Lois Lenore Lafferty
Lois Lenore Lafferty, a longtime resident of Burlington, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at Life Care Center of Burlington. She was 96 and moved to the center two weeks ago.
Mrs. Lafferty and her husband, “Ted,” operated the Lafferty Dairy at Burlington from 1947 to 1958. After they sold the dairy, she worked at the Rocking R Motel in Burlington for many years until she retired to care for her mother. She also helped care for her grandmother for several years before she married.
The daughter of Byron G. and Verda A. Conkle Morris, she was born July 19, 1910, at Trinidad, Colo. When she was 3 years old, the family moved to Coffey County where she spent the rest of her life. She attended the Venard school northeast of Burlington and graduated from Burlington High School in 1929.
She married James Elbert “Ted” Lafferty on April 12, 1933, at Emporia. He died Oct. 28, 1993.
Mrs. Lafferty was a member of the United Methodist Church in Burlington and the church United Methodist Women.
She is survived by one daughter, Audra Jane Hughes of Burlington; and one grandson. A son, Morris Lee “Mo” Lafferty. An infant daughter, Lois Sue Lafferty; and an infant son, Darrell Lynn Lafferty, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Jones Funeral Home at Burlington. Burial will be in Key West Cemetery, northwest of Burlington. The family will meet friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contrbutions to the church may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 277, Burlington, KS 66839.