Name of Deceased: Elverta Marie Yahne Lawrence                    Age: 89

Date of Death: March 14, 2014

Place of Death: Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: December 12, 1924 at Barton County, Kansas

Parents Name: Roy & Lillie (Mische) LeRoy

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

Married Gale E. Yahne September 8, 1945 at Great Bend, Kansas.  He died February 9, 1981. She then married Fred “Ted” Lawrence July 30, 1983 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died June 11, 1989.

She was a secretary for Roy J. McMullen, Attorney at Law, Dorsey Brown, County Superintendent of Schools, and was a secretary at Great Bend High School for twenty years.

Mrs. Lawrence was a lifetime Barton County, Kansas resident.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and Mini Study Group and Golden Girls, all of Great Bend.  She was a long-time 4-H member and leader.

 

SURVIVORS

three sons: David Yahne of TX, Bruce E. Yahne of Great Bend, KS, and Mark Yahne and his wife Annie of Cedar City, UT

two step sons: Louis Lawrence and wife Barbara of Palatine, IL; and William Lawrence and wife Ellen of Oviedo, FL

one step daughter: Susan McDonald and her husband Graham of Peoria, AZ

one brother: Glenn LeRoy and his wife Lorna of Midland, TX

three sisters: Shirley Stephenson of Midland, TX, Donna Clark of Great Bend, KS, and Marilyn Cooper and her husband Gary of The Villages, FL

Grandchildren: Six

Step Grandchildren:  Five

Great-grandchildren: Nine

 

She was preceded in death by daughter-in-law, Carla Yahne.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Time of Service: 10:30 a.m.

Place of Service: Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend

Officiant: Pastor Mark P. Galbraith

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  1:00 to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, March 17, 2014 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Trinity Lutheran Church, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home         1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas                      67530