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