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Funeral services for James Patti, 89, Lawrence will be held 10:00 am, Friday, October 20, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Entombment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. He died October 14, 2017 at Bridge Haven Village. He was born on July 8, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of James, Sr. and Violet (Long) Patti.…
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There will be no services at this time for Kathryn Ruth Risk, 103, Lawrence. She passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. Kathryn was born April 22, 1914 in Lewis County, Missouri the daughter of Thomas M. and Mary Margaret (Gaines) Risk. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lowell E.…
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Graveside inurnment for Marion J. Ramirez, 84, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence. He passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. Marion was born September 25, 1933 in Horton, KS the son of Frank and Paulla (Rocha) Ramirez. He worked…
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Wanda Jean Somers Chauvin, 93, passed away October 9, 2017, at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, Kansas. Wanda was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on February 8, 1924, to William and Maude (Trackwell) Somers, growing up as one of nine siblings on a 320-acre farm and graduating from Jarbalo High School in 1941. In 1942 she began…
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Memorial services for Richard Orville Steffen, 95, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. October 28, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. He passed away Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Richard was born September 18, 1922 in Haviland, KS the son of John H. and…
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*** A memorial service for Harold Orel “Hal” will be held at 2:00 p.m. October 21, 2017 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lawrence. *** Harold Orel (“Hal” to his friends) was born March 31, 1926, in Boston; though he traveled to more than fifty countries, he never lost his love of the…
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Funeral services for Eli Lee Leahew, 21, Eudora, KS will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Eudora Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery. He passed away Sunday, October 8, 2017. Eli was born November 4, 1995 in Shawnee Mission, KS the son of Daniel and Sarah (Edgar) Leahew.…
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Family graveside services for Barbara J. Van Dyke, 55, Lawrence will be held at a later date at Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton. Barbara passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at her home. She was born November 6, 1961 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of William E. and Beverly (Bahnmaier) Van Dyke. After graduating from…
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Memorial Services for James Kay Rowland, 83, Lawrence will be held 10-12 a. m. October 8th 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary He will be placed in The San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, CA. He passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, KS. James was born January 12, 1934 in Marysville, KS…
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Talonna D’onn Reed, 54, fought her toughest and very last fight with metastatic breast cancer on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. She passed peacefully in the presence of family and some of her closest friends. ‘Tullie’, or ‘Apple’, as most of you knew her, was born on January 11, 1963…
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