OBITUARIES

A Celebration of Life will be held October 10, 2024 from 5:30 to 8:30 at the Flory Meeting Hall of the Douglas County Fairgrounds.  Appetizers will be served.  Donald Allen Crowe, 74, Lawrence, Kansas passed away from a sudden illness on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at SSM Health Depaul Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Don…

Graveside services for Wallace “Wally” J. Neal, 83, Eudora, KS, will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, September 30, 2024, at Eudora Cemetery, 2229 N. 1420 Rd., Eudora, KS, 66025. Wallace passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at his home. Wallace was born on October 31, 1940, in Chiles, KS, the son of…

Memorial services for Linda Sue Hall, 67, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin City, KS.  Linda passed away on Monday, September 16, 2024. Linda was born on June 16, 1957, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter…

Graveside services for Steven Jon “Macgyver” Danielson Sr., 66, Lawrence, will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2024, at Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will greet friends 11:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m., Monday, September 16, 2024, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Steve passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Steve was born…

Nicki Gale Hedgecock, age 61, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at her home. Nicki was born on October 18, 1962, in Lawrence, KS, the daughter of Robert Earl and Sandra (Smith) Garner. She was always happiest when surrounded by her friends and family, and was tireless in her efforts to let those around…

Shirley Mack Schilling, 96, died peacefully September 9, 2024 at The Arbors at Monterey Village in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born Shirley Ann (she added the ‘e’ later) Smoll on April 12, 1928, in Wichita, Kansas. She was the youngest of five boys and two girls born to Allen Elwood and Bernice Fuller Smoll.  After…

LaVaughn (Williams) Kastl Peak 3/5/30 – 9/11/24 LaVaughn was born in Fulton, KS, where she attended Fulton High School and then moved to Fort Scott, KS where she met her future husband Calvin Kastl. They were married on March 15, 1947. She was preceded in death by her daughter Peggy Kastl and her son Curtis…

A Celebration of Life service for Alice S. Blair, 101, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 27, 2024 at the Warren-McElwain chapel in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Mrs. Blair passed away September 8, 2024 at the Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. She was born December 20, 1922 in…

Patricia “Pat” Eagan Cluthe Devoted mother, wife, nurse and friend October 10, 1942 – September 6, 2024 Pat Cluthe, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 6, 2024, in her assisted living apartment at Pioneer Ridge Community in Lawrence, Kansas with her two daughters by her side.                 Pat was born on October 10, 1942,…