OBITUARIES

Funeral services for Jimmy Lee LeFlore, 64, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at his home. Jimmy was born on May 15, 1948 in Moyers, OK, the son of Herman…

Otto Russell “Russ” Stites, Jr.,87, Lawrence, died June 2, 2012 at Pioneer Ridge Rapid Recovery. He was born on February 17, 1925 in Washington D.C. to Otto Russell and Margaret Ramseyer Stites.  He attended grade school in Emporia, Kansas and graduated in 1942 from College High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma,  He attended Purdue University and graduated …

 Graveside service for Daniel “Dan” William Landis, 54, Topeka will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Eudora Cemetery.  Dan died June 1, 2012 at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka.  He was born on October 23, 1957 in Leavenworth, KS to Patsy J. (Yeager) Robb.  She preceded him in death on September…

Dr. Elsie M. Pinkston, 74, died May 31, 2012, in Chicago. Dr. Pinkston was professor emerita of the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, where she taught for 29 years before retiring in 2002. Her research focused on the effectiveness of social work practice in areas such as parent training, care for the…

Memorial services for Joyce Ann Black, 65, Pomona, KS, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Free Methodist Church in Lawrence.  She died on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at her home. Joyce was born on January 22, 1947 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Lloyd and Margaret (Reavis) Black. Survivors include…

Memorial gathering for Lonnie L. Brizendine, 68, Eudora, KS, will be held from 6-8p.m., Monday, June 4, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Eudora.  He died on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born on September 11, 1943 in Brookfield, MO, the son of Lonnie C. Brizendine and Thelma (Lane) Knight. Lonnie…

Mass of Christian Burial for Marylee Brochmann, 86, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2012 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Inurnment will take place at a later date in the Saint Bridget Cemetery in Scammon, KS.  She died May 28, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born on April…

Lynn Marion Bretz, former director of University Communications at the University of Kansas, died at her home after a long battle with cancer on Sunday, May 27, 2012.  She was preceded in death by her loving partner of 30 years Janet Hamburg, her mother Marion, and her father Marshall.  She is survived by her sister…

Allen Hoffman Jr., 89, of Lawrence, Kansas passed away at his home on May 25, 2012.  Allen was born on a farm west of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma on March 18, 1923.  He was the son of Allen and Rosa Mae (Holloway) Hoffman. He graduated from Coffeyville High school and attended Coffeyville Jr. College where he…