OBITUARIES

Mass of Christian Burial for Frances Edna Wempe, 92, Lawrence will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  She died August 20, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born January 1, 1919 at Centralia, KS the daughter of Louis…

Melville W. Gray, 85, died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on August 20, 2011 after a brief illness. He was born on March 23, 1926 in Salina, KS, to Frank and Sarah E. (Fender) Gray. Mel was in the US Navy, serving from 1944-1946. He graduated from the University of Denver with a Bachelor’s degree in…

Memorial services for Adriane Marie Luis, 31, Lawrence will be held 1:00  pm  Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died August 19, 2011 at her home. She was born on February 23, 1980 in Anaheim, CA the daughter of Margaret (Luis) Cameron and Lyle Cameron.  Adriane received a degree in Bookkeeping.  She later…

Memorial services for Betty Carol Williams, 65, Lawrence will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, August, 24, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died August 19, 2011 at her home. She was born on August 8, 1946 in Lawrence the daughter of William R and Olive (Keefer) Meairs.    She worked as an assistant to several local…

Funeral services for Pauline Marley, 76, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, August 18, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, August 18, 2011 at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS.  She died August 14, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born on December 30, 1934 in…

Entombment services for Deborah D. Guy, 85, Lawrence, KS, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, KS.  She died on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. She was born on May 4, 1926 in Union, NE, the…

Funeral services for Napoleon “Charles” Parks, 69, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 20, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  Pastor Leo Barbee, Jr. will be the officiant.  He died on Friday, August 12, 2011 at his home in…

Deborah Lynn “Debbie” Toms, 58, passed into the arms of Jesus on Friday, August 12, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church with a luncheon to follow.  Burial will be in the Grantville Cemetery, Grantville, KS. Debbie…

Funeral services for Thomas H. Swearingen, 74, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, August 15, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery in Clinton, KS.  He died on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born on…

Funeral services for William C. “Bill” Brubaker, 59, Lawrence, KS will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday, August 15, 2011 at Lawrence Free Methodist Church.  Burial with full honors will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died August 10, 2011 in St. Joseph, MO. He was born on November 30, 1951 in Lawrence,…