OBITUARIES

George Francis Paley was born December 19, 1948 in Sharon, CT the first child of Morris and Emma (Carberry) Paley. He grew up working on the family dairy farm and helped raise his seven siblings. He passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016, surrounded by family at his home in Lawrence. He will be laid in…

Ermagene Francis Fenton Deines of Lawrence, Kansas, departed this life surrounded by her loving family, January 7, 2016. Ermagene Deines was born September 28, 1925, the youngest child of Edward H. and Martha (Day) Fenton, in Shallow Water, Kansas. On October 18, 1947, she married Emil Walter Deines, who preceded her in death. They have…

Eldon Jerome (Jerry) Niebaum died January 5, 2016, at home, where he had lived with Judy, his high-school sweetheart and wife of 54 years, since 1981. Jerry, 76, retired from the University of Kansas in 2004 as Assistant Vice Provost for Information Services. His 23-year KU career spanned a time of enormous technological changes, and…

Funeral services for Katherine “Katie” Ann Studebaker, 75, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 7, 2016 at First Christian Church. Interment will follow at Clinton Cemetery. She passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Select Specialty Hospital in Kansas City, KS, surrounded by family and friends. Katherine was born August 26, 1940…

Daisy Dorothy Rothrock Patton – Born 1930, Jefferson City, MO. Daisy Dorothy Rothrock Patton passed away January 1, 2016. She was born October, 1930, to Thomas and Gertrude Pearson. She studied at the University of Kansas before marrying Van E. Rothrock in 1952. She lived in the Kansas City area from 1966 until 2014, when…

Celebration of Life for Jeffrey “Jeff” Colin McGovern, 35, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2016, at Plymouth Congregational Church. He died December 30, 2015, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center after an extended battle with many medical issues, including Burkitt’s lymphoma. He was born on March 16, 1980, in Denver,…

Funeral services for Mary E. Runyon, 95, Lawrence, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 4, 2016 at Lawrence Free Methodist Church. Burial will be at a later date. She died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born March 13, 1920 in Ogden, IA the daughter of Ira and Olive…

Funeral services for Audrey Cherlyn “Cheri” Skidmore, 71, Perry, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence followed by a graveside at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Cheri was born May 30, 1944 in San Bernardino, CA the…