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Betty Jo Haile

Funeral services for Betty Jo Coulter Haile, 91, Lawrence, KS, will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday November 18, 2010 at Brenner Mortuary 114 E. 4th St. Pittsburg, KS. Burial will follow at the Highland Park Cemetery, Pittsburg, KS. She died Saturday, November 13, 2010 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

Mrs. Haile was born on June 3, 1919 in Pittsburg, KS, the daughter of O.E. and Blanche Hutchinson Coulter.

She graduated from Pittsburg High School and received her Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State Teachers College, now Pittsburg State University. She began her teaching career in 1953 at Overland Park Elementary School in Overland Park, KS. She lived in Prairie Village, KS from 1953 to 1967, when the family moved to Houston, Texas. Betty Jo continued her teaching career in Houston in the Spring Branch Independent School District. Betty Jo retired in 1982.

She married William L. Haile in April 1943. They enjoyed 48 years of marriage until his death in 1991.

Betty Jo greeted everyone with a welcoming smile and made friends instantly. Her philosophy of life can be summed up in her famous quote, “If happiness is not with me, then where will it be?” Her cheerful disposition preceded her presence whether it be friends or strangers. When Betty Jo made friends, they were life long friends.

Survivors include: one daughter, Judy K. Haile of Rhome, Texas; two grandchildren, Kevin P. Skridulis and wife, Mary, Overland Park, KS, and Jenny S. Vellon, and husband, Mike; one great grandson, Max Vellon, Minneapolis, MN; and brother, Kenneth Coulter of Pittsburg, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, William L. Haile; her father, O.E. Coulter, her mother Blanche Hutchinson Coulter; brother, Robert J. Coulter; sister, Ferol Coulter Haile; and her daughter, Joanna Haile Skridulis.

The family will greet friends from noon until service time Thursday at Brenner Mortuary in Pittsburg, KS.

The family suggests memorials in her name to the First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

JoAnn Transmeier

Graveside services for JoAnn Transmeier, 72, rural Lawrence, KS, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, November 19, 2010 at Oak Hill cemetery in Lawrence.

She died on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at her home.

Mrs. Transmeier was born on April 10, 1938 in Lawrence, KS, the daughter of Duane and Opal Wiggins Johnson.

She was a retired food service employee for Pinckney Elementary School in Lawrence. She retired in 2007. She formerly worked at the Lawrence Paper Company, Kansas Color Press, Hallmark Cards and the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant.

Mrs. Transmeier was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary in Lawrence.

She was married to Marvin Transmeier July 1, 1956 in Lawrence. He preceded her in death August 25, 1987.

Survivors include her companion, Richard Wustefeld, of the home, a daughter, Susan Transmeier (husband, John Johnson), two granddaughters; Rachelle Arvizu and Tonya Arvizu, three great grandchildren; Kayleigh Nunez, Shyanne LaBlue, and Travis Williams. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sandra LeeAnnTransmeier in July 2008.

The family will greet friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

The family suggests memorials in her name to the JoAnn Transmeier Memorial Fund and may be sent in care of the mortuary.

George W. Woodyard

Funeral services for George W. Woodyard, 75, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 2010 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence, KS. Burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery in Lawrence. He died on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born the youngest of nine children on November 18, 1934 in Charleston, IL, the son of Lincoln & Iva Hanna Woodyard. He attended rural schools and graduated as salutatorian of his high school class at the age of fifteen. He moved to Lawrence with his family in 1966 from Champaign-Urbana, IL.

George received his B.S. in Education from Eastern Illinois University in 1954. He received his M.A. in Spanish from New Mexico State University in 1955. In 1966, he received his Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Illinois. He taught for several years in Illinois high schools, and served two years (1957-1959) in the U.S. Army as an English instructor.

He was a retired professor of Spanish at the University of Kansas. He taught at KU from 1966-2005 as an associate professor and later as professor. While at KU, he served in several administrative positions. He was the Assistant Chairman of the Spanish & Portuguese Department from 1971-1974. From 1974-1978, he was Chairman of the Spanish and Portuguese Department. During his career, he taught Summer Language Institutes in Guadalajara, Barcelona, and Santiago de Campostela. In 1978-1989, he served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate School. From 1983-84, he served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate School. From 1983-84, he served as the Acting Dean of the Graduate School. In addition, he became the Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Graduate Studies and Public Service from 1980-1989, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs from 1981-1994, and the first Dean of International Studies from 1989-1996. He was designated as a Professor Emeritus in 2005.

He was a member of the Lawrence Noon Rotary Club and Immanuel Lutheran Church. At the church, he was an active leader, serving several times as elder and president of the congregation.

George’s civic accomplishments included his work in organizing and developing the first Sister Cities Committee for Eutin, Germany and Hiratsuka, Japan, The Rotary Centennial Arboretum, near YSI in Lawrence, and his untiring work in raising funds as the President of the Board for the Lawrence Community Theatre and its development. As director of the capital campaign for the Lawrence Community Theatre, he and his team were successful in raising funds for the new building. He was known world-wide for his pioneering work in the theatre of Latin America, and he served forty years as editor of a journal that he founded. His theatre work was recognized with prizes and awards in Buenos Aires, Caracas, Bogotá, Mexico, Cairo and Miami. An International prize for playwriting is named for him. For years he participated on local theatre boards, both at KU and at the Community Theatre.

His other honors include: Four Avenues of Service Rotary Award in 2005, the Tom Wilkerson Teamwork Award City of Lawrence 2005, and the Paul Harris Fellow designation of the Lawrence Noon Rotary Club in 2006.

George was married to Eleanor Tendick on July 31, 1960 in Mt. Pulaski, IL. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include: four children, Shana (and Scott) Stuart of Iowa City, Iowa; Lance (and Erika) of Collbran, Colorado; Devon of Cedar Crest, New Mexico; Kenda (and Al) Arendt of Kansas City; and eight grandchildren: Kaela, Ryson, Darra and Logan Stuart; and Emma, Joseph, Rachel and Steven Woodyard; by a brother Thomas (Riverton, Wyoming) and sister Ruth (and Orville) Young (Washington, Illinois), and one sister-in-law Florence Woodyard (Charleston, Illinois). Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.

The family will greet friends from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

The family suggests memorials in his name to the Immanuel Lutheran Church, the Woodyard Fellowship at KU, or the Rotary Arboretum, in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

Henry "Hank" Humphrey III

Henry B. "Hank" Humphrey III, 80, died on November 6, 2010. Hank was born in Mineola, NY on April 26, 1930, the son of Cathleen and Henry Humphrey.

He graduated from Friends Seminary, New York City, in 1949. He attended New York University.

He was a program director at the Dumont Television Network, and an account executive at Cunningham & Walsh; and Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell & Bayles.

In 1968, he became a freelance photographer and went around the world for clients such as Air India, Sperry Rand, Champion Papers, Price Waterhouse, and Union Pacific. He was the author and illustrator of six books for children. What is it For, published in 1969, was selected by the New York Times as one of the Ten Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the year.

He married Deirdre O’Meara on July 20, 1957. She survives, of the home.

Hank and Deirdre lived in Westport and Weston, Connecticut until they moved to Lawrence in 1990. Hank has a sister, Jennifer Humphrey, of New York City. Hank and Deirdre have five daughters, Nora Logan of New York; twins, Eloise Humphrey and Daphne Comaskey of Brunswick, Maine; and Maud Humphrey and Deirdre Humphrey of Lawrence. They have seven grandchildren, Sam, Jacob, Eliza, Kate, Walter, Lucy, and Fletcher.

A memorial gathering will be held at 3:00-5:00 on Saturday, November 27 at the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, 1263 North 1100 Road.

Contributions in his memory may be made to Friends Seminary (www.friendsseminary.org) or the Democratic National Committee (www.democrats.org).

Sandra J. Shaw

A Celebration of Life to honor Dr. Sandra Jane Shaw, 69, of Lawrence, KS, will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Circle S Ranch, north of Lawrence. The community is invited to join Sandra’s family for the celebration of her life.

Sandra died on Saturday, November 6, 2010. She left this life as she lived it, surrounded by her beloved family. She will be cremated and her ashes will go to several special places she chose.

Sandra Jane Cote was born on June 22, 1941 in Newport, NH, the daughter of Alfred J. & Lena F. Reney Cote and sister, Linda. She grew up in Grantham, NH, where she spent much of her childhood roaming the woods with her adored horse, Smoky Joe, her dear cousin, Beverly, and best friend, Tara. She fished and hunted with her father and later became a big sister to her brother, Michael. Her adventures with friends, horses, guns and a jeep in those northern woods, along with a tooth gifted by her father, earned her the nickname of “Wild Boar Cote.” Sandi attended the two-room Grantham Village School and Towle High School, where she played half-court basketball and excelled in academics while working as a waitress throughout her high school years to save for college tuition. After expending those savings on one year at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, she transferred with a scholarship to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1959. At UNH, Sandi served as the president of her sorority and graduated in 1962 with a major in psychology with honors.

In the fall of 1962, Sandi left her beloved New Hampshire to enter the doctoral program in psychology at the University of Kansas. She was one of only two women graduate students in her program and the only woman in her class to complete the Ph.D. Sandi earned her Master of Arts in 1965 and her Doctor of Philosophy in 1970, just one month before giving birth to her daughter, Jennifer, and shortly after winning the Lawrence City doubles bowling championship.

In 1965, Sandi married Artie Shaw and became a mother to his four children, Debbie, Alan, Risa and Leah. The children spent summers with Sandi and their father in a small farm house north of Lawrence. She taught them to ride horses, to garden, and to camp. She brought them into her New Hampshire family, shared with them her beloved woods and taught them to love being in nature and life. Her marriage to Artie ended in 1981, and Sandi took incalculable joy in continuing to watch her children grow and being a part of the journey of each of their lives.

From 1967 to 1968, Sandi completed an APA Approved Internship in psychology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Leavenworth, KS. From 1968 to 1971, she worked as a Clinical Psychologist at Family Service and Guidance Center in Topeka, KS. In 1971, she became the Director of Children’s Services at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Inc. in Lawrence. For the next 15 years, in addition to administrative duties, she worked as a clinician at Bert Nash, providing evaluative, psychotherapeutic, educational and consultation services with children, youth and adults. While her work turned toward administration, her passion for children’s health and welfare remained strong and she would return to that later in her life and career. In 1979, Dr. Shaw was appointed as the interim Executive Director of Bert Nash upon the retirement of Jan Snyder. Soon after she was named the Executive Director and then the Chief Executive Officer of the Bert Nash Center, a position she held until her retirement in 2001.

In 1982, Sandi fell in love with Doug Witt and spent countless days and nights together in the country with their dogs, dancing, traveling to New Hampshire and Alaska and to spend time with their family and friends across the country and abroad, spending time on their land, sharing fires with friends and hosting parties and events on the prairie. Sandi loved Doug’s children, Aaron and Laura, like her own and embraced them in her life and family. Doug was the love of her life and brought her peace and comfort that cannot be measured.

During her tenure as CEO of Bert Nash, the Center increased from about 9 to 179 employees. Sandi strove to create, develop and provide top quality behavioral health care for the residents of Douglas County. Sandi’s driving goal was for the Bert Nash Center to become the behavioral health home of choice for every person in the community, regardless of income or need. This vision guided her efforts and those of her dedicated staff for three decades.

Sandra’s commitment to quality included her own learning and growth as a person and professional. In 1991, to become a better health care administrator, she earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Helzberg Executive Fellows program at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, MO. In 1993, she completed the John F. Kennedy School of Government Summer Program for State and Local Executives at Harvard University.

In her professional life, Sandra was a member of the American Psychological Association, the Kansas Psychological Association, the Greater Kansas City Psychology Association, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and the first woman in Douglas County to be inducted into the Lawrence Rotary. She was also a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas Consortium.

Sandi’s “vision, unbounded energy, and compassion for those in need propelled community mental health forward in Douglas County. In her first two years, the budget doubled and it doubled again four years after that. Her professional legacy includes not only the thousands whose lives benefited from services they received but also many outstanding professionals who got their start under her guidance. The highest honor for an employee at Bert Nash is to be chosen by their peers for the Sandra Shaw Spirit Award.” (https://wellcommons.com/groups/bert-nash-community-mental-health-center/news/2010/nov/7/in-gratitude-for-sandi-sh/).

Upon her retirement from the Center in 2001, Sandra’s professional and personal life expanded. Her private clinical practice with Doug in Mark Meers holistic family law practice in Kansas City grew to include a Lawrence practice. She opened an office in town and later one at her home on the prairie. For the next five years, she volunteered extensively in Lawrence for the Eco2 Commission, the Kansas Land Trust and VanGo Mobile Arts, committed as ever to creating a healthy and sustainable planet for future generations.

The generations of her own family grew with the addition of nine grandchildren and eight great nieces and nephews who she loved dearly and who gave her constant joy.

Sandra is survived by her husband, Doug Witt, of Lawrence, with whom she shared a life filled with love for nearly 30 years.

Other survivors include five daughters: Jennifer Shaw and husband Tim Peltier, of Wasilla, AK; Debbie Schwartz and husband Ron of Needham, MA; Risa Shaw and spouse, Sharon Gervasoni, of Takoma Park, MD; Leah Fen and husband, Michael, of Highlands Ranch, CO; Laura Bogart and husband, Mick, of Lawrence, KS; two sons: Alan Shaw and wife, Gin, of Atlanta, GA; Aaron Witt and wife, Beth, of Rochester, NY. She is also survived by her beloved sister, Linda Morrow of Newport, NH, her brother, Michael Cote and wife, Sue, of Grantham, NH, as well as nine grandchildren: Aaron Shaw; Allie, McCall, Jamil, and Kiana Fen; Casey and Haley Shaw; Wittney and Mckenzie Bogart; four nieces, Meg Morrow and husband Robert Parker, of Silver Spring, MD; Melissa Morrow and partner Peter Thornton of Falls Church, VA; Amy and husband Joe Benton, of Oxford, GA; and Tara McIntire and partner Jean Gorecki, of San Francisco, CA; two nephews, Tony Cote and wife Erin of Springfield, NH; and Todd and wife Tanya McIntire of Grantham, NH and many beloved great-nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and the best community of friends one could ever have.

Sandra was preceded in death by her father, Fred Cote, her mother, Lena Cote, her cousin, Beverly McIntire and her brother-in-law, Dennis Morrow.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Van Go Mobile Arts, and the Bert Nash Center, and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Directions to the community Celebration of Life at the Circle S Ranch can be found online at: www.circlesranch.com

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