OBITUARIES

Marjorie Baerg Boon’s funeral and burial will be at sea, off the coast of California.  She died on September 6, 2009 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor, after a long illness. Marjorie was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago, where she earned her Ph.D.  She taught Germanics at De Paw University, and at…

Memorial Services for James A. “Jim” Roberts, 65, Lawrence, KS will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church (946 Vermont St.) in Lawrence.  Inurnment will be at a later date in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Chanute, KS. He died on Saturday evening, September 5, 2009 at Lawrence…

  Funeral services for Charity Vann, 24, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at Morning Star Christian Church. Private burial will be in the Oak Hill               Cemetery.  She died September 5, 2009 at her home after a 5 year battle with cancer. She was born January 5, 1985 in…

Funeral service for Louezelle Smith, 86, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.   Private burial will follow.  She died on Friday, September 4, 2009, at her home.She was born on March 19, 1923, in Alma, Arkansas, the daughter of James W. and Lula (Miller) Wise. She worked for the…

  Memorial Mass for Bernadine Rocker, 74, Goodyear Arizona formerly of Lawrence, Kansas will be held Friday, September 18, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Inurnment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Bernadine passed away on September 3, 2009 at her home in Arizona, surrounded by loved ones. She was born…

Funeral Service for William Lawrence “Larry” Mitchell, Sr., 87, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. September 4, 2009, at Trinity Lutheran Church.  Burial will be at 1: 30 p.m. on Friday at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Olathe, Kansas.  He died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar, Lawrence. He was born…

Funeral Services for ELMER ROBERT JOHANNING, 91, Lawrence, Ks. will be at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. Mr. Johanning died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Medical Center in Topeka. Elmer was born April 29, 1918 in Worden, Kansas,…

  Funeral service for Harley Jay Yoder, 82, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday September 1, 2009 at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  He died August 28, 2009, at Rossville Mental Health and Rehabilitation Center, Rossville, KS. Mr. Yoder was born May 8, 1927,…

Graveside service for Jimmy Dale Howell, 68, Lawrence will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  Mr. Howell died on August 26, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  He was born on June 22, 1941 in Koshkonong, MO the son of Jesse Ivory and Lydia Ethel Brazael Howell.  He worked for…

  Funeral services for Carl E. “Gene” Van Hoesen, 85, Lawrence, KS, will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 28, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Interment will be follow at Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin City, Kansas.  He died August 26, 2009, at his home. Mr. Van Hoesen was born October 30, 1923, in Willow Springs Township,…