OBITUARIES

A Celebration of Life Service for Oliver Jobe, Tulsa, OK, will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora.  A toast to honor Oliver Jobe will immediately follow at D-Dubs, 10 W. 9th Street in Eudora.  Oliver passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2023, from…

Brad Klug 36, Lawrence, Kansas passed peacefully Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Brad is survived by his father and mother and brother, Jared. Brad was adopted in 1987 by Susan and Mark Klug in Wichita, Kansas. Brad loved his kitties(Nova and Lumina), and board games (including chess), food and travel shows, stocks,…

Larry L. Cornelius, 67, of Lawrence, KS, unexpectedly passed away on September 25, 2023, at LMH Health. He was born to Mary Ann and Wylie K. Cornelius on July 27, 1956, in Topeka, KS. He grew up in Topeka and graduated from Hayden High School, class of 1974.  He graduated from the University of Kansas…

Norma Mae Hallett Kelley, 85, of Lawrence, Kansas died October 1, 2023, at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, Kansas. Norma was born on June 23, 1938, on the family farm in Rush Center, Kansas to Zelma Mae (Moore) Hallett and Ernest Eugene Hallett.  She married Donald I. Kelley on January 11, 1958, in LaCrosse, Kansas.…

Nancy C. Bracciano, 93, Lawrence, passed away Friday, September 29, 2023, at Brandon Woods Assisted Living. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 13, 2023, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. Private inurnment will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence. Nancy was born on January 8, 1930,…

Albert J. (Bert) Rowell was born in the cathedral city of Ely, a few miles from Cambridge, England on July 19th, 1929.  He died at home on September 28th in Lawrence, Kansas at the age of 94. His father was a signals engineer in the railway system. Bert’s formative years were spent in Cambridgeshire and…

Funeral services for James D. Harris, 85, Eudora, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Eudora, KS. A family burial will take place at Eudora City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 ~ 11:00 am, October 7, 2023, at the Eudora Chapel. Jim passed away on Wednesday, September…

Memorial Mass for Joseph Perez Soza, 87, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 6, 2023 at St. Johns Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  Joseph passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at his home with his loved ones present. Joseph was born on…

Charlotte Ann Leach passed away surrounded by family and was called to go home to Jesus on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at her home. Family services will be held at a later date.

Dear Jay: We never expected to grow old together  No one promised us the future However, we didn’t expect it to be so short You were a husband,    a father,     a grandpa You loved nature, art and beauty.  You loved learning and reading. You were grouchy and you were funny but not a lot…