Edwin H Bouton

Gravesite services for Edwin H. Bouton, 72, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Reno Cemetery in Reno.Mr. Bouton died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.He was born July 28, 1933, in Lawrence, the son of Harry M. and Elizabeth E. Lamb Bouton.Mr. Bouton served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked as a plumber and pipefitter for 30 years. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Plumber and Pipefitters Union 441.He married Agnes Elnora Grindstaff on Nov. 11, 1955, in Richmond, Mo. She died Dec. 25, 2002.A grandson also died earlier.Survivors include two sons, Marc and Brian, both of Lawrence; a daughter, Gail Mailen, Tonganoxie; three sisters, Sara Ruth Davenport, Lawrence, Joan Peavler, Topeka, and Lois Helm, Lawrence; four grandghildren; a a great-grandchild.The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society, sent in care of the mortuary.E-mail condolences may be to info@warrenmcelwain.com .