OBITUARIES

Funeral service for Janice M. Colman, 90, Eudora will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2011 Warren-McElwain Morutary-Eudora Chapel.  Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery.  Ms. Colman died June 28, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge. She was born on August 27, 1920 in Lawrence the daughter of Harry Oscar and Gesina “Zena” (Ziegler) Guenther. …

Funeral services for Helen Marie Cross, 80, Lawrence will be held 5 p.m., Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery.  She died June 28, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Helen was born on February 24, 1931 in near Barnard, KS the daughter of Otto and Lillian…

Alice Laverne Shank (Lewis) was born on October 3, 1922 in Okmulgee, OK.  She died in Lawrence, KS on June 27, 2011. Alice was raised in El Dorado, KS, with her six siblings.  She alone had survived of her family to this time.  She married Charles Wilbur Shank on December 3, 1944.  Alice and Wilbur…

Mary Jo Spotts, 78 departed this life on Monday June 27, 2011 at her home.  She was the daughter of Joseph Humphrey Marshall and Hazel McComas of Liberty, Missouri. Her parents were from the Marshall Missouri area.  She was an avid Bridge player and was a member of the University Club and several others.  She…

Celebration of Life Services for Karen Elizabeth Bowman, 65, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 2, 2011, at University Community of Christ Church in Lawrence. She died June 25, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. She was born January 29, 1946, in California the daughter of Novy and Norma Maxine…

No services will be held for Donald C. Fritz, 77, Lawrence. He was cremated.  He died Thursday, June 23, 2011 at the Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Medical Center in Topeka.  Don was born December 30, 1933 in Topeka, the son of Marshall V. and Goldia M. Mauck Fritz. Don attended Topeka schools.  He served his country as…

Funeral services for James Barfield, Sr. 82, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011 at St. Luke’s A.M.E. Church in Lawrence.  Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  Mr. Barfield died June 23, 2011 at his home. He was born on October 17, 1928 in Hollandale, MS the son of Jim &…

Graveside services for Gary Rogers Craig, 59, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2011 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, KS.  He died June 21, 2011 at his home. He was born December 31, 1951 in Lawrence, KS the son of George M. & Vivian E. (Patchen) Craig.   He graduated from…

Funeral services for Aileen Hartpence, 93, Lawrence will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 24, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, Kansas.  She died June 20, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence, KS.  She lived in Baldwin, Ottawa and moved to Lawrence in 1989.…

A Memorial Service for Christopher A. “Chris” McAdoo, 45, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at a later date.  He died on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at his home in Lawrence of an apparent heart attack. Chris was born on…