Leta Lorraine Ewing

Graveside services for Leta Lorraine Ewing, 81, Lawrence, will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Washington Creek Cemetery in Lone Star.Mrs. Ewing died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, in Corpus Christi, Texas.She was born Feb. 2, 1926, in Lawrence, the daughter of Joseph and Mabeline Belcher Cain. She attended Liberty Memorial High School.Mrs. Ewing worked in food service for many years at Naismith Hall at Kansas University. She was member of the Centenary United Methodist Church for 80 years, and she was also a member of the Eagles and VFW auxiliaries. She lived in Lawrence until June 2004, when she moved to Corpus Christi to be close to her family members there. She married Edward Ettore Ewing on Nov. 27, 1948, in Lawrence.Survivors include a son, Ronald Eugene Ewing, of California; two daughters, Beverly Ann Longoria, Shawnee Mission, and Pamela Sue Zohn of Corpus Christi; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village KS 66208.Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.