Newell services

Mrs. Newell died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, at her home.

She was born Feb. 20, 1928, in Lawrence, the daughter of Otha E. and Myrtle (Fournier) Anderson.

Mrs. Newell was a food service worker at Central Junior High School for 20 years until she retired in 1993. She was raised in the Salvation Army Church and served as Sunday school teacher at Assembly of God Church for 30 years.

She married Ray C. Newell on June 17, 1951, in Lawrence. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include four daughters, Darla Jacobs, Denise Posey and Karla Newell, all of Lawrence, and Sondra Banta, Highland Village, Texas; a brother, Charles Kelsey, Batavia, Ohio; a sister, Ruth Mensch, Leavenworth; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home, where family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.

The family suggests memorials to the Salvation Army or Hospice Care of Douglas County, sent in care of the funeral home.