Obituary Notice Policy
Standard obituaries will be published in the Journal-World if the deceased or any survivors meet any of these qualifications:
The deceased is being buried in Lawrence, or has lived in or has immediate family survivors in any of the towns in the J-W circulation area. (See list, below)
“Immediate family” includes grandparents, parents, siblings and children. Relatives such as aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., do not qualify as immediate relatives.
Area Towns
Baldwin City: 15 miles south on U.S. 56
Basehor: 24 miles northeast on K-2. (Leavenworth County)
Big Springs: 13 miles west on U.S. 40
Bonner Springs: 23 miles east on K-32 (Wyandotte County.)
Centropolis: 20 miles southwest (Franklin County)
Clearfield: 9 miles southeast on U.S. 56
Clearview City: Formerly known as Sunflower Village, 13 miles east on K-10, outside former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant (Johnson County)
Clinton: 9 miles southwest; Clinton Lake, 4 miles southwest
De Soto: 13 miles east on K-10 (Johnson County)
Eudora: 6 miles east on K-10
Gardner: 26 miles southeast on U.S. 50 (Johnson County.)
Globe: 17 miles southwest on U.S. 56
Jarbalo: 18 miles northeast (Leavenworth County.)
Kanwaka Corner: 6 miles west on U.S. 40.
Lecompton: 10 miles northwest
LeLoup: 20 miles southeast on U.S. 50 (Franklin County.)
Linwood: 11 miles northeast on K-32
Lone Star: 10 miles southwest, Lone Star Lake, 12 miles southwest
Meriden: (Jefferson County.)
McLouth: 15 miles north on K-92 (Jefferson County)
Midland: 3 miles north on U.S. 24
Oskaloosa: 21 miles northwest on U.S. 24 (Jefferson County)
Ottawa: 24 miles south on U.S. 59 (Franklin County.)
Overbrook: 26 miles southwest on U.S. 56
Perry: 13 miles northwest on U.S. 24 (Jefferson County)
Pleasant Grove: 6 miles south on U.S. 59
Reno: 8 miles northeast on U.S. 24-40 (Leavenworth County.)
Richland: 19 miles southwest (Shawnee County.)
Sibleyville: 6 miles southeast.
Stull: 10 miles west.
Tecumseh: 19 miles west on U.S. 40 (Shawnee County.)
Tonganoxie: 13 miles northeast on U.S. 24-40 (Leavenworth County)
Victory Junction: 24 miles northeast (Leavenworth County.)
Vinland: 9 miles southeast
Wellsville: 24 miles southeast (Franklin County)
Winchester: 35 miles north on K-132 (Jefferson County.)
Williamstown: 10 miles northwest on U.S. 24 (Jefferson County)
Worden: 14 miles southwest on U.S. 56.
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