OBITUARIES

A memorial service for Floyd L. Ott, 91, Eudora, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 1st, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel, Eudora, KS. He passed away March 15, 2017 at home. Floyd was born in Eudora to Arthur and Clara Ott on September 19, 1925. He graduated from Eudora High School, and…

Private family graveside service for Samuel Llewellyn Brien, 63, Oskaloosa, KS will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Samuel was born April 23, 1953 in Lawrence the son of Lindley A. “Lynn” and Margaret Moyer Brien. He worked for Brien Plumbing and City of…

A Memorial for Don G. Baxter, 84, of Lawrence, KS will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 1st at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Flory Meeting Hall, 2110 Harper Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Don died March 13, 2017. Don was born April 27, 1932 in Cheraw, CO the son of Earl and Eileen…

Joseph Leon Laducer was born May 14, 1957 in Belcourt, ND to Esther Klier. He attended and graduated both Wahpeton and Flandreau Indian Schools. Shortly thereafter, he married Marcia Goodall. Two children were born to this union: Florence and Lawrence Laducer. In the 80s, he moved his family to Lawrence, Kansas so that he could…

Private graveside service for Phyllis Ann Hughes Lawton, 95, of Lawrence will be held at Pioneer Cemetery. She passed away peacefully on March 11, 2017. Phyllis was born on April 14, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Bowmer and Ruth Hughes. She attended Emporia high school and Emporia State University. She and her…

Funeral services for Maudie “Darlene” Baskins, 76, Baldwin City will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 17, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Baldwin City Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Darlene was born May 14, 1940 in Calhoun, Missouri the…

**** A Memorial Visitation will be held for May Louise Norris Yurchak from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel, Eudora, Kansas. **** Graveside inurnment for May Louise Norris Yurchak, 72, of Eudora will be at the Riley Cemetery in Riley, Kansas at a later date. She passed…

Memorial services for Regina B. Cannon, 91, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Hillside Christian Church in Wichita, KS. Inurnment will be in Wichita Park Cemetery. She passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence. Regina was born August 3, 1925 in Wild Cherry,…

Funeral services for Francine Zada Breithaupt, 88, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Worden United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Worden Cemetery. She passed away at her home Wednesday, March 8th. Francine was born on August 25, 1928 in Flag, Arkansas, the daughter of Harvey and Bertha (Broyles)…

Paul William Schultz, 64, passed away after a short illness on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Paul was born in 1953 to Alice Mary McEleney and John A. Schultz in Clinton, Iowa. His family moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 1958, where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1971, and Kansas University…