OBITUARIES

  A visitation for Elijah “Eli” Berndt, 21, Baldwin City, will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 14, 2017 with a Celebration of Eli’s Life to begin at 6 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Elijah “Eli” Porter Berndt, 21, passed away from this life on Monday, November 6th, 2017. Eli had…

Surrounded by family members, Norbert Grosdidier (91) died peacefully at his home in Eudora, Kansas, Monday, November 6, 2017. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 11, 2017, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 409 E. 8th, Eudora, Kansas. Burial with military honors will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. Norbert…

Memorial services for Steven “Steve” Kent Chandlee, 63, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He passed away Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Steve was born November 8, 1953 in Lawrence, KS, the son of Ellis Roy and Theita Lois (Thompson) Chandlee. He…

Chuck Woodling, longtime sports editor, beloved husband, father and grandfather, esteemed mentor, and semi-feared slow-pitch softball pitcher, died Nov. 1, 2017, after a nearly four-year battle with acute myeloid leukemia and its complications. He was 76. Born on October 9, 1941 in Kansas City, Mo., Chuck was the son of Charles Franklin Woodling II and…

Wilda was born March 17, 1929 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Riley and Ruby Etta Presley. She passed away the 28th of October, 2017. She is survived by her loving husband of 71 years Dr. Charlton Dabney Lawhorn, two daughters, Linda Elizabeth Collins and Kathryn Rebecca Pinto of Overland Park, Kansas; two sons,…

Funeral services for Julia “Judy” Katherine Morrison, 69, Lawrence, and formerly of Vinland, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 10, 2017 at Christ Community Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Vinland Cemetery in Vinland, KS. She passed Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with her daughters at her side. Julia…

Funeral services for Mary Joan Schimmel, 76, Eudora will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 6, 2017 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lawrence, KS. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. She died Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at Medicalodges Eudora. She was born April 15, 1941 in Topeka, KS the daughter of…

** A celebration of life for Dick Warkins will be held beginning at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, November 25th at Kanwaka Township Hall, 776 Highway 40, Lawrence, Kansas. Service will be followed by sharing of memories, a potluck dinner and jam session. **   Richard “Dick” Harold Warkins passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017 at his…

Marden (né Larson), Barbara Ann – Barb died 10/30/2017 after a long struggle with Lewy-Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease. Barb was born February 28, 1946 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin to Henning R. Larson and Lucile Horstmann Larson. She married Dave Marden in Topeka on June 22, 1968, the month after they graduated from the University…