OBITUARIES

Memorial services for William K. “Pappy” Byington, MSgt, USAF Ret., 66, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at 1:30p.m. at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort. Leavenworth, KS. He died peacefully in his home on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 after a year-long fight with…

Memorial services for Nadine L. Riley, 84, Eudora will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, January 14, 2012 at North Lawrence Christian Church in Lawrence.  Burial will be at a later date at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Topeka.  She died January 8, 2012 at her home. Nadine was born on July 30, 1927 in Topeka,…

Martha E. Hensley died on January 3 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  She was born April 1, 1928 in Dodge City, Kansas. Martha graduated from Dodge City High School and later received Masters Degrees in Economics, Theater and Film, and Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Kansas.  She was one of the founders of…

Funeral services for Phil Homeratha, 68, Lawrence will be held 1:30 p.m., Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 2, 2011 at Otoe-Missouria Cemetery in Red Rock, OK.  He died December 29, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence. Phil was born on March 22, 1943…

Funeral services for Violet Jean Woodward, 93, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Central United Methodist Church in Lawrence, KS.  Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Carbondale Cemetery in Carbondale, KS.  She died on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was…

Visitation for Gary G. Howe, 62, Junction City, KS will be held Friday, December 30, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Private family services will take place at a later date.  He died December 25, 2011 at his home. Gary was born on April 19, 1949 in Newton, Iowa…

Funeral services for James Turner, 63, Lawrence will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, December 30, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died December 26, 2011 at his home. James was born on April 19, 1948 in Hollandale, MS the son of A.D. and Annie…

Memorial services for Ouita N. Russell, 90, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died December 25, 2011 at Medicalodges in Eudora.  She was born July 24, 1921 in Lamar, Arkansas the daughter of Jess and Flora Bell (Cowell) Horton. Ouita worked as a waitress at the…

William Charles “Bill” Kitchen, passed away peacefully early in the morning of December 22, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge in Lawrence, KS.  A Memorial service will be held at a later date. Born on May 3, 1924 in Hays, KS, he was 87 years old.   Bill grew up in Hays, KS.  After graduating from Hays…

Virginia Kaspar Dolezal, 93, passed away December 21st, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  Virginia was born March 11, 1918 in Wilson, KS the daughter of Georgia and Emil Kaspar.  She was a 1940 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. She married Joseph F. Dolezal in 1940; they owned and operated the Zeman…