J. Otto Lottes

Services for J. Otto Lottes, 95, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hoffmeister’s Colonial Chapel, St. Louis. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis.

Dr. Lottes died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002, at Brandon Woods Retirement Center.

He was born Oct. 15, 1906, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., the son of Andreas and Birdie (Dockins) Lottes.

Dr. Lottes was an orthopedic surgeon. He was past president of the St. Louis Medical Society and was a contributor to the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri-Colombia, which was named in his honor.

He married Dorothy C. Cresswell. She died earlier.

Survivors include a son, George, Lawrence; and two grandchildren.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hoffmeister Colonial Mortuary in St. Louis. The family suggests memorials to the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.