OBITUARIES

Karyn Kay Pishny Bredehoft, Lawrence, KS Karyn Kay Bredehoft was born December 15, 1949 in Topeka, Kansas. A devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother, Karyn, age 68, while surrounded by family, went peacefully to be with her Lord on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 after valiantly battling cancer for over 12 years. She will be remembered…

Norma Lee Caldwell was born on February 1, 1925, to Gail Rice and Louise Burkhart Rice in Erie, KS. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 20, 2018 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 519 N. Main Street, Erie, KS 66733. Burial will follow at East Hill Cemetery in Erie, KS.…

Funeral service for Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Notestine, 71, Eudora will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, November, 23, 2018 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary-Eudora Chapel. She died November 16, 2018 at the University of Kansas Health System. Betty was born on October 22, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the daughter of Fredrick Ellsworth and Mary Magdalene (Baker) Wilkinson. Betty…

Funeral services for Todd Travis Gleason, 55, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Hubbell Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie, KS. Todd passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Todd was born May 1, 1963 in Lawrence, KS, the son…

Juana (Jenny) Garcia, age 86, passed away at her home on Monday November 12th, 2018. She was born in Lawrence, Kansas on December 27, 1931 to Patricio and Rosa (Romero) Garcia. She was preceded in death by her sisters Lupe Garcia and Mercedes Jaimez and brothers Andy Garcia Sr. and John Garcia. Survivors include her…

Brian Wilson Paulsen passed unexpectedly from this world on November 6, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas at the age of 57. His friends and family, and most especially his beloved daughter, his mother, and his twin brother, grieve the loss of a man known for his exceptionally sweet and loving nature. Brian was born in Cloud…

Our most gracious Lord and Savior called Francis Adrian Ellis home on November 10th, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas. Francis, 87, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus and onto the wings of angels as he transitioned from the physical world into heaven’s paradise. Francis was born to Opal Irene (Ramsey) and Thomas Ellis on January…

Katie (Catherine) Cox died on November 11, 2018, at the age of 95, in Lawrence, Kansas. Born in St. John, KS, on September 27, 1923, to Oscar and Lydia Robinson, Katie graduated from St. John High School before attending Fort Hayes State University. In 1942, she married William Cox (deceased) who was in the U.S.…

Helen Lukia Kahele Shepard was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 14,1933 to Joseph E. and Josephine Kahele. She would spend her childhood there experiencing the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 at the age of 8. She would recall how the enemy’s planes were flying so low that she was able to look directly…