Warren Albert McVey

Graveside services for Warren Albert McVey, 88, McPherson, will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.Mr. McVey died Monday, July 7, 2008, at McPherson Care Center.He was born May 3, 1920, in Henrietta, Mo., the son of Warren M. and Marie Nelson McVey. He attended Mosby, Mo., Rayville, Mo., and Excelsior Springs, Mo., schools.Mr. McVey worked as a plumber at the Sunflower Plant in De Soto. He later worked for the Snaps Hotel and Oaks Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Mo. He farmed in Lawson, Mo., and worked for his parents at McVey Apple Orchard in Rayville, Mo. He later worked for the Museum of Anthropology in Dyche Hall at Kansas University.Survivors include two nephews, Dick and David Brenneman, Denver, Colo.The family suggests memorials to Meals on Wheels of McPherson or Hospice Care of Kansas, sent in care of Glidden-Ediger Funeral Home, 222 West Euclid St., McPherson 67460.