Services for Roberta Lynn Hedges, 67, Lawrence, will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.
Ms. Hedges died Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 13, 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Lee and Zola Patricia Cates Hedges. She graduated from Lawrence High School in 1968, and has been a resident of Lawrence since 1958.
Ms. Hedges was employed by Rusty’s IGA in 1967 which was purchased by Alvin Joe Schmitberger in 1989. She continued working at the grocery store and later at Alvin’s Wine & Spirits as a book keeper.
She is survived by a brother, Richard Lee Hedges and wife Ginny, niece Julie Lowrance; several cousins; and many loving friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Friends may call from 12:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive them from 3-5 p.m. Sunday.
The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society, sent in care of the funeral home.
