OBITUARIES

Funeral services for William Dale O’Brien, 43, Lawrence, KS will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Clinton Cemetery in Clinton, KS. Dale passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022. Dale was born on December 23, 1978, in Lawrence, KS, the son of…

A celebration of life for Reed Phillip Peterson, 81, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Aug. 20 at Plymouth Congregational Church. Reed died July 26, 2022, at LMH Health. He was born Dec. 1, 1940, in Denver, the son of Sonja and Arthur “Pete” Peterson. Reed graduated in 1965 from the University of Kansas with…

Sherman E. (Dick) Edmondson, age 94, passed quietly in the family home on Saturday, July 30, 2022. The son of Hollie and Florence Edmondson, Dick grew up in Southeastern Kansas with his siblings Chad, Ray, Bennie, Lavon, Sammie Jean and Wanda. He is survived by his loving wife Janice, his children Michael, Mary and Molly…

John “Jack” Lawrence Turcotte, age 71, of Topeka, Kansas, went to be home with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 30th, 2022 after a long battle with heart failure. Jack was born in Burlington, Vermont on March 17th, 1951 to John Caldwell Turcotte and Virginia (Chase) Turcotte. His family moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee…

** Steven Wayne Blair, 65, Lawrence, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022 at his home. An informal memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 10th at the Patio Garden Terrace at the Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Emporia, KS. ** Steven was born on December 8, 1956, in Emporia, KS the son…

Funeral services for Jaime Ricardo “Rick” Ramos, 63, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, preceded by a Rosary at 9:30 a.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Lawrence. Rick passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on Thursday, July…

Graveside services for Madeleine J. Schehrer, 81, Lawrence, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, 1600 Oak Hill Avenue, Lawrence. Madeleine passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at her home. Madeleine was born on November 6, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Paul…

** Inurnment for James “Jim” A. Long will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Pioneer Cemetery with a Memorial Service celebrating Jim’s life from 2 – 4 p.m. in the Malott Room at the KU Student Union on Saturday, August 27th.** James “Jim” A. Long of Lawrence, passed away at…

Wanda Louise Adams passed away peacefully in the presence of family on July 24, 2022, at the age of 70 in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on November 8, 1951, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, the fourth of 6 children. Her father Howard Kenneth Mooney died when she was 7, and she along with her brothers…

Wayne Ray Pearse, 70, passed away at home July 25, 2022 with family at his side. Wayne was born July 2, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Kathleen Montgomery Pearse and Howard Jay Pearse. In 1968, the family, which includes brothers Rusty and Dan, moved to Broken Arrow, OK where they built a dog kennel which…