Full Name: Maxine M. Lawson Age: 82 Years
Current address: Topeka
Date of death: July 7, 2003
Place of death: Topeka
Date of birth: January 10, 1921 Place of birth: Quenemo, KS
Parents: John Thomas and Gladys Sutton Plowman
Years in current city/town: life-long resident
Background: graduated valedictorian of the class of 1939, Melvern High School. Was employed by Capper Publications and Stauffer Communications from 1944 until her retirement in 1986.
Relatives: Married to: Harold Lawson on December 24, 1945 in Topeka, KS.
preceded in death by: her husband, Harold Lawson in 1993; and her sister, Imogene Cuffel in 1998.
Immediate survivors:
Sister: Doreen Roberts, Melvern, KS
Sister: Mary Lou Porter, Topeka, KS
Several nieces and nephews
Service time, day, date, place: Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 10, 2003 at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery Topeka, Kansas
Visitation times, place: Maxine Lawson will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2003 where the family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m.
Memorial contributions, if any: Midland Hospice,Inc. 200 SW Frazier Cir. Topeka, KS 66606-2800; or American Cancer Society 1315 SW Arrowhead Rd. Topeka, KS 66604 ; or Topeka Rescue Mission P.O.Box 8550 Topeka, KS 66608-0350