OBITUARIES

Funeral services for Jeffery Dean “Jeff” Timmons, 44, Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  He died September 27, 2011 at his home. He was born on April 5, 1967 in Bellingham, WA the son of Clifford Marvin and Frances Marie Barrager Timmons.   He graduated from Washburn…

Funeral services for Mildred Martha Rood, 90, will be held 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died September 26, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 29, 1920 in Berlin, OK the daughter of Roslin and Mattie…

A Mass of Christian Burial for Ann Catherine Wagner Shobe, 82, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, September 29, 2011 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. She was born…

Pauline “Polly” Rankin Reed, 88, died September 22, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. A celebration of her life is planned for 11 am on Monday, 17 Oct 2011 at Plymouth Congregational Church. Inurnment will be private and held at Pioneer Cemetery on the KU campus. Polly was born on January 14, 1923,…

No formal services are planned for Sandra Lynn McManness, 60, Lawrence.  She died, September 22, 2011 at her home. She was born on November 16, 1950 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Donald and Dorris (Wible) Andrew.   She worked for Douglas County Visiting Nurses and later worked as a daycare provider for 16 years until…

Graveside services for Eugene C. “Red” Sims, 43, Lawrence will be held Friday, September 30, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died September 21, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital of Kansas City, KS. He was born on November 30, 1967 in Topeka, Kansas the son of Eugene Jacob Carter and Ruby Sims…

Funeral service for Winnie Lee Langston, 85, Tonganoxie will be held 11 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary- Eudora Chapel.  Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery.  She died September 20, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  She was born on February 24, 1926 in Newark, Arkansas the daughter of Neal and Violet (Porter) Pipkins. …

Private graveside services were held for Eliza Jackson Shepard, 70, Lawrence, 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died September 19, 2011 at her home. She was born on July 3, 1941 in Grady, AR, to proud parents Polk and Ethyl Griffin-(Austin).  Eliza moved to Topeka, KS.  She married…

Memorial services for Mary W. Tefft, 86 of Lawrence, will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Private inurnment will be at a later date.  She died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born December 4, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Sigwald Morris and Bertha…

Funeral services for Amos B. Birdcreek, 80, Lawrence,KS, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 22, 2011 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Military graveside honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence. He was born August 28, 1931 in…