OBITUARIES

A Memorial Mass for Heather L. Watgen, 50, Lawrence will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 6, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  She died May 2, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born March 5, 1963 in Carbondale, IL the daughter of Leonard G. and Elsie (Payne) Wood. …

Funeral services for Rosie B. Little, 74, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Victory Bible Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  She died May 1, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born June 22, 1938 in Hollandale, MS the daughter of Asirie Doc and…

Memorial services for Stephen A. “Mitch” Mitchell, 64, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  He died May 1, 2013 at his home. He was born July 27, 1948 in Lawrence, KS the son of Kenneth E. and Mary Katherine (Barber) Mitchell. He graduated from Lawrence High School…

Graveside services for Dorothy M. Budke, 93, Lawrence will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died April 29, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. Dorothy was born October 7, 1919 in Rockport, IL the daughter of Nathan M. and Luella (Walton) Browning. She was a homemaker who…

 Funeral services for Ralph G. “RG” Henley, 88, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Military graveside services will be conducted at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born November 23, 1924 in Sedalia,…

 A memorial visitation for Betty Jane Sackmann Allen, 94, Lawrence will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.    She died April 27, 2013 at Pioneer Ridge Rapid Recovery.  She was born November 7, 1918 in Oklahoma City, OK the daughter of Harry C. and Jane (Rowntree) Sackmann. Betty…

Funeral services for Darwin Keith Benton, 87, Midwest City, OK, formerly of Lawrence, will be held at 10:30 a.m., May 2, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Burlington, KS at 3:00 p.m.  He died on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Midwest City, OK. Darwin was born on December…

Graveside services for Eldridge H. Matthews, 84, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Eldridge was born on August 31, 1928 in Robertson County, TN, the son of John Henry and Lula Lorene (Truelove) Matthews. He was…

Makenna Rose Bartel-Heaney, formerly of Leawood, residing with her husband in Overland Park, passed peacefully in the early evening of April 22, 2013 at her home with loved ones surrounding her after a two year battle with cancer. Makenna was born October 19, 1984 and so began a lifelong passion for the arts, beginning at…

Graveside services for Virginia Powell Conard, 86, Lawrence, KS will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the Fairview Cemetery in Greensburg, KS.  The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  A Celebration of Life service in Lawrence will be announced later.…