Dorothy H. Erazmus

Mass of Christian burial for Dorothy H. Erazmus, 85, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Erazmus died Saturday, April 21, 2007, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.She was born Dec. 3, 1921, in Superior, Wis., the daughter of Stanislaus and Helen Lepak Rozek. She had lived in Lawrence since 1963.Mrs. Erazmus was a homemaker and received a master’s degree in library science from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Daughters of Isabella and Birthright.She married Edward T. Erazmus on May 2, 1953, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He survives, of the home.Other survivors include three daughters, Maria Gibson, Le-Thu Erazmus and May-Lum Erazmus, all of Lawrence; a son, Joseph Erazmus, Lawrence; a brother, Frank Rozek, Ludington, Mich.; a sister, Lucille Gase, Ludington; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by a son, Martin Erazmus, and a brother, Victor Rozek.A rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. today at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today.The family suggests memorials to Birthright, sent in care of the mortuary.Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Erazmus.