OBITUARIES

Lila Mae Layton, 94, Lawrence, died February 1, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  No services are planned. She was born on February 10, 1914 in Ottomwa, IA, the daughter of Lesley Fry and Love M. (Gudgell) Copeland.  She owned and operated two bars, the Purple Pig and Pink Elephant.  She married John Miller. They divorced…

Mass of Christian burial for Robert Eugene Miller, Sr., 83, of Eudora, Kansas will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora.  Burial will be in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. He died Friday, January 30, 2009 at Medicalodges Eudora.   He was born October 31, 1925 in Eudora the son of Howard…

Funeral service for Evelyne G. Christian, 90, will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at Lawrence Free Methodist Church.  Interment will follow at Clinton Cemetery.  She died January 30, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  She was a lifelong resident of Douglas County. She was born May 25, 1918, at Richland, KS, the daughter of…

Memorial Services for Alan G. Hack, Jr., 85, Lawrence, KS will be at 11 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2009 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at a later date.  He died on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence following complications from Parkinson’s Disease. He was born…

Memorial service for Margaret “Peggy” E. Rainwater, 80, Lawrence will be held 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Centenary United Methodist Church.   Mrs. Rainwater died on January 24, 2009 at Brandon Woods Retirement Community. She has donated her body to the University of Kansas Hospital Willed Body Program. She was born on April…

Services for Erma Myrtle Strunk, 76, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Burial will be in the Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Kansas. She died Friday, January 23, 2009 in Eudora, Kansas.   She was born November 12, 1932 in Lawrence, Kansas the daughter of George and Katherine Annie…