OBITUARIES

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…

        Services for Hubert “Herb” V. Kornbrust, 85. Lawrence,` HAVE BEEN CHANGED…they will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Lawrence. Mr. Kornbrust died June 17, 2011 at Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka.   He was born on February 8, 1926 in Mendon, MO the son of John…

A graveside service for Mildred Myrtle Ragland-Turner, 96, Lawrence, KS, will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011 the Woodlawn Cemetery in Independence, Missouri.  Mrs. Turner died June 17, 2011 at her home. She was born on May 27, 1915 in Dunlap, KS, the daughter of John (J.W.) Ragland Sr., and Rosetta Tennessee Harding-Ragland.…

Gene Burnett was born in Wellsville, KS on Dec. 4, 1919 to Frank and Allene Burnett. His family eventually settled in Lawrence, where he graduated from high school in 1937. He died on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 in Lawrence, KS. While in high school he began a life-long interest in flying. He would ride his…

Funeral services for Donald V. Sherman, 82, Lawrence will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 20, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Interment will be at 12:30 p.m. at Leavenworth National Cemetery with military honors.  Mr. Sherman died June 15, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 10, 1928 in Amorita, OK…