OBITUARIES

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,…

Memorial services for Richard R. Starr, 85, Lawrence will be held 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Trinity Episcopal Church Chapel, Lawrence.  Mr. Starr died on August 7, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.  Richard was born on March 2, 1926 in Lincoln, Nebraska the son of Ira and Lois (Jackson) Starr.  He grew…

Geraldine “Geri” Patterson Tyler, 86, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 7, 2011 at 6:45 a.m. at her residence. Memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Inurnment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. She was preceded in death by her husband, Prince;…

Funeral service for Walter Henry Reed, Sr., 81, Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died August 6, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 4, 1930 in Clarksville, Arkansas the son of Willy David and Helen (Hogan)…

Private services will be at a later date for Barton Ward, 60, Lawrence.  He died August 2, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  He was an organ donor and was cremated. He was born on March 11, 1951 in Kansas City, KS the son of Buford L. and Marcia J. (Wade) Ward.   He graduated from Lawrence…