OBITUARIES

Memorial services for Donald W. Tiffany, 83, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Lawrence First Presbyterian Church. Private inurnment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. He died Friday, March 14, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Donald was born the second of five children in St. Louis, MO…

Ernst S. Dick, professor emeritus of the University of Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He was born April 7, 1929 in East Prussia, Germany, the son of Wihelm and Berta Dick, the…

No services are planned for Charlotte L. Boxberger, 99, Lawrence. She died March 9, 2014 at Bridge Haven Memory Care in Lawrence. Charlotte was born on October 31, 1914 in Solomon Rapids, KS the daughter of Charles and Ethel (Johnson) Olson. She married Rudolph E. “Boots” Boxberger on February 2, 1935 in Wichita, KS. He…

Kermit Duane Aldridge was born July 30, 1963, in Fort Worth, Texas, the son, of Cornelius Aldridge Jr, and Sharon L. Greene Aldridge. He lost his battle with cancer on Saturday, March 8, 2014, surrounded by his family at the age of 50. As the son of a military father, he resided in various places…

Kyle Wayne Wallace, 50, Lawrence, died Friday, March 7, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born September 11, 1963, in Chanute to Wayne and Dorothy Wallace. He grew up and attended school in Chanute before entering the Navy in 1987 as a Naval Airman. He was a Desert Storm Veteran, and achieved the rank…

Robert “Bob” Lee Wirthman, 72, Lawrence, KS, died on March 7, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church 6001 Bob Billings Parkway, Lawrence, KS. Burial will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in…

Duane V. Ely, 79, of Lawrence, KS passed away at Presbyterian Manor on Friday March 7, 2014. Duane was born July 28, 1934 in Hutchinson, KS, son of Glenn V. and Grace Gertrude (Pickens) Ely. He attended Buhler High School and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1952. He worked with his parents farming and…

Sherry Ann Girty was born December 31, 1966 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She left this earth on March 7, 2014 at the Tonganoxie Nursing Center. Sherry is the daughter of Andy and Frances Girty. Born and raised in Lawrence Kansas, Sherry attended: Broken Arrow Elementary, Cordley Elementary, Central Junior High School and graduated with the…