OBITUARIES

Funeral services for Raybert H. Thornton, Sr., 96, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Hardy-Oak Cemetery in Jefferson County, KS.  He died on Friday, May 25, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Raybert was born on April 29, 1916 in Lamar,…

Graveside services for Barbara Jean Bright Zimmerman, 83, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 25, at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora.  Mrs. Zimmerman died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born Jan. 14, 1929, in Lawrence, the daughter of Ralph E. and Delta Swain Bright. She was a…

Memorial services for Jerrald Michael Lynch, 65, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11:00 a.m.  Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Private family inurnment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, KS.  He died on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Colmery-O’Neil VA Hospital in Topeka. Jerrald Michael Lynch, born…

Graveside service for Betty Jean Ryan, 88, Lawrence will be held 10 am Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died May 21, 2012 at The Windsor of Lawrence.  Betty was born on November 30, 1923 in Osage County, KS the daughter of William Earl and Bertha Leora (Drummond) Gordon.  Betty was a…

Vincent A. Gray, 91, Lawrence, departed peacefully on May 20, 2012.  A private family service is being planned.  Vincent was born on May 29, 1920 in Holton, KS, the son of Warren and Clara Gray.   He graduated from Holton High School, and then worked for his uncle in a retail jewelry store in Hiawatha, KS. …

Graveside inurnment services for William H. Douglas, Jr., 87, Lawrence, KS will be on Tuesday, May 22 at 10:00am at Pioneer Cemetery on the West Campus of KU.  He died on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. He was born on April 23, 1925 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the son of William…

Private graveside inurnment services for Elizabeth Francis Jacobs, 107, Lawrence, KS, are planned for a later date at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City, OK.  She died Friday, May 18, 2012, at her home in the Brandon Woods Retirement Community.   Mrs. Jacobs was born on July 13, 1904, in Marble Falls, TX, the daughter of…

A Celebration of Life service for Gerald “Link” Hughes, 83, Perry, KS, will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Mustard Seed Church, 700 Wakarusa Drive in Lawrence, KS.  He died on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at his home. He was a member of the Mustard Seed Church and the Alpha Course…

Memorial services for Earl Wesley “Bill” Swanner, 85, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will be held at a later date at Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, KS.  He died on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Hickory Pointe Care & Rehabilitation Center in Oskaloosa.…

Funeral services for Sherman Ellis Ledbetter, 72, Lawrence will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Mr. Ledbetter died May 12, 2012 of complications due to congestive heart failure at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  He was born on January 12, 1940 in Competition, Missouri the son of Charles W. and Mary…