OBITUARIES

Graveside service for Ronald Grant Bisel, 64, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 26, 2013 at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Topeka, Kansas. He died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Pastor Steve Koberlein will be officiating.  Ron was born September 15, 1948 in Topeka,…

A Mass of Christian Burial for Henry Francis “Hank” Gagnon, 88, Lawrence will be held at 9:00 a.m. Monday, August 26, 2013 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church.  Burial will be held at at 4:00 p.m. the same day at St. Ann’s Cemetery in Zurich, KS.  He died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.…

A Celebration of Life Service for Jerome Lamarr Williams, 65, Lawrence will be from 4:00 until 7:00 PM on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Broken Arrow Park in Lawrence. He died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at his home. Jerome was born April 15, 1948 in Wichita, KS the son of Harding and Eloise (Harris) Williams.…

A Memorial Gathering for James Edward “Jim” Brothers, 72, Lawrence will be held from 6 – 8 p.m. Friday, August 23, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Private burial will be held at Vinland Cemetery.  He died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at his home.   Jim was born August 15, 1941 in Eureka, Greenwood County,…

James Robert Simpson, 92, (he was known as either Bob or Jim during his life) went to be with our Lord on Friday, August 16, 2013 at Pioneer Ridge Care Center in Lawrence, KS.  He was born July 10, 1921 in Abilene, Kansas, the son of Lottie Anna Anderson Simpson and John Wesley Simpson.  Besides…

Funeral services for Loyd Whitson, 73 of Lawrence will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Interment with military honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at his home. Loyd was born May 1, 1940 in Cabool, MO the son of…

Mass of Christian Burial for Robert Nicholas “Bob” Gauthier, 55, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 16, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Private burial will be held at a later date at Matfield Green Cemetery in Matfield Green, KS. He died Monday, August 12, 2013 at his home. Robert…

Mary Coral, born Mary Coral Anderson, daughter of Horace U. Anderson and Mary Mange Anderson, passed away suddenly at home on August 9, 2013. Mary lept into this world on February 29, 1932 in San Bernadina, California and charged into life with gusto, only slowing during the last few years. Mary grew up in Venice,…

Funeral services for Aretta Marie Hirst, 86, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the First Church of the Nazarene in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Worden Cemetery, SW of Lawrence.  She died Friday, August 9, 2013 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. Aretta was born March 18, 1927 in Hessdale, KS…