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Services for Clara Elizabeth "Becky" Ott, 80, Eudora, will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Eudora.Mrs. Ott died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.She was born Aug. 26, 1925, in Lawrence, the daughter of Theodore and Elsa Straub Hauck. She received a registered nursing degree from Research Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., in 1947.Mrs. Ott worked at Gardner Medical Center for 23 years, Eudora Nursing Center for three years and Douglas County Visiting Nurses for 10 years. She retired in 1992. She volunteered for Audio Reader and Douglas County Hospice. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Eudora and Lawrence Farmers Market.She married Floyd L. Ott on Feb. 29, 1948, in Higginsville, Mo. He survives, of the home.Other survivors include three daughters, Roberta K. Farris, Columbia, Mo., Jane O. Barthurst, Richmond, Va., and Peggy A. Skaggs, Longmont Colo.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.The family suggests memorials to Douglas County Visiting Nurses or Douglas County Hospice, sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.E-mail condolences may be sent to <a href="mailto:info@warrenmcelwain.com">info@warrenmcelwain.com</a>, subject: Ott.