Bonnie Worley

Funeral services for Bonnie Worley, 86, Olathe, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 6, 2011 at Central United Methodist Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.

Mrs. Worley died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Olathe Good Samaritan Center in Olathe, Kansas.  She had been a Lawrence resident since 1956.

Bonnie was born August 19, 1924, in Stanley, KS, the daughter of Jesse and Cora (Feltenberger) Laughlin. 

Bonnie worked as a cook at Sigma Chi and Lambda Chi Fraternities and Alpha Delta Pi Sorority at the University of Kansas and was previously a waitress at local restaurants.

She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Lawrence and the Postal Auxiliary.

Bonnie married Francis Raymond Worley on September 2, 1942 in Harrisonville, MO.  He preceded her in death October 20, 2010.

Survivors include four sons, Gary Francis, and his wife Rita Worley, Monticello, AR, David Ward, and wife, Maria Worley, Lawrence, KS, Dennis Raymond, and wife, Mary Worley, Gardner, KS, and Craig Alan Worley, Lawrence, KS; eight grandchildren; and twenty great grandchildren.  She was also preceded in death by one sister; and two brothers.

The family will greet friends Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

The family suggests memorials in her name to the Odyssey Hospice – Lenexa, KS and may be sent in care of the mortuary.