Burnham services

Services for Dorothea M. Burnham, 101, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at West Side Presbyterian Church. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Kechi Cemetery, Kechi.

Mrs. Burnham died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.

She was born Feb. 14, 1900, in Rudd, Iowa, the daughter of John and Martha (Ackermann) Brehm. She had been a Lawrence resident since 1991.

Mrs. Burnham taught school and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Beaucant, EHU Chapter through Kansas State University, Order of Eastern Star, OX5 and K.E.S. Auxiliary, all Wichita. She was an ordained Presbyterian elder and deacon and a member of the Women’s Group at the local and Presbytery level.

She married Walter Elwood Burnham in June 1924. He died Feb. 11, 1976.

Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Rummer, Lawrence; a son, Robert, Seattle; a sister, Charlotte Graham, Fort Scott; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

The family suggests memorials to the church, sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, which is handling arrangements.