Services are pending for Betsy Jo Paradies, 65, Lawrence. Betsy was born July 18, 1959 and passed away December 22, 2024.www.warrenmcelwain.com

Carolyn Gail Smith Braden, 75, of Lawrence, KS, passed away following a courageous seven year battle with cancer. She accepted with grace and dignity the scourge of cancer, and fought to the end, claiming victory in our Lord Christ Jesus on December 18, 2024. She was the eldest child born July ...

Services for Esther L. Harjo, 95, will be held 10 am Mon., Dec. 30, 2024 at Lawrence Indian United Methodist Church.  VISO will be 6-8 pm, Sun., Dec. 29, 2024 at the church. warrenmcelwain.com 

Funeral Mass for Dorthea Henkel, 90, Lawrence, will be 11am Fri., Jan. 3, 2025, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. ?Visitation begins at 10am followed by rosary at 10:30am. Full obituary at www.Rumsey-Yost.com.

Funeral Services for Calvin Paul Hartman, 99, Lecompton, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died December 25, 2024. rumsey-yost.com

Shirley June (Moody) Johnson was born on Nov. 1, 1943, in OKC, OK, to Coleene (Chapman) and Myron Moody. She departed this life on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Lawrence, KS at the age of 81. Paraphrasing Pa Ingalls' description of Laura Ingalls, 'Shirley was as strong as a little French ...