OBITUARIES

Funeral services for Javiel A. Pantoja, 40, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2014 at Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Friday, April 25, 2014 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Javiel was born on October 30, 1973 in Lawrence, KS the son of Luis A. Pantoja, Sr.…

Funeral services for Jeffrey L. Lucas, 48, Lawrence will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at St. Francis Healthcare Center in Topeka. Jeffrey was born July 7, 1965 in Lawrence, KS the son…

Graveside inurnment for Sally Jean Butler, 43, Baldwin City will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Sally was born June 29, 1970 in Kansas City, KS the daughter of Arvle A. and Ilene (Grammer) Starbuck. She was…

Memorial services for Tony Francisco Olson, 47, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He died Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Tony was born November 15, 1966 in Belize, Central America the son of David and Rosalie (Carranza) Olson. He worked in…

Graveside services for Calvin Laverne Bryant, 81, Kansas City, KS will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at Eudora Cemetery. He died April 18, 2014 in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on November 19, 1932 the son of William Lloyd and Leona (Jordan) Bryant. Calvin retired from Johnson County Waste Water…

Memorial services for Edwin Thomas Gossage, 31, Norman, OK will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 2, 2014 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. He died Friday, April 18, 2014 at Norman, OK. Edwin was born November 24, 1982 in Albuquerque, NM the son of Steven A. and Denise (Eldridge) Gossage. He was…

Wojciech G. Lesnikowski, Don Hatch Distinguished Professor of Architecture at the University of Kansas, passed away April 17, 2014 in Lawrence, KS after a courageous battle with cancer. Professor Lesnikowski was born May 9, 1938 in Lublin, Poland to Roman and Irena Lesnikowski. He graduated in 1961 with a Master of Architecture from Krakow University…

Funeral services for Nora “Nanny” Nieder, 90, will be held at 2 pm on Tuesday April 22, 2014 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. She passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Nanny was born February 11, 1924 in New York City, NY the daughter of…