OBITUARIES

Funeral services for Carlene Blackburn, 94, Lawrence, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2022 at Cornerstone Community Church, 2500 O’Connell Road, Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  Carlene passed away on November 20, 2022 at her home. Carlene was born on April 12, 1928 in Waldron, AR, the daughter…

                Michael Charles Capra, 62, passed away Sunday November 13th, 2022, at his home in Overbrook, Kansas.                 Michael was born April 11, 1960, in Kansas City, Missouri to Samuel Joseph and Patricia Ann (Hilley) Capra. He attended Ruskin Heights School and served in the Coast Guard. During his Coast Guard service, his unit received…

Ernest “Ernie” Simon, age 74, of Eudora KS Passed away November 16,2022 peacefully at his home. Ernie was born September 15,1948 in Colwich KS. The son of Al and Helen Simon. He spent his youth growing up in Parsons KS. Following graduation Ernie moved to Eudora KS where he spent the remainder of his life.…

Graveside Service  for Mark James Jones, Sr, 70, Lawrence, Kansas, will be held at 11:00 a.m. (CST), Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Oak Hill Cemetery (Green Burial Section). followed by a 12:30 (CST)  Memorial Service. Mark was born on June 22, 1952, in Lancaster, Ohio, the son of James and Carol Jones.   Mark passed away…

I cannot think of anybody stronger than a family who has lost one of their own and still breathes. Cheyanne Louise Branson, 23, was taken far too soon on Saturday, November 12, 2022 by a drunk driver. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on November 26, 2022 at First United Methodist Church –…

Graveside inurnment for Lloyd Alan Shackelford, 77, Lawrence, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2022, at Oak Hill Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, KS. Lloyd was born April 25, 1945, in Middletown, OH, the son of Lloyd and Doris (Ryan) Shackelford. He married…

Robert “Bob” Walden, age 88, died Nov 12, 2022 in Overland Park, Kansas. Bob was born June 27, 1934 in Washington County, Kansas, the son of Bernard and Eleanor (Williams) Walden. He lived in the Richland, Berryton, Tecumseh, and Lawrence areas most of his life. Following graduation from Berryton Rural High School in 1952, he…

Funeral services for Josefa “Pai” Quintanilla Jump, 80, Perry, KS will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 18, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.  Pai passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022 at her home. Pai was born on April 16, 1942 in Guam, the daughter of Jesus…