Mary M. Bost

Services for Mary M. Bost, 78, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Bost died Saturday, May 4, 2002, at her home.

She was born June 20, 1923, in Dunbar, Okla., the daughter of William and Mary (McArdle) Vice Dees.

Mrs. Bost was a longtime homemaker and mother.

She married Jess F. Bost on May 25, 1940, in Clayton, Okla. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include four daughters, Loretta Kasson, Topeka, and Fanny Person, Mary Lee and Judy Bryant, all of Lawrence; five sons, Jess G. Bost, James P. Bost, Floyd E. Bost, Harvey L. Bost and Ralph L. Bost, all of Lawrence; a sister, Florence Thornburg, Dekalb, Tex.; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the Mary Bost Memorial Fund, sent in care of the mortuary. Online condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Bost.