Obituary

Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha B. Lawrence, who died Saturday at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital, were held Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Halstead. The Rev. John H. Hastings officiated. Burial was in the Halstead Cemetery.

Mrs. Lawrence, 87, was a resident of the Halstead community since 1888. She was born near Glen Rose, Texas. She was the adopted daughter off William and Susan Inez Williams Dalton. She married Harry Lawrence in Halstead in 1904. He died in 1957.

Mrs. Lawrence is survived by a son, Paul R.Lawrence of Calaifornia; daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Virginia) Pearson of Lawrence; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.