OBITUARIES

Memorial service for Alfred “Gene” Banker, 87, Lawrence will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at First Presbyterian Church.  Inurnment will take place in the Church Memorial Gardens at a later date.  Mr. Banker died April 22, 2012 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.  He moved to Lawrence in 1993 from Liberal, KS.  He…

Pauline Ann Bysom, 89, of Lawrence, passed away April 22 at Pioneer Ridge Health Center. She was comforted in her final days by family and friends. Pauline was born November 2, 1922, in Junction City, Kan., the daughter of William and Alice Moore. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Clyde Bysom; daughter,…

Graveside services for Ronald L. McGregor, 93, will be in Pioneer Cemetery on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:00am. Mr. McGregor died at his home on April 21, 2012. He married Dorothy Nuffer on February 13, 1942. She survives of the home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Ronald L. McGregor…

Funeral services for Doris M. Mumford, 81, Lawrence, KS will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at First Christian Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died on Friday, April 20, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born on December 26, 1930 in Cass County, TX, the daughter…

Funeral services for Lillian M. Price, 94, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 23, 2012 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery near Perry, KS.  She died on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. Lillian was born on August 10,…

Mass of Christian Burial for Thomas Garcia, Jr., 86, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2012 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial with military honors will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery.  Mr. Garcia died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at his home.  He was born on October 18,…

Juanita “Jeanne” Curry, 66, went home to be with the Lord Monday, April 16, at Overland Park Regional. The beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and dear friend is survived by her husband, Gerry Curry, 6 children, Cindy Lavery and Ginger Fryberger, both of Eudora, Gordon McDowell Jr., Paola, Dee McDowell, DeSoto, Greg McDowell, Warrensburg, Mo.,…

Funeral services for Peter “Skip” Allen Skahan, 30, Lawrence, will be 11 am Friday, April 20, 2012, at Lawrence Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Avenue.  Private Family Burial will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at his home. He was born on December 7, 1981, in Lawrence, KS, the…

Memorial services for Theodore E. “Ted” Kummer will be Monday, April 30, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. at Free Methodist Church, Lawrence, Kansas. He died April 14, 2012. He was born in Junction City, Kansas, September 28, 1933 to John and Bernice Harbes Kummer. He graduated from Junction City High School. He was associated with the…