OBITUARIES

A memorial gathering for Tyson Lee Proffitt, infant son of Richard and Sherri (Corbett) Proffitt will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at First Southern Baptist Church in Eudora.  He was born on December 22, 2009 and died December 24, 2009 at Overland Park Regional Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Survivors include…

Memorial service for Robert E. Broholm, 90, Lawrence, will be held at a future date at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Ferguson, Missouri.  Mr. Broholm died on December 24, 2009, at Brandon Woods. He was born on January 29, 1919, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Raymond and Ruby Hansen Broholm. He was a chemist…

Memorial visitation for Karen Sue Cook Frankenfield, 71, Lawrence will be held Monday, December, 28 from 3-5pm at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died Tuesday, December 22 at her home.  Mrs. Frankenfield had been a resident of Lawrence since 1979. She was born on October 4, 1938 in Independence, Kansas the daughter of Willard and Mable Cook.…

The funeral service for Elizabeth “Betty” M. Crabb, 83, formerly of Moundridge, KS, will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Eden Mennonite Church, Moundridge, KS.  Interment will follow at Eden Mennonite Cemetery.  She died December 21, 2009, at Presbyterian Manor, Lawrence. The youngest of sixteen children, she was born February 10, 1926,…

Memorial services for Teresa K. Brown, 55, Lawrence will be held at a later date.  Miss Brown died December 21, 2009 at Tonganoxie Nursing Center in Tonganoxie, Kansas. She was born March 5, 1954 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of Richard A. and Justyn Elliott Brown.  Miss Brown attended Lawrence Public Schools and had worked…

Memorial services for Dr. James Calvin Dowell, 83, Lawrence will be held at a later date. He died December 20, 2009 at Brandon Woods, Lawrence, Kansas.  Dr. Dowell was born February 16, 1926 in Elgin, Illinois, the son of Dr. Raymond F. and Marie Dowell.  He attended Elgin Academy Prep School and Northwestern University where…

Funeral service for Dorothy Elizabeth Calhoun, 95, Merriam, will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died December 18, 2009, at Sunrise Assistant Living.  Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  She was born October 3, 1914, in Douglas County, KS the daughter of Elmer and Mae Stanwix. Dorothy spent…

Funeral services for Paul Martin, 39, Lawrence, will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. He died Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born August 8, 1970, in Ottawa, KS, the son of Diane Martin. Mr. Martin worked as a store manager at Spirit Liquor…

There will be a private family tribute for Jerome D. “Mico” Godinez, 66, Lawrence, will be held at a later date.  He was born on April 2, 1943 in Ottawa, KS the son of Dolores and Lucia Martinez Godinez. He married Lupe Ramirez on November 16, 1971 in Ottawa, KS.  She survives of the home.…

Funeral service for Andrew Takahisa Tsubaki, 78, Lawrence, will be held 1 p.m. Sunday, December 20, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Inurnment will be in Pioneer Cemetery.  He died December 16, 2009, at his home. He was born November 29, 1931, in Tokyo, Japan the son of Ken and Yasu Tsubaki. Dr. Tsubaki received his BA…