OBITUARIES

John B. Studdard, 82, died Monday Nov. 18, 2013 at his home in Lawrence KS from a difficult bout with autoimmune interstitial lung disease. Services will be Saturday Nov. 23, 2013 at 2 PM at University Community of Christ Church, 1700 University Drive. He donated his body to KUMedical Center for research and teaching. John…

Adeline “Addie” Geiger, 90, Lawrence, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor. She was born on 29 October 1923 in Saunders County, Nebraska. The first of four children born to Joseph and Mary (Houdek) Petrzilka, she spent much of her youth on the family farm near Loma, Nebraska,…

Juanita Ryse Hunter, beloved matriarch of five generations of strong women, died November 19, 2013, in Lawrence, Kansas. Juanita was born May 3, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri the first child of Bessie Wilcox and Louis Ryse. Juanita was an independent woman who lived her 96 years with gusto and style. Until very recently she…

Funeral service for Harry Maurice Buchholz, Jr., 65, Lawrence, KS will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. He died November 17, 2013 at his home. Harry was born on February 18, 1948 the son of Harry Maurice and Sarah Naomi (Mason)…

Funeral services for Dwayne W. Peaslee, 81, Lawrence, KS will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 22, 2013 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Private burial will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. He died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dwayne was born July 13, 1932 in Lawrence, KS the son…

Alvin K. Pickens, 61, Lawrence passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013 at his home. He was born March 22, 1952 in Leavenworth, KS the son of Alvy and Dorothy (Smith) Pickens. He worked for D & D Tire and worked in tire industry for 30 years. He more recently worked in maintenance for Midwest Properties.…

Graveside inurnment will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 2, 2013 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Visitation for Wanola “Elaine” Place, 68, Lawrence will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. She died Nov. 15, 2013 at Hickory Point in Oskaloosa, KS.

Jean Gordon Mattison, 90, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the home of her daughters in Lenexa. Jean was born to Clarence and Helen Smith Gordon in Emporia, KS. She attended Emporia State Teachers College and was proud to have been personally hired by William Allen White to be a reporter on the Emporia Gazette,…

Memorial visitation for Virginia Lamb, 89, Lawrence, KS, will be held from 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Inurnment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. She died on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Brandon Woods. She was born on April 24, 1924 in Wagoner, Oklahoma the daughter of Eugene “Gene” and Cora…