OBITUARIES

A Mass of Christian Burial for Leslie Anne Riner will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Lawrence, KS.  Leslie died Saturday April 20, 2013 after a courageous five-year battle with cancer. Leslie Anne Wurdeman was born September 23, 1983 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Tom…

A Mass of Christian Burial for James M. Heim, 69, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS.  Graveside services will be held at noon Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at the St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Cemetery in Hoxie, Kansas.  He died…

Nancy E. (Turner) Richardson passed away April 19, 2013, after losing a third battle with cancer that she fought with great courage. Nancy spent her childhood in Texas, the daughter of Drexyle H. and Margaret (Reamer) Turner.  She was born on June 18, 1936 in Ft. Worth, rode her first horse in Midland, and delivered…

Carolyn Darrach Norton Brushwood, formerly of Lawrence, died April 16, 2013 in Houston.  She was born July 2, 1921 in Philadelphia to Eleanor Halsey and Paul T. Norton, Jr.  She was raised in Blacksburg, VA, graduated from Mary-Baldwin College and completed post graduate work at Columbia University.  On May 19, 1945 she married John S.…

Anna (Hardie) Stimatze passed into the waiting arms of the Lord on April 15, 2013 at the age of 96.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Minnis Chapel in St. John, KS.  Burial will follow at Farmington Cemetery in Macksville, KS.  Anna was born on August 1, 1916…

Mary L. (Barnes) Krische, 88, got her wish and passed away peacefully at home at Vermont Towers April 14, 2013.    Mary was born December 2, 1924 in Emporia, KS.  She was the daughter of Arthur and Mary L (Cupp) Sowerby. Mary moved to Lawrence in 1944 from Emporia to work at Hercules to help the…

Mary Sue Gilkeson died peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 14, 2013.  She was born in Topeka, KS, on August 19, 1914, to Susan Bingham and Ralph K. Ball.  She attended Topeka schools and graduated from Washburn University in Topeka in 1936 with a B.A. degree. Sue married her college sweetheart, Washburn law graduate…

A Celebration of Life for Luke James Fender, 34, Lawrence, KS will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2013 at the New Life in Christ Church (619 Vermont Street, Lawrence, KS). Inurnment will be at a later date at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Lawrence…

Funeral service for Linda Sue King, 53, Lawrence will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died April 12, 2013 at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehab.  She was born on July 24, 1959 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of John H. and…

Funeral services for Loraine Lulu Neugebauer Morse, 87, Lawrence will be held at 2:30 p.m., Monday, April 15, 2013, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Silent City Cemetery in De Soto.  She died on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. Loraine was born on September 22, 1925 in…