OBITUARIES

Private services for Keith Thomas Garcia, 30, Lawrence will be held at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Inurnment will be at a later date at Mt. Calavary Cemetery in Lawrence.  Keith passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2013.  Keith was born on May 26, 1982 in Lawrence, the son of Alan and Yvonne Garcia.  Survivors include his parents;…

Memorial services for JoAnna Byers, 87, Lawrence, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. JoAnna was born on April 9, 1925 in Red Cloud, NE, the daughter of William and Gertrude…

Celebration of life services for Marilyn Rosenau Livingood, 86, of Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 19, 2013, Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.  A family inurnment service will be held at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, KS.  She died on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Marilyn was born…

A Mass of Christian Burial for Francis H. Heller, 95, Denver, CO, formerly of Lawrence, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Inurnment will follow at Pioneer Cemetery in Lawrence.  After a short illness, he died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, January 9, 2013…

Funeral services for Clifford C. “Cliff” McDonald, 87, Lawrence, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 14, 2013 at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. Cliff was born on October 27, 1925, in Kansas City,…

  Mass of Christian Burial for Julia Louise Saenz, 62, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  She died January 6, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family.   She was born on November 1, 1950…

 Idessa Isabell Riley, 87 of Lawrence, passed away on January 5, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born on April 22, 1925 in Topeka, KS to James and Margaret (Hockett) DeMoss and spent her childhood in Fort Scott, KS. She was married to Isaac K. Riley, Jr. for over 50 years.  Preceding her in…

John Louis Ames, 87 of Lawrence died January 5, 2013 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. John was born February 11, 1925 in Americus KS, the son of A.C. and Elvessa T. Ames. John was a veteran of WWII and served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Monterrey in the South Pacific. John came to…

Robert “Bobby” Lee Dunavin, 63 passed away on January 3, 2013 after an extended illness at his home in Madeira Beach, Florida.   Bobby was born August 4th, 1949 in Mammoth Springs, Arkansas to Paul & Ruth Dunavin.   He grew up in a loving home in Desoto, KS surrounded by a large family and…

 Memorial services for Joy Lee Foster, 83, Highlands Ranch, CO, formerly of Lawrence will be held on Friday, January 11, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church. Burial was at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Grove, KS. She died on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at the Porter Hospice Residence in Centennial,…