OBITUARIES

Graveside service for Virgil J. “Skee” Lewis, 61, Eudora, will held 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 15, 2020 at Eudora Cemetery. Due to Covid-19, please be mindful of social distancing guidelines if planning to attend the graveside service. Skee passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020 at his home. Skee was born on August 6, 1958…

Harold “Alan” Heath, 89, Lawrence passed away peacefully Friday, May 1, 2020. Alan was born October 7, 1930 in Salina, Kansas, the son of Earl and Florence Heath. He graduated Valedictorian from Salina High School in 1948 and was winner of the Bausch Lomb Science Award. His love of the game of golf started early…

Chris Georgeson, 64, of Lawrence, KS passed Monday, April 27, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. Chris was born August 17, 1955 in Lawrence, KS; the first son of Bob and Greta (Osthoff) Georgeson. He was a life-long Lawrence resident. Chris is remembered as an intelligent, witty and generous man who…

Due to the current Coronavirus Pandemic, Graveside services for Susan O. Durkin, 104, Eudora will be private. Susan passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at Medicalodges Eudora. Susan was born on February 10, 1916 in Potter, KS, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Lucius) Cline. She married George Raymond Durkin on August 9, 1947 in…

Private family graveside service for James R. Wells, 81, Lawrence will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. James passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at his home. James was born on March 17, 1939 in Parsons, KS, the son of Alfred R. and Vivian E. (McCoy) Wells. He was a member of 32˚ Scottish Rite…

O.D. “Sam” Brubaker, 97, Lawrence, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Bridge Haven in Lawrence. Sam was born on October 2, 1922 in Pomona, KS, the son of Virgil and Rosa (McFadden) Brubaker. After graduating high school in 1941, Sam joined the Army during WWII on November 27, 1942. He served overseas in the…

Beverly Elaine (Henning) Hughes, 88, of Eudora (formerly of Manhattan, Kansas) passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020, while in her home. She was born February 26, 1932, in Campus, Illinois, where her grandparents were early settlers. Her father, Steven Henning, an accountant as well as a master woodworker, and her mother, Hazel Henning, a…

Nellie Mae Murrell, 75, Lawrence, was born the fourth child of 11 children to the late Georgia Mae Sanders and the late Herman Robinson November 3, 1944 in Leland, MS. She attended school in Onwood, MS and was later called and baptized at the age of 23 years old at Mt. Zion Baptist Church under…

Public memorial services for Marianne P. Gowen, 88, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Warren-McElwain Mortuary at a later date. She passed away Friday, April 17, 2020, at Presbyterian Manor. Marianne was a longtime counselor and therapist in Lawrence, working for 25 years at Catholic Social Services (now Catholic Charities), from 1984 to…