Funeral services for G Lawrence Colson Overbrook
Funeral services for 74 year old G Lawrence Colson of Overbrook will be held at 10 am Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Overbrook. Colson died Tuesday July 29 2008 and is survived by his wife Patty a son Steven a daughter Janice Heberling three grandchildren three great grandchildren a brother Kenneth and a sister Barbara Young.
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Bates County
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Lawrence area Datebook events and activities schedule
Community listings feature American Red Cross blood drive at First Christian Church and a NASCAR sweepstakes trip promotion. Red Dog Days training sessions at Memorial Stadium and a Douglas County Fair with petting zoo live music and antique tractor pull. Alferd Packer Memorial String Band concert at US Bank and Lawrence Farmers Market. History exhibit at Watkins Museum and carnival attractions at Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds along with Perry Lecompton Farmers Market. Sing Along Film of Grease at Lawrence Public Library, McLouth Threshing Bee tractor pull, downtown Lawrence walking tour, Little Green Festival, garden tractor pull, and Booksworms Unite program for kids. Also opening reception Nothingness at DotDotDot ArtSpace. Submit Datebook items via 832-7254 or datebook@ljworld.com.
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Douglas County Fair
Douglas County
Harper St
Uworld.com
Alferd Packer Memorial
US Bank
Mass
Lawrence Farmers’ Market
Lawrence
Watkins Community Museum of History
Ljworld
Perry-Lecompton Farmers Market
Plaza Drive
Perry
Lawrence Public Library
McLouth Threshing Bee
McLouth
McLouththreshingbee.com
N.H
South Park
Littlegreenfestival.com
Lworld.com
Community events calendar for Lawrence area this week
Immunization clinic hours run weekly at 200 Maine from Monday to Friday with morning and afternoon slots. Toddler Storytime for 2 year olds and families Friday at 9 30 and 10 30. All ages Storytime Friday evening and Friday morning at Lawrence Public Library. Books Babies and Family Storytime at 7 p m tonight. Big Brothers Big Sisters informational meeting Tuesday 5 15 p m and Wednesday noon at 1525 W Sixth St Suite A.
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Big Sisters of
Douglas County
Sixth St
Suite A
Lawrence Police respond to gunshots at east Lawrence trailer park
Crime roundup notes gunfire calls near East 19th Street and Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, ongoing investigation with few details. Separate reports include a 21-year-old man’s $1,500 car damage and $400 stereo theft, a July theft spree on North Eighth Street, a stolen 2002 Ford Focus worth $7,000, and a missing Apple MacBook Pro valued at $2,000. Ground-level BB gun damage at Snow Hall costs about $5,500. a 7:50 p.m. vehicle crash on Lawrence Avenue and Clinton Parkway is logged. Births include a girl to Steve and Bonnie Higginbotham. a boy to Heather Allen in Ottawa and another boy to LeRoy and Holly Barfield in Lawrence.
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Douglas County
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North Eighth Street
U.S
Alabama Street
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Snow Hall
EU Public Safety Office
Steve and
Bonnie Higginbotham
Heather Allen
Ottawa
LeRoy and
Holly Barfield
Vinland Fair Prep Time Corrected in Tuesday Edition
The Vinland Fair story in Tuesday's issue had an incorrect time. Preparations for the fair on Tuesday, August 5, start at 6:30 p.m., not 6:30 a.m.
Ruth Carol McNair 73 Tonganoxie dies. services planned
Ruth Carol McNair of Tonganoxie died Monday July 28 2008 at Tonganoxie Nursing Center aged 73 She was born February 2 1935 in Neodesha daughter of Floyd and Esther Everett McNair A Wellington High School and College of Emporia alumna she worked for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City Kansas as a commercial artist and taught home economics 35 years in the Kansas City Kansas school district She is survived by four nieces Sonia Reetz Lawrence Sarah Wallace Topeka Heidi Wallace Houston and Angela Wallace Los Angeles Quisenberry Funeral Home of Tonganoxie is in charge of arrangements Online condolences at quisenberry fh com.
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Kansas City
Kan
Sonia Reetz
Lawrence
Sarah Wallace
Topeka
Heidi Wallace
Houston
Angela Wallace
Los Angeles
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Quisenberry Fh
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Kimberli Boyd
John F Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Washington
Lied Center
US Bank
Virginia Lawson DeShazo dies at 84 in Springfield Mo
Virginia Lawson DeShazo, 84, of Springfield, died Tuesday July 29, 2008, at Magnolia Square Nursing Home. Born May 22, 1924, in Linwood Kansas, she was daughter of Albert and Esther Lawson. She married John Mark DeShazo in 1943 and is survived by son Roy DeShazo, daughter Patricia Coffman, three grandchildren and many great grandchildren.
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Magnolia Square Nursing Home
Linwood
Kan
Albert
Esther Lawson
Lawrence
Douglas County
DeShazo
Brush Creek Baptist Church
St. Clair County
True Hope Missionary Baptist Church
John Mark DeShazo
Roy DeShazo
Patricia Coffman
Manhattan Public Meeting Weighs NBAF Biosecurity Impacts
A public meeting today in Manhattan reviews the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. Officials discuss the draft environmental impact statement, livestock losses projected at 4.2 billion, and weather risks amid six candidate sites nationwide.
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KSU
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N.C
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Miss
San Antonio
Plum Island
N.Y
Roberson Services for William K. Roberson
Funeral services for William K. Roberson 82 of Oskaloosa will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Barnett-Chapel Oaks Funeral Home. Burial follows at Oak Ridge Cemetery Perry. Roberson died July 28 2008 at Hickory Pointe Care Center. He was born March 14 1926 in Lynchburg Virginia and served in the U S Navy 1944 to 1946. He worked 33 years as a Goodyear tire builder in Topeka before retiring. Survivors include two sons Richard A Ozankie and Ed both of Oskaloosa two daughters Cynthia Stansell Lecompton and Norrice R Myrick Topeka two brothers Hollis Richmond VA and Howard Falls Church VA two sisters Helen Jamerson Lynchburg VA and Nita Mason Vinton VA 12 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The family will receive friends 6:30 to 8 p m Friday at the funeral home Memorials to the Residents Activity Fund of Hickory Pointe Care Center sent in care of Barnett-Chapel Oaks. Online condolences at www.barnettchapeloaks.com.
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Barnett-Chapel Oaks
Oak Ridge Cemetery
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Hickory Pointe Care Center
Lynchburg
William K. Sr
Mary Katherine Lerner Roberson
Williamstown
Nita Mason
Vinton
P.O
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