OBITUARIES

Frances Justina Benson died September 14, 2015 at Concordia Retirement Center in Bella Vista, AR. Frances was born March 13, 1912, in Lawrence, KS to Francis Oscar Benson and Nellie Frye Benson. She attended the Lawrence schools and the Lawrence Business College. During WWII, she was employed as a secretary at the Sunflower Ordinance Plant…

A Celebration of Life for Teryl Ashley Roberts Norwood, 28, of Burlington, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the American Legion in Perry, KS. A graveside service will be held prior to the celebration at 10:00 a.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton, KS. The family will greet friends…

Jan Irvine Dean – known by her loved ones as “Gran Jan,” entered eternal life September 7th, 2015 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Jan was born on February 18th, 1925 in Jacksonville, Texas – the only child of Jacob and Bess Marie Irvine. She married Thomas Scott Dean, of Sherman, Texas, on June 1st, 1945. Jan was…

William Maxwell “Max” Lucas Jr, 81, died Sept. 4 at his home in Lawrence, where he was retired dean of the KU School of Architecture. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. He was born July 23, 1934 in Lamar, Missouri, the only child of William…

Imogene Mae “Jean” Anderson died Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at home at the age of 92. Graveside services will be held at the Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Kansas at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2015. The daughter of the late Harry and Hazel Cole, Jean was born on February 27, 1923 in Richland, Kansas and…

Visitation for Edith L. Young, 68, Arkansas City, KS will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Edith passed away Friday, August 28, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. Edith was born in Tennessee the daughter of Archie and Roberta (Watson) Easley. She was…

A visitation for Deborah Johnston-Gaston, 49, Lawrence will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She died August 28, 2015 at her home. She was born March 7, 1966 in Ozark, Arkansas the daughter of Melton Gene Sampley and Margaret (Henry) Sampley Edwards. She attended the University…

**A memorial service for Shirley will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 30, 2015 at First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence.**   Shirley M. McKee, 93, Lawrence, died Friday, August 28, 2015, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. She was born March 6, 1922, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Orville W. and A. Louise (Mathonet)…

Memorial services for Theodore Eugene “Gene” Archer, 81, Lawrence, will be held 10:30 am Saturday at Lawrence Free Methodist Church. He died August 22, 2015 at Medicalodges in Eudora, KS after a chronic illness. He was born May 25, 1934, in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Walter and Florence Fleming Farmer. At his birth mother’s…