OBITUARIES

A visitation for Edith C. Oelschlaeger, 89, Lawrence will be held from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Private family burial will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Edith passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Edith was born April 8, 1928 in Lawrence,…

  Elizabeth Anne Hofferber O’Brien, 72, of Lawrence, KS, passed away at home on December 23, 2017 at 11:12 pm. Her big personality, Happy-Go-Lucky spirit, and her unselfish nature will be greatly missed by all. She was known to everyone as “Grandma Bizz” and she held a very special place in the hearts of her…

Virginia Stevens Seaver (1919-2017) Virginia Stevens was born in Topeka, Kansas on December 27, 1919. Her parents both worked for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Her father eventually became Secretary Treasurer of a division of the company, while her mother worked as a clerk for 58 years. Despite her father’s chronic health problems…

A visitation for Reathyl “RIM” Irene Brummett, 96, Lawrence will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 29, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Private family burial will be held at Clinton Cemetery in Clinton, KS. Reathyl was born January 18, 1921 in Blueridge, MO the daughter of Rev. Alfred Earl and…

Internment of Ashes Ceremony and Memorial services for Dr. Caroline Stockhammer, Ph.D., 92, Lawrence will be postponed, to be announced until a later date. She passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, KS. Caroline was born October 20, 1925 in Bremen, Germany, the daughter of Hermann Rudolf and Theodore Marie (Brügmann)…

Funeral service for Eldon Vance Fuller, 85, Eudora will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary-Eudora Chapel. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. He died December 23, 2017 at Medicalodges Eudora. He was born on August 2, 1932 in Phillipsburg, KS the son of Earl N. and…

Mass of Christian Burial for Luke Alessandro Tyner, Jr., infant, Lawrence, KS will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 2017 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. He died December 21, 2017 at Overland Park, KS. He was born on December 21, 2017 the son of Luke Donald and Olimpia Alejandra (Otero)…

Graveside services for Nancy A. Fisher, 87, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Thursday, December 20, 2017 at Bridge Haven Village. Nancy was born October 22, 1930 in St. Louis, MO the daughter of Sidney Roach and Mariam M. (Gum) Hopkins. She worked…

Funeral services for Mildred Morris, 99, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at her home. Mildred was born March 26, 1918 in Altus, Arkansas the daughter of Samuel and Mattie (McMinn)…