Nancy Dinneen lifelong Spanish professor dies at 78
Nancy Lane Dinneen born February 1 1932 in Woodside New York died January 5 2011 in Lawrence Kansas after a long illness. She earned degrees from Smith College and the University of Kansas and taught Spanish at Washburn University for 28 years retiring in 2000. She traveled widely supported LINK and was active in several clubs and church groups. She is survived by husband David daughters Kate and Barbara and son Steve plus three grandchildren. A rosary visitation and memorial mass are scheduled in Lawrence with memorials to Audio Reader or LINK.
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Lillian Anderson Lane
David Allen Dinneen
Manhasset
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Thomas Howe
Barbara Dinneen
Steve Dinneen
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Xander
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Warren-McElwain Mortuary
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Pioneer Cemetery
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Funeral services for Margaret Alein Coffman Schellack
Margaret Alein Coffman Schellack 95 of Lawrence died January 5 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services at 2 p.m. today at Warren McElwain Mortuary with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. She was born November 15 1915 in LeLoup the daughter of Charles W and Zennobia Coffman. She lived on a farm near Eudora grew melons and crops, worked as a Sunflower Ordnance inspector during and after World War II, attended cosmetology school in Topeka in the early 1960s operated a home beauty shop, cared for her husband Robert V Schellack who died in 2000, remained on the farm until 2009 and later lived at Bridge Haven Home. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Memorials suggested to Pleasant Valley Community in care of Jeanine Coffman Berrier.
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Lawrence
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Etta
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Lester
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Frank S Pattee Sr Home Services Pending
Frank S Pattee Sr aged 86 died at his Westlake Village California home after a career as a civil engineer with the U S Department of Transportation. He was a former Lawrence resident and Kansas University football star in the 1940s.
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Lawrence
Westlake Village
Calif
U.S. Department of Transportation
Kansas University
Memorial services for Charlotte Ann Sponholtz
Memorial services for Charlotte Ann Sponholtz age 65 of Lawrence are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home and Crematory. She died at her home.
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Charlotte Ann Sponholtz
Lawrence
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Funeral services for Lesse Schmidt in Little River
Lesse Mae Schmidt 93 of Little River dies Monday January 3 2011 at Sandstone Heights Nursing Home. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Congregational Church Little River burial Bean Memorial Cemetery Little River. Family visitation 4 to 7 p m today at Birzer Funeral Home Lyons.
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Lesse Mae Schmidt
Congregational Church
Bean Memorial Cemetery
Schmidt
Paula Donohue
Baldwin
Obituary policy and guidelines offered by mortuary
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Lawrence faces multimillion dollar retail leakage study urged
Lawrence shoppers spent 24 million on computers in 2009 while local stores earned only 6 million, an 18 million gap or 75 percent leakage. Vehicles and gasoline losses totaled 103 million, with groceries and lumber showing large surpluses. Task force urges a detailed retail database and a chamber position to guide local businesses.
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Zameraitis
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Bath salts mimic ecstasy and pose health threats
EU chemist Tom Prisinzano says bath salts are amphetamine derivatives mimicking ecstasy and sprayed with legal substances to skirt drug laws. Poison centers report rising calls: 232 in 2010 and 50 in 2011 nationally, with Kansas and Missouri centers showing varied activity. Local law enforcement notes no confirmed Lawrence cases yet, but availability online and in Kansas City area stores is suggested.
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Kansas
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Topeka Cemetery seeks 80,000 aid to fund endowment
Officials at the financially troubled Topeka Cemetery asked the City Council for 80 000 in six months to establish an endowment and plan a future 3 million fundraising campaign. They warned that without city help the seven association board members may resign prompting city takeover.
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Topeka City Council
Topeka Cemetery Association
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Lawrence
Poll asks Lawrence shoppers about where to buy
Readers urged to vote on online and local purchases with 64 percent preferring Kansas winters alone. Options include 18 percent for adventure at the South Pole and 16 percent tied to pay. Visit LJWorld.com to view more responses and vote.
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Kansas
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