OBITUARIES

Mass of Christian Burial for Nancy L. Brune, 81, of McLouth, KS, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 3, 2021 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Nancy passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Nancy was born on April 15,…

Joan Lobb Anderson of Lawrence Kansas passed away November 27, 2021, age 80 years. A public graveside service will be held Friday December 3, 2021 at 3:00 pm in Acacia E section of Memorial Park Cemetery, 1517 E. 15th Street, Lawrence. Joan was born February 4, 1941 in McLouth Kansas to Ruby Lorraine Bracken and…

Services for Shelby Bryant, 68, Lawrence, will be private. Location of burial is still undecided. Shelby passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at LMH Health. Shelby was born on July 29, 1953, in Fredonia, KS, the daughter of Dr. Robert H. and Doris J. (Dienst) Bryant. Survivors include her sister, Marianne (Dan) Wildcat; Nephew,…

Funeral Services for John William Banks, 87, Topeka, Kansas, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Warren McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, Kansas. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. He passed away Friday November 19, 2021 at the V.A. Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. He was born in Lawrence, Kansas…

Memorial Mass for Marianne Kessler, 100, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, November 26, 2021 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Marianne was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 10, 1921, the daughter of Henry…

Emily L Krueger Grenke, AKA super mom, AKA kind of a big deal, AKA queen of heels, AKA CWB. Emily was born on January 5th, 1985, most likely in a pair of heels already on her feet in Lawrence, Ks. The daughter of Lawrence L. Seaman Jr. and Patrica A. (Krueger) Lanzrath. Emily passed away…

Services for Elva Ruth (Abel) O’Berg Kindred, 94, Eudora will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Eudora United Methodist Church in Eudora. Burial will follow in Eudora Cemetery. The family will greet friends at 9:00 a.m. prior to the service on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at the church. Elva died November…

Jon Melvin Woodward, 75, passed to the Grand Lodge Above on Monday, November 15th from complications of heart and kidney disease. Jon was born October 29, 1946, in Dodge City, Kansas and raised in Salina, Kansas. He graduated from Salina High School in 1964. Jon obtained a Bachelor degree in geography and international relations in…

Barbara Halverstadt was born on May 24, 1942, to Lyle and Mary Chase in Chanute, KS. There she met the love of her life, Roy Halverstadt and they joined their hands and hearts in marriage on October 29, 1961 and were blissfully married for 60 years. A memorial service will be held at 12:30 a.m.…