OBITUARIES

Katherine “Kac” Carr Giele, 94, Lawrence, died Friday, Dec. 1 at her home. A service to honor her life is planned for 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1101 Vermont Street, Lawrence. A private interment service is planned for a later date at Pioneer Cemetery, University of Kansas West Campus. Kac…

Memorial services for Peggy Jane Caruthers Silvers, 80, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. December 16, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Washington Creek German Baptist Cemetery southwest of Lawrence. She passed away peacefully Saturday, December 2, 2017 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Peggy was born May…

Services for William Jean Medaris, 92, Eudora will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday December 4, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Bill passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Medicalodges Eudora. William was born on November 22, 1925 in Barry, Illinois the son of Thurman Daniel and…

John Reynolds was born July 7, 1954 in Teaneck, New Jersey to Hugh Reynolds and Mae Diewgan. John passed away on November 17, 2017 at Hickory Pointe Nursing Center. John lived in New Jersey until moving with his care worker to Lawrence, KS in 1995. John then joined the Cottonwood, Inc. family in 1996 where…

Doris Virginia Stage Dort, 91, of Lawrence died on November 26, 2017 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on March 21, 1926 in Eaton, Ohio, the daughter of Mary C. Long Stage and David Arthur Stage. She graduated from Eaton High School in 1944, earned a BS (cum laude) in Chemistry…

Memorial services for William “Bill” M. Vervynck, 75, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday December 1, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at The University of Kansas Medical Center. Bill was born August 31, 1942 in Burns, Kansas the son of John and Edna (Hayden) Vervynck.…

Funeral service for Kenneth Allen Bryant, 88, Eudora will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 1st at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel, Eudora, KS. Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery with military honors. He died November 24, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 19, 1929 in Fall Leaf, Kansas the son of…