OBITUARIES

Mrs. Sue Leonard was born December 8, 1930 in Decatur, Illinois to J. Forrest and Mary Neiswanger Ihinger. In 1932, the family returned to Topeka, where Sue lived until 1961. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1948 and from the University of Kansas in 1952. At K.U., she held offices in her sorority, Kappa…

Graveside services for Patricia L. “Pat” Watkins, 79, Lawrence, KS will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, November 1, 2012 at Eudora Cemetery in Eudora, KS.  The family will greet friends 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  She died Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Medicalodges in Eudora.  She was born…

Services for Virgil E. Ball, 86, Lawrence will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died October 27, 2012 surrounded by his family. He was born on October 7, 1926 in Mapleton, KS the son of Thomas and Dollie (Gunsully) Ball.…

Funeral services for H. Eldon Smith, 84, Lawrence, KS, will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at First Christian Church in Lawrence.  Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville, MO.  He died on Friday, October 26, 2012 at his home. He was born on September 2,…

Mass of Christian Burial for Adrian James Garcia, 33, Topeka will be held 10 am Friday, November 2, 2012 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died October 26, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born on November 11, 1978 in Lawrence, KS the…

Therese Stegmaier Casteel passed Thursday, October 25, 2012 at her residence at Brandon Woods in Lawrence, Kansas. Memorial services for Marie Therese Stegmaier Casteel, 86, will be conducted in two locations. On Monday, October 29th, 3:00pm, a brief memorial service and reception will be held at Brandon Woods in Lawrence, Kansas. On Friday, November 2nd,…

Funeral services for Bessie Jeanene “Becky” Bowers, 65, De Soto, KS, will be held at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora, with the Rev. Richard Copeland officiating. The family will greet friends following the service. She died on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Becky…

Graveside services for Hollis E. Moore, 66, McLouth, KS, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Hollis was born on April 25, 1946 in Rolla, MO the son of Hollis Efton Moore, Sr. and Frances…

Memorial services for Kim Banning-Bohmann, 52, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 28, 2012 at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Lawrence.  Inurnment will be at a later date.  She died on Monday, October 22, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Kim was born on May 20, 1960 in Santa Monica, CA the…

Brian G. Grace, 69, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, passed away on October 20th, 2012 in De Soto, Kansas. Brian was born December 26, 1942 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Bernard and Theola (Guiles) Grace. He was Bernard and Theola’s only child and he grew up and attended high school in Lawrence. Brian received his…