OBITUARIES

A visitation for Joan Lucille Knight, 89, Baldwin City, KS, will be held from 10:30 ~ 12:00 p.m., Monday, April 1, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Joan passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Vintage Park in Baldwin City. Joan was born on December 12, 1934, in Chanute, KS, the daughter of Clyde…

Jacquelyn Kay Miller Wertzberger, a remarkable woman of strength, talent, and unwavering love, passed away at 7:09pm on March 22, 2024, at the age of 85, at her home with her children by her side. Born on July 9, 1938, in Webb City, Missouri, she was the cherished only child of Robert Joseph and Eva…

Shirley J. Walters passed away at Presbyterian Manor, Lawrence, Kansas on Monday, March 25, 2024. Cremation is planned. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 12, 2024 at the First United Methodist Church on Vermont Street in Lawrence. (Please allow time for street parking). A light reception will follow…

Long-time Lawrence Kansas resident, Richard “Dick” Lee Sengpiehl, passed away on November 1, 2023 surrounded by his loving family. He was 86. Dick was born to Evelyn Glavys Hardeman and Walter Oscar Sengpiehl of Parsons, Kansas, on January 28, 1937. He often spoke fondly of growing up in a small town, playing sports, summers spent…

A Celebration of Jerry’s life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence. Jarrett Josiah Hare, Jr, known affectionately as Jerry, passed away on February 24, 2024 from his injuries sustained in a severe fall on February 17.  He would have been 90 this year.  He…

Christopher William (Chris) Lorman (59), a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away on March 22, 2024, born on June 23, 1964, to the late Bill and Harriet Lorman (nee Pratt), Chris was a long-time resident of Kansas and a pillar of the community he so dearly loved. Born and raised in…

Services for Dwight Lee Curry, 91, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at Meadowlark Estates in Lawrence. Dwight died on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at LMH Health. Dwight was born on August 26, 1932 in Great Bend, KS, the son of Marshall Walter and Eva Grace (Button) Curry. He…

Nancy Rodhouse Colyer, 87, Kansas City, MO, formerly of Lawrence, KS. Nancy passed away on Friday, March 22, 2024, at Anthology on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO.  Nancy was born on January 26, 1937, in Illinois, the daughter of Thomas Jacob and Erma (Michie) Rodhouse.  She was the Director of Continuing Education for the University of Kansas. …

January 09, 1923 ~ March 24, 2024 Mary Ellen Carden (Webb) was born January 9th, 1923 in Argentine, KS to Oliver Preston Webb and Verna Webb (Fraser). She graduated from Argentine High School in 1941, where she was a member of the National Honors Society.  After graduation, she obtained her Nurse’s Aide certification from the…

Donna Mae Grosdidier (Reusch) passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living in Lawrence Kansas. Donna was born to John and Fern Reusch (Broers) on April 9, 1935 in Eudora, Kansas. She married Edgar Grosdidier on September 26, 1953 in Eudora, Kansas. They resided in Eudora until January 1971, when they…