OBITUARIES

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…

Prayer Service for Russell William Nau, 48, Lawrence will be held at 3:30 p.m., Monday, January 28, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Inurnment will follow in Lawrence.  He died January 24, 2013 at his home. He was born November 11, 1964 in Chicago, IL the son of Leo Nau and Mary Kilker. He worked…

A graveside inurnment service is pending and will be announced at a later date for Betty Jean Brunk Stachurski, 83, of Eudora, KS.  She died on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Medicalodges of Eudora.  She had been a resident there for the past seven years. Betty was born on December 28, 1929 in Englevale, KS,…

Funeral services for Grace Rebekkah Gillespie Cleaver, 93, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 25, 2013, at Cornerstone Family Church in Tonganoxie, KS.  Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, KS.  She died on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. Grace was born on November 26, 1919…

Memorial Services for Florence Samples Hardtarfer, 74, Lawrence, KS will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at a later date. She died on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at her home. Florence was born on September 8, 1938 in Edgerton, KS, the daughter…

Graveside services for Donald L. Harris, 83, Eudora will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday January  24, 2013 at Eudora Cemetery.  He died on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Medicalodges in Eudora. Donald was born August 22, 1929 in Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Lee Ray and Olive (Hackett) Harris. He served his country…

Funeral service for Kenneth D. Estelle, 65, Lawrence will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 28, 2013 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died January 21, 2013 at his home.   He was born on April 12, 1947 in Lawrence, KS the son of Howard Montgomery and Ruth Isabelle (James)…