OBITUARIES

Graveside services for Etta Lou Ferguson, 78, Eudora, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at Eudora Cemetery.  Etta passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at her home. Etta was born on August 9, 1944, in Clay Springs, Arizona, the daughter of Bud and Ella (White) Brewer. Survivors include her daughter, Charlea…

Funeral services for Charlene Dee (Crady) Robinson Kornbrust, 92. Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 20, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Perry, KS. Charlene passed away on Monday, February 13, 2023. She was born on September 17, 1930, in Kansas City, KS, the…

Mass of Christian Burial for Catherine Sue Schneider Nelson, 67, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 17, 2023, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. A burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The family will greet friends prior to the funeral from 9:30 ~ 11:00 am with a Rosary Recitation starting…

Charlie Groat, 54, Lecompton died February 12, 2023 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born July 7, 1968 in Riverside, CA the son of Terry Groat and Kathleen Bowles Kretschmar. Charlie graduated from Riverside High School.  He enjoyed playing softball with his girls and loved keeping up with the news. Charlie was…

Gilbert (Gib) Marvin Harris, 87 of Lawrence KS passed from this earth February 11, 2023. He was born in Marquette KS, September 12, 1935, the third child of Dale and Iola (Hall) Harris.  He married the love of his life, Gerda (Anderson) on January 25, 1957.  Together they had three children, Tracey (Phil) Stout of…

Alice Romanie Murphy was born in Lynd Minnesota on November 8th, 1924 to Joe and Yvonne DeWispelaere and grew up in Ivanhoe, Minnesota. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of Minnesota. During this time she met and married John F Murphy in 1955 and later divorced. She went on to teach…

Jacob Joseph “Jack” Epstein, 96, died February 6, 2023, in Lawrence, Kansas after a brief illness.  He was born on November 5, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Israel and Rachel Epstein.  During his childhood, Jack enjoyed reading; he studied Latin and German.  He loved to tinker and figure out how things worked.  He graduated from…

A funeral mass for Patrick Michael Fagan, 79, of Lawrence, Kan., will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13, preceded by a visitation at 9:30 a.m. and a rosary at 10:15 a.m., at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will be held at 1:45 pm, in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Topeka. Pat died Tuesday,…

Effie L. Simmons, 97, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in Lawrence, KS. She was born on February 18, 1925, in rural Coffey County, KS, the daughter of Oliver and Fanny (Skillman) Kelly. Effie married Frederick Earle Simmons on December 26, 1944, in Burlington, KS; he preceded her in death on August 14, 2003.…