OBITUARIES

Memorial services for Michael “Tom” Thomas Bray, 75, Lawrence will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday August 2, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  He died July 29, 2009 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  He was born March 19, 1934 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Elmer Homer Bray II and Mary Lankford. He was…

Mass of Christian Burial for Marilyn Laws Porter, 72, Eudora will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 1, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Lawrence.  Private burial will be in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora.  She died Monday,  July 27, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  She had been a resident of Eudora since…

  Memorial service for Helen Jane Whitlock Davis, 96, Lawrence, formerly of Neodesha, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Interment will be at Neodesha Cemetery at a later date under the direction of Loran Fawcett Funeral Home, Neodesha, KS. Helen died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at Brandon Woods…

Funeral service for Ada Maxine Torneden, 88, Lawrence, will be held at 10 a.m. July 31, 2009, at Central United Methodist Church.  Burial will follow Oak Hill Cemetery.  Mrs. Torneden died July 23, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born July 13, 1921, in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, the daughter of Frank E. and Elma…

Private burial services for Leota Delores Auld, 97, Eudora, will be held at Madura Cemetery, Clay County, KS at a later date.  She died July 21, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  She lived at Drury Place for seven years. She was born March 4, 1912, in Oklahoma City, OK, the daughter of James and Agnes…

Mass of Christian Burial for Donald Bernard Turner, 81, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 23, 2009, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Private family inurnment services will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Lawrence. Mr. Turner died July 21, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Mr. Turner was born September 8, 1927, in…

Mass of Christian Burial for Patricia Joan Koehler, 84, Lawrence, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 24, 2009, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.  Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary.  She died July 20, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  She was a life-long resident of Lawrence. She was born on October 11,…

Funeral service for Ione L. Sells, 85, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at the Southside Church of Christ in Lawrence.  Graveside services will be held 5:00 p.m., Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Kansas.  She was a resident of Lawrence since 1987. She died on July 17, 2009 at KU…