OBITUARIES

Mass of  Christian Burial for James “Jim” Charles O’Toole, 84, Lawrence will be held 10 am Thursday, February 14, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  He died February 10, 2013 at Brandon Woods. He was born on January 17, 1929 in Jewell County, KS the son…

Dr. Howard Ray Holbrooks, 44, of Lawrence, KS passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2013 in Lawrence, KS. He was born in Ft. McClellan, Alabama on May 27, 1968 to Owen Holbrooks and Judy Silver.  He attended Santa Fe Trail High School in Carbondale, KS and graduated in 1986 where he was a KSHSAA Academic…

Graveside services for Sharon Stoelmaker, 68, Eudora will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Hesper Friends Cemetery south of Eudora.  She died on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Baldwin City. Sharon was born on January 20, 1945 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Emil Stoelmaker and Norma…

Funeral services for Jason W. Tucker, 38, Lawrence, KS will be held on 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at First Christian Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Lawrence.  He died on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Jason was born on September 11, 1974 in Lawrence, KS,…

Mary Ann Ranney, 95, died Feb.5, 2013, at Brandon Woods of Alvamar. She had moved to Lawrence in 2011 after suffering a stroke. Mary Ann was born Nov. 18, 1917, the daughter of Dr. Erastus S. and Anne Edgerton. She graduated from Wichita High School East in 1935, and from the University of Kansas in…

Memorial services for Helen Bennett, 91, Lawrence will be held at a later date in South Bend, Indiana.  She died on Monday, February 4, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.  Mrs. Bennett had recently moved to Lawrence from South Bend, Indiana, where she had lived for over 30 years. Helen was born on November 13,…

Memorial services for Roberta L. Gingerich, 88, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 9, 2013, at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence.  She died on Monday, February 4, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Roberta was born on April 27, 1924 in Oklahoma City, OK, the daughter of Robert William and Ona (Peeler)…

Funeral services for Jane M. Frye Barnes, 79, Lawrence, KS, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church in Lawrence with Pastor Delmar White officiating.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Jane was…

Funeral services for Kermit Murl Beal, 82, Lawrence, KS will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  Monsignor Vincent Krische will be the officiant.  He died on Friday, January 25, 2013 at the JFK Hospital in Indio, CA, where he and…

Memorial services for Ruth Emily Cooper, 93, Lawrence will be on Saturday, February 16, at 1:00 pm at Presbyterian Manor Chapel in Lawrence. Inurnment will be at a later date in Bella Vista, Arkansas. She died January 25, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Ruth was born on October 28, 1919 in Fowler, Kansas, the daughter…