Thurlow Lieurance

THURLOW W. LIEURANCE, JR. DIED AT THE AGE OF 88, FEBRUARY 21, 2008, AT LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL, LINCOLN, KANSAS. HE WAS BORN AUGUST 5, 1919, IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA TO THURLOW AND EDNA WOOLEY LIEURANCE. HE WAS RAISED IN WICHITA, KS, AND GRADUATED FROM WICHITA EAST HIGH SCHOOL. HE GRADUATED FROM WICHITA UNIVERSITY AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN THE U.S. ARMY INFANTRY IN JUNE, 1941. HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER DURING WORLD WAR II, LANDING IN NORMANDY ON D-DAY. MR. LIEURANCE WORKED FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR 34 YEARS IN WICHITA, ST. LOUIS AND TOPEKA, RETIRING AS DIVISION PERSONNEL MANAGER IN 1979. HE WAS A MEMBER OF MOST PURE HEART OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE WICHITA KIWANIS TOWN CHORUS AND LATER THE GOLDEN K KIWANIS CLUB OF TOPEKA. HE WORKED WITH CEREBRAL PALSY OF TOPEKA, INC. AND THE CAPPER FOUNDATION WORK CENTER. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE TOPEKA SYMPHONY BOARD, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE KANSAS WOODTURNERS AND MIDWEST SAW DUSTERS CLUBS. HE MARRIED META (MICKEY) MULCONERY ON NOVEMBER 9, 1942, AND THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 63 YEARS. THEY ENJOYED THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, RV TRAVELING, VOLUNTEERING AND GOLF, UNTIL SHE PASSED AWAY JULY 24, 2005. SURVIVORS ARE A DAUGHTER, LYNNE METZ AND HUSBAND DAN, LINCOLN, KS AND A SON, LANN LIEURANCE AND WIFE BARBARA, LACOMBE, ALBERTA, CANADA AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, MIKE, MARCI, AND JIM METZ, CARA LIEURANCE KETO AND BARBARA LIEURANCE.
HE WILL LIE IN STATE AFTER 1:00 P.M. MONDAY AND THE FAMILY WILL GREET FRIENDS FROM 5:00 P.M. UNTIL 7:00 P.M. THAT EVENING AT PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL.
FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD 10:30 A.M., TUESDAY AT MOST PURE HEART OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, 3601 SW 17TH, TOPEKA, KS. THE BURIAL WILL BE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY, 4700 SW 17th, TOPEKA, KS. THE FAMILY SUGGESTS MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOOD SAMARITAN FUND AT ALDERSGATE VILLAGE, 7220 SW ASBURY DRIVE, TOPEKA, KS 66614 OR MID AMERICA HEALTH CENTER, 922 N. 5TH, LINCOLN, KANSAS 67455.