OBITUARIES

Graveside memorial for Dorotha Bogard, 95, will be held on Saturday, April 13 at 3 p.m. at the Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, KS.  She died April 3, 2013 in Lawrence, KS. Dorotha married Gale E. Bogard on April 9, 1934.  He preceded her in death November 7, 1987. Survivors include their only son, Mike Bogard, his…

Richard Cole, Kansas University professor emeritus of philosophy, died peacefully at home after a long illness on April 2, 2013, at age 83. Plans for a memorial service in May are pending. Richard Cole was born on October 28, 1929, in Evanston, IL, to Harry and Bertha Slavitt Cole. He is survived by his wife…

Michael D. Cherniss, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on April 1, 2013, at the Baldwin Health Care and Rehabilitation Center.  Mike was born April 7, 1940, in Los Angeles, CA, the eldest child of Edward H. and Blanche B. Cohen Cherniss. His sister, Terri Ann, predeceased him. He is survived by his loving and devoted…

Sylvia Sue VanWye died Monday, April 1, 2013, 12:07 p.m. at Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook, KS.  Cause of death was C-diff and Parkinson’s. She was born on November 10, 1941 in Argonia, KS.  Sue grew up on a farm outside Helena, OK.  Sue graduated from Wichita North HS.  She attended nursing school in St. Louis,…

Funeral service for Lela F. Morley, 91, Eudora, will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary- Eudora Chapel. Burial will follow at Hesper Cemetery.  She died March 31, 2013 at Medicalodges Eudora.  She was born April 13, 1921 in Hesper, Kansas the daughter of Ralph and Ethel Westerhouse Votaw. She worked…

Graveside service for Wendy Michelle Laxton, 43, Lawrence will be held 1 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2013 at Memorial Park Mausoleum.  She died March 30, 2013 at her home. She was born on February 15, 1970 in Jacksonville, FL the daughter of Herbert W. Laxton and Shirley Jean White.  Wendy was a homemaker.  Survivors include…

Private family memorial services for Anson B. “Burt” Campbell, 89, Lawrence, KS will be held at a later date.  He died Thursday, March 28, 2013 at his home. He was born April 6, 1923 in Petrolia, KS, the son of John W. and Martha Stone Campbell. He had formerly lived in Kansas and Texas before…

  Sharon M. “Mrs. McD” McDonald, 66, passed away March 27, 2013 at her home. Mass Celebration in honor of her life will be held Monday at 10:00, April 1, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.     Sharon was the youngest of four children, she was born July 5, 1946…

Memorial services for Donald J. “Don” Shoulberg, 76, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at a later date.  He died on Tuesday evening, March 26, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 23,…

  Graveside inurnment for James R. Wilde, 65, Lawrence will be held at 9:00 a.m., Monday April 1, 2013 at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. He died March 25, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.  He was born on January 7, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois to the son of Rudolph Theodore Wilde and Marie Frances Reed.  James was…