Raymond E. Nieder

Funeral services for Raymond E. Nieder, 69, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.Mr. Nieder died Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.He was born June 20, 1938, in New York, the son of William and Thelma Marine Nieder. He graduated from Lawrence High School. Mr. Nieder served in the U.S. Army. He worked for Nieder Contracting and specialized in house painting. He was previously employed as a house painter with Lawrence Decorating. He was a member of Eagles Lodge of Lawrence and Quail Unlimited.He married Julie A. Bolton on Feb. 5, 1958, in Tulsa, Okla. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include two daughters, Teri Amyx, Overland Park, and Shari Soukup and husband Skip, Olathe; two sons, Mike and wife Sheri, Lawrence, and Brad and wife Lisa, Chesterfield, Mo.; two brothers, Bill, Maui, Hawaii, and Jim, Baldwin City; and 12 grandchildren, Jerod, Brityn, Taeler, Sydney, Cale, Kendall, Chad and Mackenzie Nieder, Mandy and Rachel Amyx and Connor and Parker Soukup. Mr. Nieder was preceded in death by two brothers, Leo and Clifford; and a sister, Mamie Bennett.The family suggests memorials to a charity of the donor’s choice, sent in care of the mortuary.The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.Online condolences may be sent at www.warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Nieder.