George L Cooper 1920 2020 obituary celebrates a life of service
George Lawrence Cooper 100 died December 14 2020 at home surrounded by family Born in Manila Philippines to Lawrence and Prisca Cooper he grew up abroad and sailed to the United States in 1940 He married Ruth Jean Smith in 1942 while training as a B25 bomber pilot in the Army Air Corps The couple raised seven children and settled in Kansas He earned an engineering degree at KU while working for Bendix Proctor and Gamble and Puritan Bennet He served as a community volunteer at the First Congregational Church and the Tonganoxie Community Historical Society He coauthored a war memoir Jayhawk Love Loss Liberation and Terror Over the Pacific and was KU Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumnus in 2018 He is survived by six children fifteen grandchildren twenty two great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren A memorial will be scheduled and donations may be sent to local historical society or church in his memory
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George Lawrence Cooper
Ruth
George
Manila
Philippines
Lawrence and
Prisca
Edrozo) Cooper
C Cooper
Manila Bay
Kansas University
United States
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Ruth Jean Smith
Army Air Corps
Oklahoma City
Rabaul
Priscilla
Wisconsin
Washington
Lawrence
Kansas
Bendix Corp
Proctor and Gamble
Puritan Bennet Medical Gas
Johnson County
Tonganoxie
First Congregational Church
Jay Stout
Jayhawk
Pacific
University of Kansas Mechanical _ Engineering
Carl) Bailey
Olathe
Georgeanne
Jon Baker
Cooper
Eugene
Oregon
Merrilee
Ted Frederickson
Cathy
Wayne Ranovish
Laurie
Greg) Putthoff
Kevin
Amy) Cooper
Lansing
Dorothy Linn
Belmont
California
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Obituary of Richard Dick Brown of Eudora Kansas
Richard Dick Brown 76 of Eudora died December 17 2020 at home. He was born December 20 1943 in Cottonwood Falls Kansas to Keith Brown and Marge McCoy. He was a crane operator for Spec Pro and Sunflowers Ammunition Plant retired 2000. He married Kathleen Miser and is survived by grandson James Jake Brown. sons Jerry and Jim preceded in death. Memorials to WildHerness or Timber Hills Lake Ranch. condolences at Warren McElwain Mortuary and warrenmcelwain.com.
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Richard
Cottonwood Falls
Keith William Brown
Marge B. Tarrant McCoy
Eudora United Methodist Church
Spec Pro
Sunflowers
Kathleen Miser
James
Jake
Dean Brown
Jerry D. Brown
Jim” Brown
Wildherness. Org
Timber Hills Lake Ranch
Olathe
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
13Th St. Lawrence
Warrenmcelwain.com
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Memorial for Sean Atchley of Garden City to be held in Lawrence
Sean David Atchley 44 of Garden City died at home on December LB. Graveside services set for December 27 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, with arrangements by Warren McElwain Mortuary. Survived by wife Beth Hilbish, children Joshua and Owen, mother Nancy, sister Rebecca, and numerous relatives. honorary pallbearers listed. Memorials to Camp Chippewa may be sent via Warren McElwain Mortuary.
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Sean David Atchley
Garden City
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence
Warren McElwain
Sean
Council Grove
William
Nancy
Rowen) Atchley
Beth Hilbish
Topeka
Emporia State University
Rebecca
Bryan Weiss
Matthew Miller
Brandon LaBarge
Jeff Howle
Jeff Cunningham
Ron Whited
Russ Tidwell
Lyle Sobba
Camp Chippewa
Idaho Road
Ottawa
Kansas
W. 13Th Street
Thomas Hegarty
Heartland Cancer Center
Saint Catherine Hospital
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Genevieve McCartney Memorial Services Pending
Memorial services for Genevieve Jan McCartney a 64 year old Lawrence resident are pending and will be announced later. She died December 20 2020 at her home. Rumsey Yost obituary notice from rumsey-yost.com.
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Genevieve
Jan) McCartney
Lawrence
Rumsey-Yost.com
James E. McMurray dies at 78 in 2020
Col. James E. McMurray USAF (ret.) died December 4 2020 at age 78 Born in Bloomfield New Jersey he served as an intelligence officer with tours in Japan Korea and Vietnam He earned three Meritorious Service Medals and the Legion of Merit and later worked at Girls and Boys Town before settling in Lawrence Kansas He is survived by his wife daughter sister and brother and will be interred at Leavenworth National Cemetery Memorial gifts support LINK Just Food St John’s Habitat for Humanity or Habitat for Humanity.
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USAF
Bloomfield
New Jersey
Grover Cleveland High School
Caldwell
St. Michael's College
Winooski
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Japan
Korea
Air Force
Vietnam
Vicki Darling
Offutt Afb
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Lincoln
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Military Officers Association of America
MOAA
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Vietnam Veterans of America
Col. McMurray
Girls and Boys Town
Lawrence
St. John
Vicki
Andrea
Mary O'Halloran
Dennis McMurray
Leavenworth National Cemetery
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Just Food
St. John's Catholic Church
Habitat For Humanity
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