OBITUARIES

Memorial services for Thomas Cassen, 75, Lawrence, will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Thomas passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023, at LMH Health. Thomas was born on March 14, 1947, in Burt, Iowa the son of Glenn Woodrow and Fae Evelyn (Fisher) Cassen. He was…

Paul Marion Spearman, 63, died on the 11th day of March 2023 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, following a long illness. He was comforted by his family. His wife, Janice Spearman, survives of the home in Country Club, Missouri. Paul’s life will be celebrated at a memorial for family and friends…

Charles (Chuck) Protasio passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at home on March 9, 2023. He was born and raised in Williamsport, Pennsylvania as the eldest son of William Protasio and Dorothy (Walters) Protasio. Chuck was an ordinary man, who loved his family, country, and believed in a merciful God. As a child, his…

Funeral services for Eva Mae Daniels, 66, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Calvary Church of God 646 Alabama St in Lawrence.  The family will greet friends an hour prior to the service at the church.  Burial will follow the service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS.…

Funeral services for Mattie Mae Turner, 78, Lawrence will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at the mortuary.  The burial will follow the service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  Mattie…

A visitation for Clarence G. Norman, 98, of Eudora, will be held at 1:00 p.m. with a funeral service following at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 18th, 2023 at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel. Interment will follow at the Eudora Cemetery. Clarence died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at LMH Health surrounded by his family. He…

Robert “Bob” Schaffer was born November 25, 1946 in Beloit, KS, to Marjorie Allen Schaffer and Loran Schaffer. He passed away at Star Living Memory Care in Lawrence on Friday, March 10, 2023, due to complications from a hemorrhagic stroke he suffered on January 30, 2019. Visitation will be Monday, March 13, 5:30 to 7:30…

   Jean E Stokes of Lawrence passed away peacefully on March 9th, 2023. She was born in San Francisco, CA on January 19, 1923, to Henry and Ruby Strout. She grew up in Portland, Oregon, until moving to the Boston, MA area in 1940. After graduating from Winchester High in 1941, she attended the Chamberlain…

There are no formal services scheduled at this time for Joan M. McCarthy, 80, Lawrence, KS. Joan passed away on Friday, March 3, 2023, at her home. Joan was born on April 29, 1942, in Richmond, A, the daughter of Linus and Eleanor (Austin) Brazil. Joan married Michael McCarthy on November 7, 1964, in Concord,…

Jerry William Kunkel, loving husband and father, passed away peacefully at his home in Lawrence, Kansas on Monday, March 6, 2023 at the age of 78. Jerry was born in Mansfield, Ohio to William and Leva (Calhoon) Kunkel. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1968 and was…