Funeral services for Fay Irene Lawson will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011 at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Dr. Terry Davis officiating. No visitation. Burial, Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri.
Fay Irene Lawson, age 94 of Butler, Missouri died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was born November 1, 1916 to Artie E. and Elda A. France Ware in Neosho, Missouri.
Mrs. Lawson was a member of the First Baptist Church and Rebecca Lodge of Butler and a joyful participant of the Get Togethers women's social club. Well known for the beautiful custom draperies she fabricated for countless well-tended homes in Butler and throughout Bates County over several decades, Mrs. Lawson found great satisfaction in producing beautiful, high-quality products that would endure for many years. Over her lifetime Mrs. Lawson traveled the world, enjoyed annual visits to family members on the West Coast, excelled at competitive bowling, enjoyed singing, appreciated a good card game, and loved reading and working crossword puzzles. A gentle, kind, tolerant and loving person Mrs. Lawson left positive footprints wherever she tread and will be greatly missed by all who shared the privilege of knowing her.
Fay is survived by sisters-in-law Doris Ware of Branson, Missouri and Doris Ware of Newport, Washington; nephews Charles Eugene "Gene" Myers of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Farrell Ware of Grand Coulee, Washington; nieces Sharon Witt of Middletown, Ohio, Carolyn Neal of West Hollywood, California and Mary Beth Ronan of Newport, Washington and by many great-nephews and great-nieces. A lifelong resident of Butler, Missouri Mrs. Lawson was preceded in death by her husband Tom Lawson in 1966; parents Artie and Elda Ware; siblings Cleland, Arnold and Donald Ware and Marjorie Ritter, Edna Myers, Mary Macfarlane and Kathryn Andrews.
