OBITUARIES

The Mass of Christian Burial for William W. “Doc” Wempe, 94, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery.  Father John Schmeidler will be the celebrant.  He died on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at…

Memorial Mass for Fernande M.  "Fern" DeGeorge, 79, Lawrence, will be at 10:00 a.m.,  Monday, September 19, at St. Lawrence Catholic Center in Lawrence. Fern DeGeorge died Thursday, September 15,  2011 at her home in Lawrence. She was born December 17, 1931, in Rumford, Maine, the daughter of Albert and Bertha Melanson.  She attended Stevens…

Funeral services for Elvira Pearl (Emry) Rice, 92, Tonganoxie will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Hubble Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie, KS.  She died September 11, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 25, 1918 in Independence, Kansas the second…

Mass of Christian Burial for John William Scanlan, 86, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.    He died Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born April 30, 1925 in St. Louis,…

Memorial services for James Lee Mace, 68, of Lawrence, Kansas, will be held 3 p.m., Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Mr. Mace died Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at his home in Lawrence. He was born April 19, 1943 in Rolla, Missouri. He moved to Lawrence in the late 1950’s.  James worked…

Funeral services for Florence M. McGuire, 84, Lawrence will be held 9 a.m. Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.   Burial will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, September 11, 2011 at High Point Cemetery in High Point, MO.   She died September 4, 2011 in the Arbor  at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. She was born April…

Allen Fender, 66, died of an apparent heart attack at his home Saturday in Lawrence, KS.  Allen was a 1963 graduate from Russell High School where he participated in sports, most notably football and basketball.  He attended the University of Oklahoma and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.  Allen served in the United States…

Memorial services for Don Preston Fambrough, 88, Lawrence, KS will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2011 at First Christian Church in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at Pioneer Cemetery in Lawrence.  Coach Fambrough died September 3, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 19, 1922 in Longview, TX, the…

No services are planned for Elizabeth L. Ellsworth, 83, of Lawrence. She died September 2, 2011 at her home. Betty was born March 5, 1928, in Lawrence, the daughter of Carl D. and Nona Iona (Bracken) Smith. She was a 1945 graduate of Liberty Memorial High School, Lawrence, KS. She attended the Wright School of…

Funeral Services for Willie J. Thrasher, 75, of De Soto will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at theDe Soto Baptist Church (8655 Church Street) in De Soto, KS.   Burial will follow in Eudora Cemetery, Eudora, KS.  He died September 2, 2011 at his home. He was born February 14, 1936 in…