OBITUARIES

Memorial services for Nola A. Pickett, 91, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Neuvant House of Lawrence. She was born April 12, 1921, in Elwood, Utah, the daughter of Frank N. and Lena C. (Miller) Agricola. Nola served our country as…

Graveside services for Mary Louise Martin, 81, Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born January 3, 1932 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Anderson and Lena (Young) Morris. She was a lifelong resident…

Funeral Services for A. Viola Howard, 93, Lawrence, KS will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence with Father John Schmeidler officiating.  Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Hillside Village Assisted Living in DeSoto, KS. She…

Shirley Ann (Degan) Robb age 77, of Lawrence passed away Friday March 8th at Baldwin Healthcare Center.  Shirley was born in Topeka, KS on Nov. 30, 1935 to her parents, John G. and Pearl C. (Baker) Degan in the Little Russia neighborhood.   Divorced from three husbands: Glenn Rosebrough, Robert Carter and Marvin Robb.  Preceded…

Charles Gleed Wagstaff, 84, of Garland, Texas, died peacefully on Thursday, March 7, 2013, in a Richardson, Texas care facility. A public graveside service will be held on Saturday March 30, at 11 a.m., at Oak Hill Cemetery.  A reception will follow at the Adams Alumni Center on the K.U. campus.   Charles was born…

Memorial services for Areta Dorothy Alford Powell Meyer, 91, Lawrence will be held in May.  She died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Brandon Woods.  She willed her body to the KU Medical Center. She was born on March 24, 1921 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Fred S. and Dorothy (Rothwell) Alford. She was a…

Funeral services for Joyce Lucille Lathrom, 81, Lawrence will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS.  She died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Hickory Pointe Care & Rehabilitation Center in Oskaloosa, KS. She was born on October 7, 1931…

James Westbrook Drury died peacefully at the age of 94 in the presence of family members on Sunday, March 3. He had suffered a fall in early February.  Born on Feb 22, 1919 in  East St. Louis, he attended the University of Illinois for his B.A. and M.A. Degrees. His Ph.D. education began at Princeton…

 Funeral services for Nina M. Bair, 85, Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died March 2, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born January 30, 1928 in Bigelow, Kansas the daughter of Ray E. and Maude F. (Burton) Christie.…

Roetta Irene (Blann) McMaster, 63, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on March 1, 2013, at the home, after a brief battle with cancer. Her husband and son were with her as she passed. Visitation will be at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary- Eudora Chapel, 1003 John L. Williams Drive, Eudora, Kansas, on Wednesday, March 6, 2013,…