married Karen Anderson in Lake Andes, SD in 1979.  They were blessed with three daughters, Michele Lea, who…

Steve Glass, 79, died peacefully on Monday, July 15, 2024 at Bridge Haven Memory Care in Lawrence, Kansas.  Steve was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in early 2021.  Visitation will be Wednesday, July 17, 2024 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at Warren-McElwain Mortuary at 13th and Massachusetts.  Funeral services will be Thursday, July 18, 2024 at…

Rosalie Mary Waner (Pickert) was born on September 9, 1932, went to her heavenly home on July, 11, 2024 at the age of 91.  She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Rosalie was a woman of faith, who loved the Lord, her family, church, and community.  She was a member of St. Johns…