Phyllis Connett

Graveside services for Phyllis Connett, 78, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Oak Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Connett died Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, at her residence.She was born Nov. 16, 1930, in Lawrence, the daughter of Charles Newton and Amy Agnes Joy Janeway. She attended Lawrence schools and graduated from Liberty Memorial High School.Mrs. Connett was a bookkeeper for Polk Oil Co., Ramada Standard, and Gateway Auto. She was a member of the Friends church, and enjoyed gardening, crocheting, and spending time with family. She married John Charles Arthur Connett on May 21,1949, in Topeka. He died Nov. 14, 1984. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Marjorie, in 2005.Survivors include a son, John E. Connett and wife Pat, Lawrence; two daughters, Shirley Bove and husband Mike, Ottawa, and Joy Read, Berthoud, Colo.; a brother, Kenneth Janeway and wife Mary, Aurora, Colo.; a sister, Lillian Olson, Lawrence; a half-brother, Ray E. Janeway, Lubbock, Tex.; two granddaughters, Casey Wallace and Kristen Tedrow; and five grandsons, John C. Connett, Dan W. Connett, and Luke, Evan, and Elliott Read.Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and again from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Friday.The family suggests memorials to Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation and Hospice Care, sent in care of the funeral home.Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com