OBITUARIES

Jeanette Marie Lippencott returned to her loving Lord on December 16, 2021. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on January 12, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will be announced at a later date. Jeanette was active in her faith. She served on the RCIA team at…

James Merritt Rose, Jr. (Jim) of Lawrence, KS, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021, surrounded by his family. Jim was born on December 28, 1939, in Excelsior Springs, MO to Frances Louise and James Merritt Rose, Sr. Jim grew up in Excelsior Springs and played football and basketball and ran track in high school. He…

Memorial services for Beverly J. North, 93, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church. Masks are mandatory at the church. Private family inurnment services will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. North passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. She was born February…

Funeral Services for Patricia Louise Brooks, 81, Lawrence, KS are scheduled for 10:00 am, Saturday, December 18, 2021, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, KS . Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS. Patricia passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at Homestead of Eudora. Patricia was born on December 4, 1940, in…

Norman Lee Varuska April 29, 1937 December 11, 2021 Memorial services for Norman Lee Varuska, 84, Lawrence, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Born to James and Dora (Mollet) Varuska. Norman was the middle child with an older brother, Dale, and a younger sister, Charlotte. Norman…

Lenora Mae Crumet passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald Crumet and her three brothers, Leslie Hardtarfer, Gene Hardtarfer, and Dale Hardtarfer and one great grandson, Drew Anderson. She is survived by her five children, Donna Kring and her husband, Jim of Topeka, Sharon Stultz of Lawrence,…

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora on Wednesday, December 15th at 10:00am with burial to follow at the Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. A visitation will be held at Warren-McElwain Mortuary-Eudora Chapel on Tuesday, December 14th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Donald (Don) Albert Dearing of Eudora,…

Mass of Christian Burial for Thomas “Tom” R. Pyle, 92, Eudora, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 10, 2021 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow at Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. Tom passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021 at Medicalodges Eudora. Tom was born July 16, 1929 in Kansas City,…

Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Ann Schopper, 91, Eudora, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 9, 2021 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 with a visitation to follow until 8…