OBITUARIES

Memorial Mass for Patrick “Pat” T. Lehman, 66, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2015, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. He passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at his home. He was born November 4, 1948, in Goodland, KS, the son of James W. and Mary Guise Lehman. He grew up…

Memorial services for Melvin Charles Lisher, Sr. 81, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 15, 205, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Military burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Lisher died January 10, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born December 11, 1933, near Clifton, KS, the son of Lewis Jackson…

Robert M. Austin, Jr. passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 9, 2015, just as he wanted. A native of Lawrence, Robert was a giant amongst men. Smiling, cracking jokes, helping a stranger with a flat tire, Robert was a spiritual being who believed in paying it forward. He will be celebrated by all…

Private family graveside services for Thelma Louise Robbins Dillon, 93, Lawrence will be held at Washington Creek Cemetery in rural Douglas County. She passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Arbor Court (formerly Drury Place). Thelma was born December 13, 1921 in Williamsburg, KS the daughter of Lloyd Jacob Robbins, Sr. and Emmeline Rebbecca Pingree…

Mass of Christian Burial for John Earl Drake, 79, Lawrence will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 12, 2015 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Inurnment will be at a later date at Plainville Catholic Cemetery in Plainville, KS. He passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Medicalodges Eudora. He was born May 17, 1935…

Memorial services for Beverly Brooks Temple, 85, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 9, 2015 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Inurnment will be Private at Pioneer Cemetery. She passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. She was born November 15, 1929 in Martin, TN to John and…

Memorial services for Normeasa “Sue” Forbes, 81, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 2015 at First Christian Church. Private burial will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. She passed away January 5, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She was born December 27, 1933 in Memphis, TN the…

A memorial service for Leon Garcia Jr., 58, of Lawrence will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Private family inurnment will be held following the service. He passed away January 4, 2015, at Midland Care Hospice House, Topeka, KS. He was born August 15, 1956, in…

Marjorie Augusta Wegeng Gronniger died January 3, 2015 at Lawrence, KS. Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. She was born April 5, 1919 in Norborne, MO to William Augustine Wegeng and…