Mary Jane Wempe

Graveside inurnment services for Mary Jane Wempe, 39, Lawrence, will be 11 am, Monday, August 28, 2017, at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A visitation will be Friday, August 25, 2017 from 5-6 pm at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

She died Monday August 21, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Mary was born December 8, 1977, in Lawrence, the daughter of Donald Louis and Mary Cathleen Pfantz Wempe.

She graduated from Lawrence High School in 1997. Mary was a cashier at Wal-Mart on Iowa street here in Lawrence.  Mary enjoyed watching anime and loved her cats.

Survivors include her parents, Donald L. Wempe, Osage City, KS and Mary Cathleen Wempe, of the home; siblings Laura Fingers, Mo, Fred Wempe, Lawrence, John Wempe, Lawrence, Naomi Smith, Lawrence; several aunts and uncles and six nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her grandparents Francis and Frances Wempe, George and Virgie Pfantz.

Memorial contributions may be made Mary Jane Wempe Memorial Fund, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.