Obituaries
Virginia L. Yother 1921 - 2010 Lawrence
Virginia L. Yother
Graveside services for Virginia L. Yother, 88, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.
Mrs. Yother died Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Medicalodges Eudora. She moved to Lawrence in 1949 from Ozark, Ark.
She was born Oct. 27, 1921, in the Greenwood, Ark., community, the daughter of William “Bill” and Gertrude B. Lee Covert.
Mrs. Yother was a homemaker and had a 25-year career selling Avon products in Lawrence. She enjoyed bowling and bingo.
She married Quincy Allen Yother on Oct. 8, 1938, in Ozark, Ark. He preceded her in death on Nov. 11, 1999. They enjoyed 61 years of marriage.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Bud and Billy, a sister, Ruby Chapman, and a grandson, Allen Shults.
Survivors include two daughters, Melba Hadl and husband Dean, Lawrence, and Linda Orton and husband Dick, Harveyville; two sons, John W. and wife Connie, and Tommy A. and wife Cindy, all of Lawrence; a brother, Leonard Covert, Oskaloosa; a sister, Velda Masingale, Altus, Ark.; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson.
The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St.
The family suggests memorials to Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation and Hospice Care, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain.com.
Marketplace
Arts & Entertainment · Bars · Theatres · Restaurants · Coffeehouses · Libraries · Antiques · Services
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 26 comments
- Editorial: Guns, speech May 23, 2013 · 27 comments
- Blog: Plans filed for restaurant/retail on South Iowa site once proposed for Olive Garden May 23, 2013 · 32 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 44 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 14 comments
- Will of the people May 21, 2013 · 33 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 86 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 27 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 7 comments
- Blog: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says May 23, 2013 · 16 comments
- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Off the Beaten Plate: Black Forest Crepe at A.B.'s May 23, 2013
- Families invited to free 'Wild Gardens' event at KU Natural History Museum May 23, 2013
- Arrest made in death of former Jayhawk McMillan May 23, 2013
- Local Board of Realtors collecting items today for tornado survivors in Oklahoma City area May 23, 2013
- Letter: Serious issue May 21, 2013
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- Opinion: K-State's Snyder coaches life, then football May 12, 2013
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013
