OBITUARIES

Private Family Inurnment Services for Doris Jean Bryant, 81, Lawrence will be held at a later date in Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville, KS.  She died on January 10, 2010 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Center. She was born on February 5, 1928 in Coffeyville, KS the daughter of Eugene Stanley and Ruby Viola Matlock Dienst.    She…

Mass of Christian Burial for Joseph C. Shultz, 61, Oskaloosa, will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church.  Burial with Military Honors will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence.  He died January 10, 2010 at Stormont- Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka.  Joe was injured in a car accident…

Memorial services for Florence L. Gallagher, 80, will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont Street.  She was a resident of Lawrence, KS and died January 9, 2010 at Tonganoxie Nursing Center.  She was born on March 10, 1929 in McLouth, KS the daughter of Harry and…

Funeral services for Robert Davis, 63, Lawrence will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, January 16, 2010.  Interment will be held at. 9 a.m. Monday, January 18, 2010 at Leavenworth National Cemetery.  He died January 9, 2009 at his home. He was born on March 5, 1946 in Belle, Tennessee the son of Pauline Davis.  He…

Celebration of life services for Marilyn Joan Dabney Davis Benedict, 77, Lawrence formerly of Bloomington, Illinois will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Christ Community Church in Lawrence.  Inurnment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in McLean, Illinois.  She died January 9, 2010 at Brandon Woods at Arbor, in Lawrence, KS.…

Mass of Christian Burial for Maria-Teresa “Tess” Barbara Wisler Keane, 25, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 9, 2010  at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  She died January 5, 2010 at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Tess was born…

 Funeral services for Elizabeth “Betsy” Nelick Profeta, 61, North Port, Florida will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence, KS.  Private interment will be at the Stony Point Cemetery in southern, Douglas County. She died on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was…

The funeral services for Yvonne June Keefer, 74, Lawrence, KS, who died at her home on January 3rd, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 9th at First Southern Baptist Church in Lawrence.  There will be a visitation between 6 and 8 p.m. Friday, January 8th at the church.  Graveside services will be at 11 a.m.…

Funeral services for Esther L. Messer, 96, of Lawrence will be held 10 a.m., Tuesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.  Mrs. Messer died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence. She was born January 18, 1913 in Lamar, Missouri, the daughter of John W. and Martha…

Funeral services for Paul David Lee, 66, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Warren-McElwain Mortuary. His nephew, Pastor Kevin Bost will officiate.  Burial with Military Honors will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died at his home, Friday, January 1, 2010. Paul was born March 14, 1943, in Paola, KS, the son of…