OBITUARIES

Terri Lynn Beach passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends on April 19, 2015. She was born in Nuremburg, Germany on February 7, 1960. She was the third child of Theodore William and Bertha Virginia Beach. She was a smart, very funny and caring woman. As an adult, she worked as an expert…

Fredrick (Fred) James Smith 85, Lawrence passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015. He was born October 24, 1929, to H. Karl and Madge (Bailey) Smith of Osborne, KS. He graduated from Osborne High School in 1948. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University in 1960. He served four years in the United…

Funeral services for Cleo Dorthea Woody, 83, Kansas City, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. She went to her Heavenly Home on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Presbyterian Manor in Kansas City, KS. Cleo was born April 15,…

Frances H. Gray, 91, Perry, KS, died April 15, 2015, at Saint Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City. She was born September 19, 1923, in Rocky Ford, CO, the daughter of Clarence LeRoy Herring and Susan Frances Leap. She grew up in Rocky Ford, joined the WAVES, serving as Chief Storekeeper Disbursing until discharged in…

A graveside inurnment service will be held at 2 p.m. on April 25, 2015 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, KS.   Muriel Irene Rodgers Patterson was born on August 10, 1924 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At six months of age Muriel and her parents moved to Lawrence, Kansas where in 1943 she graduated from Liberty…

Mass of Christian Burial for Rex Belmont Nicolay, 84, Eudora will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at his home in Eudora with his wife and family by his side.…

Funeral service for George “Bear” Eoannou, 57, Lawrence will be held 1 pm Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Bear passed away Saturday, April 11, 2015 in Lawrence, KS. He was born on September 22, 1957 in Portland, Oregon the son of Alex Demetrius Eoannou and Lillian…

Jennifer Ann Cox, 66, of Lawrence passed away April 10, 2015 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born July 25, 1948. Jennifer was the daughter of Jennings and Mildred (Fisher) McKinley. She married Dennis Lee Cox on June 1, 1969, in Lawrence. The two moved to Denver in 1973 and spent…

A memorial gathering for Frances Imogean “Gean” Herd, 86, Lawrence will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She died Monday, December 22, 2014 at her home. She moved to Lawrence November of 1988 from Wichita, KS. She was born June 8, 1928 in Monett, MO…

Memorial services for Kristi “Kriss” Miller-Kruzel, 43, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Inurnment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Grove, KS. She passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Kriss was born July 17, 1971 in Enid, OK…