OBITUARIES

Private family funeral services for Charles Patrick LaClair, of Yorktown, Va. were held Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Corpus Christi Catholic church.  Burial was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Charles, son of Charles H. and Audrey J. (Waymaster) LaClair, was stillborn Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. He is survived by his…

No formal services are planned for Valorie Marie Blasingame, 56, of Topeka.  She died on April 16, 2009 at Stormont -Vail HealthCare in Topeka, KS.  She was born on March 19, 1953 in California the daughter of Thomas and Mavis Barreth Kinder. She worked as a custodian for the University of Kansas and also for…

Memorial services for Myra M. Traetow (formerly Trowbridge), 69, Lawrence will be at 10 a.m. Monday,  April 20, 2008 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Inurnment will follow in Sutton Cemetery, rural Baldwin, KS. Ms. Traetow died at her home on April 15, 2009. Myra  was born October 31, 1939 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, the daughter of Herman and…

A Memorial Mass for Charles “Charlie” F.  Steinbacher, 70, Lawrence, KS,  will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence, KS.  Inurnment will be at a later date at the Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend, KS.  Mr. Steinbacher died on Tuesday, April 14, 2009…

Funeral services for Karen V. Reiling, 63, Lawrence, KS, will be 4 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2009 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS.  Later services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, April 20, 2009 at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Utica, NE.  Interment will be in Utica Cemetery in Utica, Nebraska. Ms. Reiling died…

A Celebration of Life for Phyllis Jane Hines, 84, Lawrence, will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Lawrence.  Mrs. Hines died April 9, 2009, at her home.  She had lived in Lawrence for over twenty years. She was born on December 4, 1924, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter…

Mass of Christian Burial for Micaela “Mickey” Mendoza, 56, Eudora will be held at 10a.m., Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora.  Burial will follow in Holy Family Cemetery.   She died April 8, 2009 at her home in Eudora.   She was born July 12, 1952 in Merkel, Texas, the…

Funeral service for Bobby “Bob” Joe Kolars, 72, Lawrence, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 13, 2009, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  Mr. Kolars died April 7, 2009, at Wyndam Place Senior Residence in Lawrence. He was born November 10, 1936, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Joe…

Memorial services for Daniel Scott Lanier, 29, Lawrence will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Sickles Community Church in Lookeba, Oklahoma.  Inurnment will follow at Sickles Cemetery.  Daniel died on April 5, 2009 in Douglas County. He was born on September 23, 1979 in Weatherford, Oklahoma the son of Steve Lanier and Christi…

No services are planned for Wayne C. McKenzie, 83, Alamo, TX.  Private inurnment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS.  He died on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen TX.  Mr. McKenzie was born on January 13, 1926 in Liberal, MO, the son of Charles F. &…