OBITUARIES

Graveside service for Shirley Edwards Moten, 62, Lawrence, will be held 11 a.m., Monday, January 25, 2010, at Oak Hill Cemetery.  She died January 19, 2010, at her home. She was born September 12, 1947, in Ottawa, KS, the daughter of Henry and Ida Mae (Bivens) Edwards. Mrs. Moten worked in housekeeping at Brandon Woods…

A memorial service for Maria “Rachel” Gama, 39 will be held on Saturday, January 30 at St. Francis De Asiss, East Palo Alto, CA A memorial service for Maria “Rachel” Gama, 39 will be held on Saturday at St. Johns. She was born December 20, 1970 in Santa Barbara, California. She was granted her angel wings…

A funeral service for Eric Halden Nunn Bittlingmayer, 21, will be held 11 am, Friday, January 22, 2010 at Plymouth Congregational Church.  He died Sunday, January 17, 2010 at his home in Lawrence. He was born September 20, 1989 in West Berlin, Germany, and moved with his family to Davis, California at the age of…

Funeral service for Maxine Pauline Hougland, 84, Perry will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, January 23, 2010 at First Southern Baptist Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died January 17, 2010 at her home. She was born on January 1, 1926 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter…

The Mass of Christian Burial for Juanita June Riley, 85, Lawrence, KS will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in the Lapeer Community in SW Douglas County, KS. Burial will follow the mass in the Rochester Cemetery in North Topeka, KS. A Parish Rosary is scheduled…

Funeral services for J. LaVaughn Miller, 84, Lawrence, KS will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Warren McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. She died on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  She was born on March 28, 1925 in Andover, Illinois, the daughter…

A memorial service for Richard E. Folks, Jr, 65, will be Monday, January 25, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary Eudora Chapel. Inurnment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence.  He died Friday, January 15, 2010 at his home in Wright City, MO. Richard was born December 10, 1944 in Lawrence, KS, the son…

Elizabeth Seddon Fagan, 83, formerly of Hot Springs, Virginia, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, KS. She was born December 19, 1926 in San Francisco, where she watched the Golden Gate Bridge rise. She was the second daughter of the late Samuel Venable and Margaret Cameron Seddon. While she was still a little girl,…

Funeral service for Eugene “Gene” E. Johnson, 74, Lawrence, will be held 11 a.m. Friday, January 15, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  He died at Medicalodges Eudora.  Mr. Johnson moved to Lawrence in 1954 from Clinton, MO. He was born June 6, 1935, in Osceola, MO, the son of…

Mass of Christian Burial for James Herbert Easter, 56, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2010 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Lawrence.  Cremation will follow.  He passed away January 12, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born July 26, 1953 in Wichita, KS the son of James William…