OBITUARIES

Memorial service for Suzanne Schwantes Coil, 74, Lawrence, will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died March 1, 2009, at Medicalodges-Eudora, where she spent the last eight years. She was born October 11, 1934, in Hobart, Oklahoma, the daughter of Joseph E. and Anne (Patterson) Schwantes.  She graduated Valedictorian…

Funeral services for LAURENCE G. “LARRY” HOLUBA, 92, Lawrence, KS will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He died on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence. He was born on July 7, 1916…

Memorial service for Gladys Fredrick Burge, 86, Lawrence, KS, will be 3 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2009 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Inurnment will be at Pioneer Cemetery on the West Campus of Kansas University.  She died February 28, 2009, at Harbor House Memory Care Residence. She was born September 4, 1922, in Strawberry…

Funeral services for Eunice Louise Anderson Phillips, 97, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the First Baptist Church  in Lawrence, Kansas.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. She died February 23, 2009 at her home in Lawrence. She was born June 10, 1911 in Superior, Nebraska the daughter…

Mass of Christian Burial for Ramon E. Romero, Sr., 88, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 27, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Military Honors will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died February 23, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born July 15, 1920 in Lawrence,…

Mass of Christian Burial for Richard L. Hopson, 69, Eudora will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Holy Family Catholic Church.  Military Graveside service will follow in Holy Family Cemetery.     He died Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.   He was born January 2, 1940 in Lafayette, LA the…

Mass of Christian Burial for James R. “Jim” Ellena, 61, Cathedral City, CA will be at 10 a.m. Monday, February 23, 2009 at the Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at his home in California. He was born…

Funeral services for Ruth Norman, 82, of Eudora, Kansas will be held 2 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2009 at the First Southern Baptist Church in Eudora.  Burial will be in the Eudora Cemetery.  Mrs. Norman died Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at her home in Eudora, Kansas.   She was born March 12, 1926 in Newnada, Arkansas,…