OBITUARIES

Graveside services for Jan Eric “Rick” Howell, 51, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 30, 2015 at Eudora Cemetery. After a long illness Rick passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at his home. Rick was born November 22, 1964 in Ottawa, KS, the son of John and Connie (Altic) Howell.…

Ruth Ann, 90 was a bright, inspiring and caring person who had a positive influence on everyone she knew. Born in Kansas City, MO she earned nursing and education degrees from KU and UMKC. Her career as an educator spanned the faculties of Avila, KU and St. Luke’s schools of nursing. Ruth was also a…

Memorial services for Maxine Mary Alice Oldridge Martin, 101, Lawrence, will be held at a later date. Burial will be held at Hiawatha Cemetery, Hiawatha, KS. She passed away Friday, November 19, 2015 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. Maxine was born and raised in Hiawatha, KS, the daughter of Joseph Franklin and Grace (Parks) Oldridge…

Kathleen Larson Raney passed away November 19, 2015. She was born October 26, 1928 in Wamego, Kansas, daughter of Eugene and Virginia Larson. Upon graduating from high school in 1946, she attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. Virginia and then the University of Kansas from which she received her baccalaureate in social work in 1950.…

Mr. Donald Lee Palmer, 73, of Eldon, Missouri passed away Tuesday October 20, 2015 at the University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia, Mo. with his loving family by his side. Don was born May 7, 1942, in Lansing, Michigan, a son of Lester and Fay “Miller” Palmer. He was a 1961 graduate of Lawrence High…

Entombment for Joseph “Joe” Charles Boone III, 100, Lee’s Summit, MO will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 21st at Memorial Park Mausoleum in Lawrence. He passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at John Knox Village in Lee’s Summit, MO. He served his country in the United States Navy from 1943 – 1946.  

  ** The memorial service to celebrate the life of Glee Smith, Jr. will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway, Lawrence Kansas on Friday, December 4th at 2 pm. Family visitation will follow in the fellowship hall. **     Glee S. Smith, Jr., age 94, former Kansas State Senator and…

Graveside services for Beverly “Boo” Gibson, 90, Jewell, KS, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. She died Monday, November 16, 2015 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, KS. She was born on April 2, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Lloyd and Ethel…

Evaline Campbell, a resident of the Wellsville Retirement Community, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, KS. A graveside service will be held at the Franklin Grove Cemetery in Franklin Grove, IL. Evaline was born September 16, 1915 in Sycamore, IL, the daughter of Adam C. Cliffe and (Helen)…

Funeral services for Roger Gaylon Yarbro, Sr. 74, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 20, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. He passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 at University of Kansas Medical Center. Roger was born December 6, 1940 in Chaffee, MO, the son…