OBITUARIES

Funeral services for Catherine “Kate” Louise West, 93, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Committal service will be held 1:00 p.m., Friday, September 27, 2019 at Oaklawn Cemetery in LaCygne, Kansas. Kate passed away Monday, September 23, 2019 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. Kate was born…

A Celebration of Life for Robert Dewayne Bryant, 50, Linwood, KS will be held from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 1004 Locust Street in Eudora, KS. Robert passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 in Fayetteville, AR. Robert was born on August 12, 1969 to Robert “Bob” Dale and Alice…

Memorial Mass for Juan Ramos, 90, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 20, 2019 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He passed away Monday, September 16, 2019 at Arbor Court at Alvamar in Lawrence. Juan was born on August 21, 1929 in San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico, the son of…

Jean-Pierre Boon’s funeral and burial will be at sea, off the coast of California as a joint ceremony with his predeceased wife, Marjorie. He died on September 1, 2019 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence, KS. Jean-Pierre was a graduate of Columbia University, in New York City, where he earned his PH.D. He was…

Luella Grace (Ray) Vaccaro, age 85, died September 6th, at her home. Born June 2, 1934 in Miles City, MT.. She was the daughter of the late Gladys A. (Danklefsen) Ray and David Otto Ray. Raised in the Seattle Washington area, Luella joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952. She was crowned Queen at the…

Funeral services for Mildred L. James Moore, 99, Lawrence, will be held at 12:00 p.m. Friday September 27, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Ada, Ohio. Mildred passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at her…

Interment services for Joseph Dean Cary, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 13, 2019 at Missouri Military Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri with full military honors. Joseph Dean Cary, aged 85, died at Brandon Woods nursing home in Lawrence, Kansas on September 3, 2019. Joe was born in Norborne, Missouri on August 17, 1934.…

Services for Richard C. Bivens, 89, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m., September 6, 2019 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence, Kansas. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He died August 31, 2019 at Baldwin Healthcare Center. Richard was born October 10, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri the son of Nathaniel…

** The Coggins and Westerbeke families will host a public joint Celebration of Life for both George Cameron Coggins and William Edward Westerbeke, colleagues and friends for 45 years, on November 8th at the Union Depot, 402 N 2nd St. from 4:00-6:00. **   George Cameron Coggins was born on January 27,1941 in Pontiac, Michigan…