Erma M. Paden, Lawrence

Fairview, Mo. ? Graveside services for Erma M. Paden, 92, Lawrence, Kan., will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Dice Cemetery in Fairview.

Mrs. Paden died Monday, March 7, 2005, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Center in Lawrence.

She was born March 6, 1913, in Newton County, Mo., the daughter of David and Mary Safrona Ross Rodney. She was a lifelong resident of Newton County before she moved to Lawrence in 1993.

Mrs. Paden was a homemaker.

She married John M. Paden. He died Nov. 9, 1981.

Survivors include two sons, Charles M. Paden, Lawrence, and John B. Paden, Olathe, Kan.; a sister, Lucille Cole, Newton, Iowa; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

The family will meet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Clark Funeral Home, Granby.