OBITUARIES

  Private services for Donald Eugene Wiggins, 52, Lawrence will be held at a later date. He died July 5, 2011 in Lawrence. He was born January 19, 1959 in Norman, OK the son of Helen (Bryant) Allen and she survives of Lawrence; his children, Joanie, Rodney and Donnie also survive.    

Funeral services for Emma J. Garrett, 87, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Friday, July 8, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  She died July 4, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence. Emma was born on April 4, 1924 in Oakley, KS the daughter of Robert…

Graveside services for Jo White, 78, Lawrence will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 8, 2011 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  Jo died July 4, 2011 at her home. She was born on December 4, 1932 in Rich Hill, MO the daughter of George Mark and Imogene F. (Hereford) Pearson.   She lived in Lawrence…

Mass of Christian Burial for Velma E. Mignot, 97, of Lawrence, Kansas will be 10 a.m., Thursday, July 7, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. Velma was born December 17, 1913 in Walnut, Kansas the daughter of Sylvester and Jennie (Osburn) Van Ness.…

                                      Graveside funeral services for Esther Nadine Pifer, 89, of Baldwin City, Kansas will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Kingman, Kansas. Mrs. Pifer died Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the…

Memorial services for Philip G. “Phil” Harrison, 68, Naples, FL will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.  He died June 29, 2011 in Scottsdale, AZ.   He was born on June 11, 1943 in Kansas City, MO the son of Robert “Bob” and Martha Ann “Pauline” (Gill)…

Private family services will be held at a later date for Duane Anthony Rothwell, 41, Lawrence at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died June 29, 2011 at his home. Duane was born on December 22, 1969 in Lawrence, KS the son of Harold Rothwell of Manhattan, KS and Cheryl (Arensberg) Rothwell of Lawrence. He graduated from…

Funeral service for Janice M. Colman, 90, Eudora will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2011 Warren-McElwain Morutary-Eudora Chapel.  Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery.  Ms. Colman died June 28, 2011 at Pioneer Ridge. She was born on August 27, 1920 in Lawrence the daughter of Harry Oscar and Gesina “Zena” (Ziegler) Guenther. …

Funeral services for Helen Marie Cross, 80, Lawrence will be held 5 p.m., Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery.  She died June 28, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Helen was born on February 24, 1931 in near Barnard, KS the daughter of Otto and Lillian…

Alice Laverne Shank (Lewis) was born on October 3, 1922 in Okmulgee, OK.  She died in Lawrence, KS on June 27, 2011. Alice was raised in El Dorado, KS, with her six siblings.  She alone had survived of her family to this time.  She married Charles Wilbur Shank on December 3, 1944.  Alice and Wilbur…