OBITUARIES

  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, the…

Lucille J. Smith, 92 died in Tucson, Arizona, November 20, 2018 from severe complications of a stroke. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Private family inurnment will be held at Pioneer Cemetery. Lucy was born in Keokuk, Iowa on June 24th, 1926. She…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.…

Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Mary Alice Reschke, 81, Lawrence, at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Mary passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019, at LMH Health. Mary was born November 3, 1937 in Passaic, MO, the daughter…