Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records:

• Patricia Marie Gibson, 442 Forrest Ave., Lawrence.

• Steven Clifford Herschell and Gayle Lee Herschell, 2143 Quail Creek Road, Lawrence.

• Harry Curtis Purrington and Melanie Ann Purrington, 210 Mich., Lawrence.

• Mark Wayne Torkelson and Linda Joyce Torkelson, 3910 W. 10th Place, Lawrence.

• Dennis Ray Eden and Valerie Diane Eden, 4000 W. Sixth St., Lawrence.

• Deron Lee McGee and Diane Ballard McGee, 1633 W. 20th Terrace, Lawrence.

• Guillermo Reye Monarez and Julie Ann Monarez, 4620 Woodland Drive, Lawrence.

• James Theodore Underberg and Joy Eileen Miller Underberg, 346 E. 1100 Road, Baldwin City.