A graveside memorial service for Helen Lucille Meinholdt, 79, Lawrence, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Park Cemetery.  Mrs. Meinholdt died Thursday, April 8, 2010, from Parkinson’s disease. She was born Dec. 10, 1930, in Lamoni, Iowa, the daughter of Emmit and Hazel Morgan.  She graduated from Washburn University.  Mrs. Meinholdt worked as an…

 Jaymee Snow Putzier Lagessie, 46, Kansas City, Kan., formerly of Paola, died April 7, 2010, at Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, Kansas City, Mo. A celebration of life service was held April 10. Memorials may be sent to a cancer society or St. Jude’s.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

  Donaciano (Don) Pecina, 69 of Overland Park, KS, went home to be with the Lord on April 6, 2010. He was born on April 15, 1940 in Kansas City, MO to Tillie and Maximilliano Pecina.   Don served in the U.S. Marine Corps, worked for Santa Fe Railroad in KC, and retired from Sysco Food…

  James Lee Berrong James Berrong, Kansas City, MO, passed away April 6, 2010. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, July 4, 1960, the son of Claude and Shirley (Morain) Berrong. James is survived by his sister Darlene Thurber. Cremation with no services.

Dana “Sally” Winslow Brown, 91 of Columbia died, unexpectedly, Tuesday April 6th at her home. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, April 17th at 3pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2615 Shepard Blvd.  Sally was born August 24, 1918 to Leslie & Nellie Burk Winslow in Bloomington Indiana. She married Kenneth Brown on March…

 Marianne Mina Lay, 75, Arnold, MO passed away at Country Club Care in Warrensburg, MO on April 5, 2010.  She was born in Kingel, Germany on July 24, 1934 to Georg and Margarete Hellenschmidt.  Marianne will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.  Cremation.  Services have not been planned at this time.

George Erwin Owens, Sr., of Lake Lotawana, MO, died on April 5, 2010. Services will be at the Silent Unity Chapel at Unity Village located at 350 highway and Colbern Rd., on Saturday, April 10 at 11:00 am. A reception will follow the service at the Fellowship Hall. George was born on October 12, 1925…

Fern Irene (Lyons) Hunt Fern Irene (Lyons) Hunt died April 4, 2010 in Lee’s Summit. She was born July 28, 1918 in Hingham, Mont. During World War II, Fern worked for Caterpillar, danced at the USO, attended Northwestern Business College and attended Unity Church of Truth in Spokane, Wash., where she taught Sunday school and…

Ruth Ida Sexton, 87, of Columbia, Missouri passed away April 4, 2010 at Boone Hospital Center. Cremation has taken place and private family services will be held later. Mrs. Sexton was born May 23, 1922 in Bentley, Michigan to John and Amy Harmeier. She married Shirley Mark Sexton on May 17, 1941. She was a homemaker that loved…