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Memorial services for Ora Lee Simpson, 72, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Ora was born September 15, 1943 in Pine Bluff, AR the daughter of Polk and Ethyl (Austin) Griffin. She loved her…

Memorial services for Terri Lee Titus-Wisdom, 55, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora. She passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 in Eudora. She is survived by her parents, Murray and Juanita Murdoch of Eudora, Kansas and Don and Bunny Cronk of Lake…

Funeral services for Sarah Belle “Sadie” Wilkinson Vaughn will be Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Worden United Methodist Church. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. followed by the service at 2:00 p.m. Private burial will be in Worden Cemetery. Sarah passed away March 26, 2016 at Neuvant House in Lawrence, Kansas. Sarah was born September…

Memorial service for Charlotte Ch’iu-Fang Bedford, 89, Lawrence are pending. Inurnment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. She died March 25, 2016 at Brandon Woods. She was born on October 23, 1926 in Tianjin, China the daughter of Bi-Chen and Bo-Ying (Wang) Wan. She was employed as a Librarian at the United Nations Library…

Graveside service for Tina Marie Shepperd, 57, Lawrence will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio. She passed away March 17, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Visitation for Myrna N. Benson, 64, Lawrence will be held 5-7 pm Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Funeral service will be held 10:30 am Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died March 19, 2016. Myrna was born on April 16, 1951 the daughter of…

Memorial visitation for Kenneth W. Adkinson, 73, will be held at 5-7 p.m. Monday, March 28, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Eudora. He passed away the morning of Thursday, March 17, 2016. Kenneth was born January 25, 1943 in Joplin, MO the son of George Kenneth and Clare (Cole) Adkinson. He married Marsha Ramey on…

A memorial visitation for Stephen Henry, 55, Lawrence will be held 6:00 – 8:00 pm Monday, March 21, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Private inurnment at Pioneer Cemetery will be held at a later date. Stephen passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at his home. Stephen was born April 28, 1960 in Lawrence, KS,…

Professor Stephen J. Parker, born August 5, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, died on March 14, 2016 of complication from Alzheimer’s with his family around him. He spent 44 of his years as a professor of Russian literature at the University of Kansas, 13 of those as Chairman of the Department of Slavic Languages and…