Funeral service for Flora Jeannette Ott, 96, Lawrence, will be 10 am. Tuesday at RumseyYost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Reverend Dr. Peter Luckey will officiate. She died Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at Pioneer Ridge. She was born May 9, 1920, in Lamar, CO., the daughter of Robert Lee and Eva Martha Flory Markley.
She was a member of Central United Methodist Church. She and her husband enjoyed square dancing for years with her sister Vivian and her husband Frank. She enjoyed quilting and taking care of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs. Ott worked for Allen Press as a proof reader for 17 years retiring in 1987.
She married Emerson John Ott on Aug. 31, 1949. He preceded her in death on May 15, 2003. She was also preceded in death by a son Kerry Allen Ott and his wife Kathy, siblings Lila McMillen, Vivian Johnson, Yvonne Markley and Sonny Markley. She is survived by her daughter Debi Waggoner and her husband Rod of Lawrence, grandchildren Sherry Thomas (Bryan), Ryan Waggoner (Lauren Cunningham), great grandchildren Kerry, Patricia, and Shanley Thomas all of Lawrence.
Friends may call Monday from 9am to 8pm at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8pm.
Memorials may be made to Audio Reader, Meals on Wheels, or Grace Hospice in care of the funeral home, PO Box 1260, Lawrence KS 66044.