Obituaries
Karen Kaye Williams 1961 - 2009 Lawrence
Funeral services for Karen Kaye Williams, 48, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Chapel and Crematory. Cremation is planned.
Mrs. Williams died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at her home.
She was born Aug. 5, 1961, in Independence, Mo., the daughter of Billy Rae and Willie Isabel Munden Kirksey. She graduated from high school in Carrollton, Mo.
Mrs. Williams worked as a stocker at Walmart in south Lawrence.
She married Kurt Noland Reyburn Sr. in fall 1979. He died in November 1982. She married Gary Michael Williams on Aug. 31, 2002, in Lawrence. He survives, of the home.
Other survivors include a son, Kurt N. Reyburn Jr., Carrollton, Mo.; a daughter, Elizabeth Nadine Judd, Buckner, Mo.; three stepsons, Shawn M., Ryan E. and Owen M. Williams, all of St. Joseph, Mo.; two brothers, J.D. Winfrey, North Carolina, and Warren Wade Winfrey, Wellsville; a twin sister, Sharon Dugan, Oklahoma City; three sisters, Myra Cavanaugh, Buckner, Mo., Marybeth Airrington, Odessa, Mo., and Beverly S. Jones, Belton, Mo.; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother in 1985 and father in 2007.
Friends may call from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. before services Friday at the funeral chapel.
The family suggests memorials to Lawrence Humane Society, sent in care of the funeral chapel, 3821 W. Sixth St., Lawrence, KS 66049.
Online condolences may be sent at barnettchapeloaks .com.
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