Virginia Lee Wilper

Memorial services for Virginia Lee Wilper, 78, Lawrence, will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Private inurnment will be at a later date.

Ms. Wilper died Sunday, June 2, 2002, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She had been a Lawrence resident since 1980, moving from Kansas City, Mo.

She was born April 1, 1924, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Melvin C. and Virginia May (Duncan) Ford.

Ms. Wilper was a secretary for Interstate Brands, Kansas City, Mo., retiring in 1979.

Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Ann VanHoesen, Lawrence; two sons, Jerry Lee Wilper, Tucson, Ariz., and Jimmy Joe Wilper, Bethany, Mo.; a brother, Jack M. Ford, Lake Weatherby, Mo.; and five grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials in her name to Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn., sent in care of the mortuary.

Online condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Wilper.