Graveside inurnment services for Calista P. Orent, 77, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Orent died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.
She was born Oct. 15, 1933, in Alamota, Kan., the daughter of Jacob and Pauline Schlegel Diel. She grew up in Dighton, and graduated from Dighton High School. She received her RN degree from Newman Hospital in Emporia, Kansas
Mrs. Orent was a registered nurse, and was director of nursing at Watkins Hospital on the Kansas University Campus. She was a member of Unity Church of Lawrence.
She married Kenneth Orent in 1960. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Elmer, Tillman, and Vernon Diel, and a sister, Marjorie Johnston.
Survivors include a son, Mark, Lawrence; a brother, Nathan Diel, Greer, S.C.; and two sisters, Dolores Trent, Farmington Hills, Mich., and Shirley Swenson, Tacoma, Wash.
The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.
