Lawrence High School Alumni Obituaries

Today we celebrate the life of our beloved mother grandmother greatgrandmother aunt cherished member of the Texarkana community Wamba community Central Texarkana Kennesaw community and Great Faith Cathedral COGIC. LaVerne was born August 7 1950 in Texarkana Texas to Willie Bell and Wesley Cornelius....

Margaret E. Fedor 95 Hastings passed away June 8 2025 at Haida Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 3 1930 in Oil City PA son of Willard and Ruth Grant Fleming. She is preceded in death by her parents husband Michael E. Fedor son William C. Fedor...

Judy Catherine Wheeler, 62, of Elizabethtown passed away Friday, January 16, 2026, at Baptist Health Hardin.She was born January 26, 1963 in Elizabethtown.Judy graduated from East Hardin High School. She was a member of Youngers Creek Baptist Church.She loved her flowers, yard sales, crafting and se...

John Lawrence Mellon, 84, went to Heaven with his Lord and Savior and was reunited with his son, Jonathan Aaron Mellon, on Sunday, December 28, 2025 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.John was born and raised in Ridgeley, WV, on May 6, 1941, to the late Marshall “Teddy” Mellon and Beulah...

Lorraine Mickey Holtmeier90 of Washington passed away on December 25 2025. Mrs. Holtmeier daughter of the late Lawrence Eckelkamp and Caroline nee Ballmann was born on July 13 1935 in Washington. She received her education from St. Francis Borgia High School. On May 10 1958 she was united in marriag...

Duke Lawrence "Dukie" Dunn age 78 Harrodsburg passed away on Friday November 14 2025 at his home. Born April 22 1947 in Harrodsburg he was the son of the late Charles Henry and Rosella Smith Dunn Sr. He was a 1966 graduate of Harrodsburg High School then became a factory worker for Hall Mack and a 1...

Truman Bartleson Jr. age 77 Harrodsburg husband of Doris Dunn Bartleson passed away on Tuesday December 9 2025 in Versailles. Born April 26 1948 in Harrodsburg KY he was the son of the late Truman and Jennie Smith Bartleson Sr. He was a 1966 graduate of Harrodsburg High School where he was an avid a...

David Clement Lawrence formally of Short Hills passed away peacefully on Saturday August 16 2025 at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown NJ. He was born on August 19 1941 in Worcester MA to the late Alfred C. and Agnes Richmond Lawrence. David was the only child to bless their household. He gradu...

Deborah Marie Foran Ruggiero 77 of Denville New Jersey passed away peacefully on December 30 2025 at St. Clares Hospital in Denville. Born in Newark New Jersey Deborah was the beloved daughter of the late Valentino and Marie Moscaritola Ruggiero. She lived in Bloomfield New Jersey for many years bef...

Florence Mildred Aluotto passed away peacefully at home in Denville NJ surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday November 25 2025. For 93 wonderful years she shared unconditional love infectious smiles priceless wisdom and countless unforgettable memories with all who were blessed to know her. Born...

Josephine Emily Leiterman Toomey was a radiant soul whose warmth kindness and joyful spirit touched everyone blessed to know her. Often described by friends and family as the sweetest person they knew Jo modeled her life after her favorite saint Teresa of Avila embodying humility love prayer and joy...

Joel Benton Miller 59 passed away unexpectedly on Monday December 29 2025 at his home in New Cumberland PA where he resided for the last 20 years. Born June 18 1966 in Coatesville PA he was the younger son of Rev. Richard G. Miller of Telford PA and the late Meleny Derr Miller who passed away in 200...

Our beloved father Edward J. Helmig passed away on June 17 2023 at the age of 89 at Rosewood Gardens in Broomall PA. Ed was born in North Philadelphia on November 12 1933. He attended St. Peters Elementary School where he was proud to serve as an altar boy and Roman Catholic High School excelling in...

Thelma Kay Barnes, age 83, of Milton, Kentucky, passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at Lexington Country Place, Lexington, Kentucky. Born January 22, 1942 in Milton, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Geneva (Green) Sachlaben.”Kay,” by which she was mostly known, was a 1960 graduate of Ma...

Stanley Mosley Jr.48 of Aliquippa PA went home to be with his Lord on Monday December 15 2025 peacefully at his home. He was born on May 9 1977 in Sewickley PA to Christine Harvey and Stanley Mosley Sr. Stanley was a member of Christian Lighthouse Church under the pastoral ship of Elder Lucas Boxley...

Mary M. Thompson Welch 84 of Lawrence formerly of Perry KS died Sunday January 4 2026 at Bridge Haven Memory Care Village in Lawrence. Mary was born April 21 1941 at Topeka KS the daughter of Eli Hartfield and Flossie Lee McMaster Elmore. Mary was a 1959 graduate of Perry Rural High School and she e...

Bailey Jo Boswell 36 of Meriden KS died Saturday January 10 2026 from injuries in an auto accident near Edgerton KS. Bailey was born July 71989 in Topeka KS the daughter of Toni Rene Russell and Delbert Ray Del White. She was a 2007 graduate of Silver Lake High School and was a 2008 graduate of BStr...

Coltin James Perron 30 of Ozawkie died on Tuesday December 9th 2025. Coltin was born on October 111995 in Alexandria LA the son of Carissa Renee Perron. He was a 2014 graduate of PerryLecompton High School. Coltin spent his teenage years in the rough stock rodeo scene riding bulls and continued livi...

Patricia Fuller McMurray 88 of Ozawkie KS died Saturday January 10 2026 at StormontVail Hospital in Topeka. Patricia was born February 11 1937 in Cleveland OH the daughter of Thomas Gordon and Margaret Elaine Fuller Shirreffs. She was a 1954 graduate of Hathaway Brown High School and a 1958 graduate...

Robert Clyde Bob Smith Jr 64 of McLouth KS died Wednesday December 3 2025 at his home. Bob was born February 28 1961 at Suffolk VA. He was raised by his mother Ruth Marie Cline Harding and dad John Harding. He was a 1979 graduate of McLouth High School and was a member of the 1978 McLouth football t...

Paul Joseph Heinen 84 of Valley Falls KS died Friday January 2 2026 at the Holton Community Hospital. Paul was born October 14 1941 at Topeka KS the son of Anthony John and Dorothy Elizabeth Herbers Heinen. He was a 1959 graduate of Valley Falls High School. After High School he served six years in ...

Kenneth Eugene Gene Packer 90 of McLouth died Friday December 5 2025. Gene was born November 17 1935 at Wakefield Nebraska the son of Kenneth Washington and Ethel Evelyn Johnson Packer. He was a 1953 graduate of Wakefield NE High School. He was active in FFA and 4H showing steers at the Dixon County...

Marilyn Rae Woodruff Willich of Mercier Kansas passed away on September 23 2025 at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka Kansas. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Marilyn was born to Norval B. and Mildred L. Gallop Woodruff on August 22 1949 at the Horton Hospital. She graduated ...

Norma Maye Pederson 86 of Muscotah Kansas passed away at her home near Muscotah Kansas on August 2 2025. Norma was born on April 3 1939 at the Horton Hospital in Horton Kansas the daughter of Glen Alexander and Bertha Jane Stirton Wilson. Norma was a graduate of Atchison County Community Schools ACC...

Michael “Mike” P. Matthews, age 63, of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, January 5, 2026, at Ritchay Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 9:00 am until the time of s...

Ruth Audrey Kofoed commonly known as Audrey to her friends and family age 94 passed away on January 7 2026 at Crestview Specialty Care Center in West Branch. Audrey was born March 9 1931 in Iowa City to Lawrence and Mable Phelps Rummells. She graduated from West Branch High School in 1949. She atten...

Joyce “Tootie” Ann Keffer (née Wise), age 88, of Walker, Minnesota, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, January 11, 2026, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease.Joyce was born on September 2, 1937, in Kouts, Indiana, to Marion Henry and Emma Gertrude (Dilley) Wise. She was the ...

Potomac Park-Harlean Ruth (Harmon) Albert, 88, of Potomac Park, died December 26, 2025, at Moran Manor.Born November 3, 1937, in Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late Harlan Garth Harmon and Ruth Naomi (Sheridan) Harmon.She was also preceded in death by her husband, John H. Albert, Jr.; her ...

Vincent P. Connolly (Vinnie), 88 of Bloomfield, NJ passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on December 30, 2025.Born in 1937 to the proud parents of Vincent P. and Minnie Connolly (née Reid), Vinnie was a lifelong resident of Bloomfield and a graduate of Bloomfield High School, Class of 1955. ...

Ray H. Bass of Hermitage Tennessee passed away peacefully in his home in the early morning hours of the 18th of November 2025. A beloved father husband uncle brother and friend he will be deeply missed. Born to parents Aaron and Ellen Frances Bass in Watertown Wilson County Tennessee Ray was the fir...