OBITUARIES

Memorial service for Margaret “Sue” Schmidt, 68, of Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at First United Methodist Church – West Campus.  Margaret died December 2, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.   Sue was born on February 27, 1943, in Bartlesville, Okla., the daughter of Jesse and Gena (Chichester) Salisbury. …

Funeral services for Sara J. Green, 87, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died December 1, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. Sara was born on February 23, 1924 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of William…

Funeral services for John H. ‘Jack” Denton, 78, Lawrence, KS will be at 11 a.m. Monday, December5, 2011 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church.  Private burial will be later at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Topeka, KS.  He died on Monday, November 28, 2011 at his home. Jack was born on September 17, 1933 in…

Funeral services for Shari Ann (Reed) Sheaffer, 66, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Lawrence Wesleyan Church.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died November 26, 2011 at her home. Shari was born on July 25, 1945 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of William and Emma…

Ferguson, Dorothy S. (Stringham), 78, of Raymore, Missouri, passed away on Nov. 25, 2011 after a six-year battle with cancer.  She was the daughter of R. Paul and Ruth Stringham, and is survived by her sister, Helen Fridblom, and brother, Howard P. Stringham. Dorothy married Sam D. Ferguson, who survives, on March 16, 1952.  Also…

 Graveside services for Pamela S. “Pam” Rothwell, 60, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died November 24, 2011 at home after battling a long illness.   She was born on July 25, 1951 in Marceline, MO the daughter of Hubert “Herb” Vincent and Jewell Jean (Dorrell) Kornbrust. …

Memorial services for Robert E. “Bob” Shmalberg, 84, Lawrence, KS will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.    Private entombment will be at the Memorial Park Garden Mausoleum in Lawrence.  He died on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at his home.  Rev. Dr. Peter Luckey will be the…

Heidi Linnay Everley, DDS, 36, of Overland Park, Kansas died at home on 11/21/2011 after a long, courageous battle with cancer.  Heidi was born January 22, 1975 in Topeka Kansas to Marty Garren and Linda Binggeli-Reynolds.  She graduated from Topeka High School in 1993 where she excelled in diving, cheerleading and academics.  She then attended…

A family gathering will be held at a later date to celebrate the life of Olga Lillian Davis Haigler who died November 21, 2011. Olga was born February 28, 1914, near Syracuse in Otoe County, Nebraska, the fourth of six daughters to Orlando Evan Davis and Anna Christina (Bengston) Davis.  She graduated from Syracuse High…

Funeral services for Margaret A. Banks, 74, Osage City, formerly of Lawrence will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died November 20, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Margaret was born on August 10, 1937 in Lebanon, MO…