Betty A. Beard

Funeral services for Betty A. Beard, 88, formerly of Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. A private entombment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.Mrs. Beard died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at Tabitha Care Center in Lincoln, Neb.She was born July 23, 1917, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Lena Carpenter. Mrs. Beard lived in Tonganoxie and Lawrence before moving to Lincoln, Neb., in 2004. She worked as an accountant for Farmland before she retired and was a former member of Indian Hills Church of God.She married Faye Beard in Lawrence. He died in June 2004.Survivors include a son, Jerry Mosier, Lincoln, Neb.; a daughter, Mary Ann Downing, Colby; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.