Kimberly Ann Hewett

A memorial service for Kimberly Ann “Kim” Hewett, 39, Lawrence, will be 2 p.m. Jan. 31 at Lawrence Funeral Chapel. Cremation is planned.
She died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born Aug. 9, 1970, the daughter of Danny Lynn and Rebecca Sue Barrier Hewett.
Ms. Hewett graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1988. She graduated from Kansas University in 1992 with honors and with distinction for English and creative writing.
She worked as a secretary for the KU Physics Department. She was a volunteer for the Lawrence Adult Learning Center and Serenata Farms, Big Springs. She won honorable mention for the National Merit Scholarship and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
Survivors include her mother, Topeka; her father and stepmother, Patricia S. Duggan, Overland Park; three sisters, Kristin Schmaus and husband Matt, and Tracie Ragland, all of Lawrence, and Katie Immenschuh and husband Dennis, Holton; a nephew, Connor; and two nieces, Rachel and Sarah.
Ms. Hewett was preceded in death by her grandparents.
The family suggests memorials to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or Heifer International, sent in care of the funeral home, 3821 W. 6th Street, Lawrence 66049.
Condolences may be sent at barnettchapeloaks.com.