OBITUARIES

Private family service for Sandra “Sandie” Jean Slaughter, 80, Lawrence, formerly of Wichita, KS, will be held. Sandra passed away Monday, April 1, 2019 at her home. Sandra was born June 22, 1938 in Yuba City, CA, the daughter of Harold Garner and Thelma Louise (Arritt) Crandall. She retired as an inventory control manager for…

Memorial Mass for Leo John Nau, 75, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 5, 2019 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Burial will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Leo passed away Monday, April 1, 2019 at his home. Leo was born November 21, 1943 in Worthington, MN, the son of…

Hubert Harvey Pritchett, 82, passed away March 30, 2019 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Hubert was born January 5, 1937 in Parsons, Kansas. He was the son of James Harvey and Ruby Delite (Forshey) Pritchett, Lawrence, KS. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1955. He served in the U.S. National Guard and the U.S. Army…

John R. Fluker, Jr., of Lawrence, Kansas passed away suddenly on March 26, 2019. Memorial mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 12, 2019 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Inurnment will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 15, 2019 at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence. John was born…

Gary L. Potts passed away on Wed, March 27, 2019 at the age of 77 in Overland Park, KS. He was born in Iola, KS on April 9, 1941 to his parents, Laurence A. and Jessie (Taxter) Potts. He is survived by his wife, Janice (Spiewak), including three daughters, Melissa Potts (Joe Lehman) and their…

Barbara Ann Kemberling, 74, Lawrence, passed away March 23, 2019 at home with her loving daughter’s by her side. Barbara was born in Logansport, IN to Cedric and Edna (Lottman) Shields on October 19, 1944. They moved to Los Angeles, CA where Barbara attended David Starr Jordan High and Long Beach City College. In 1980…

Marjorie Vivian (Channel) Seiwald was born February 8, 1921 in Soldier, Kansas, and she passed from this life on March 27, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. Throughout her life, she was affectionately known as “Marj.” She was the only child of Roscoe Channel and Alma Vivian Channel, and she grew up in the Depression Era of…

John Edgar Beam passed away March 26, 2019 from ALS in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born on April 16, 1936, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Burl and Eileen Beam. John received his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Kansas, his master’s of science degree in physics from Harvard University and his doctorate in physics…

Dianne Lynn (Zoglo) Schwartz was born August 26, 1948, in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Raymond and Ruth Zoglo. Dianne died peacefully at her home in Lawrence on Monday, March 25, surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Charles “Jamie” Schwartz, in 2015. Dianne is survived by…

Funeral services for Barbara “Barb” J. (Underwood) Wells, 44, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. After a five-year battle with breast cancer, Barb peacefully passed on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family.…