This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JIWelsch Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6801/mb.ashx Message Board Post: BETTENDORF, Iowa - Doris M. Lawson, 62, Bettendorf, died Saturday, March 16, 2002, at her home after battling cancer. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's United Methodist Church, Davenport. Graveside services are 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Foundation of St. John's United Methodist Church, Old Threshers Foundation or the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Lawson was born Aug. 4, 1939, in Mount Pleasant, the daughter of Dwight D. and Marjorie I. Mallams Shellabarger. She married Kenneth E. Lawson Sept. 28, 1962, in Mount Pleasant. She worked at Henry County Saving Bank, Mount Pleasant, after graduating from Mount Pleasant High School in 1958. She also worked at Bramer Manufacturing Company, Davenport. She then worked with her husband in their insurance and financial services business. She was vice-president of Lawson Financial Services Inc. and Lawson Financial Advisory Corp. until her latest illness. She was a member of Questors adult class and the United Methodist Women at St. John's United Methodist Church, where she had been a member since 1963. She enjoyed watching classic movies presented by the Open Cities Film Society. She also enjoyed bowling. Her other interests included genealogy, reading, cooking and cookbook and recipe collecting. She and her husband enjoyed car rallies, sponsored by the Valley Sports Car Club and the Headers Hot Rod Club. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Vicki M. Poe of Nederland, Colo. and Sheri L. Jandik of rural New Virginia; two brothers, Wendell K. Shellabarger of Des Moines and Burton D. Shellabarger of Woodward; a sister, Martha J. Shellabarger Ridenour of Mount Pleasant; and her mother. ================= KEOSAUQUA, Iowa - Roxie L. Lawson, 72, of Keosauqua died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua. Graveside services were held May 12 in Dibble Cemetery. The Rev. John Griffith officiated. Memorials may be sent to the Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch, Box 606, Shelbina, Mo., 63468. Mr. Lawson was born July 25, 1934, near Stockport to Alfred V. and Blanche Klise Lawson. He married Carol A. Nelson Feb. 20, 1954, in Kahoka, Mo. She died July 20, 1993. He married Janet Kisling Keller Jan. 1, 1995, in Ottumwa. He graduated from Bonaparte High School and was a telephone technician his entire career and had been employed in Burlington, Muscatine and many years in Arizona City, Ariz. He moved back to Van Buren County in 1995 and was a member of Stockport Christian Church. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Terry Lawson Duke of Chicago and Linda Lawson Modersohn (Dick) of Sunapee, N.H.; a stepson, Leland Keller (Melody) of Enid, Okla.; two stepdaughters, Lisa Mast (Darrell) and Jo Ellen Keller of Ft. Myers, Fla.; six stepgrandchildren; and ten stepgreat-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife; his parents; a sister, Ellen; and a grandson, Cory Lawson Gerou. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.