LAWLESS, George Andrew - b. February 22, 1925 - d. April 19, 2005

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Winfield Courier
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

ELK CITY-- George Andrew Lawless, 80, longtime resident of Elk City, died April 19, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Mount Olivet cemetery in Moline.  The Rev. Sixtus YeMyint will officiate.

A memorial has been established with Howard Twilight Manor.  Contributions may be left with Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.

Lawless was born Feb. 22, 1925, in Moline, to Ethel and Andrew Lawless.  He attended school and grew to manhood in the Moline and Elk Falls area.

He entered the United States Air Force during World War II and served his country in the Pacific theatre.  After the war, he lived in Oregon and was employed in the petroleum industry untiil the early 1950s.

He married Faye Eleanor Downs at Eureka Springs, Ark.  They made their home at several locations in Kansas while Lawless was employed in highway construction.  They made their home in Elk City in 1959.

Lawless was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Moline.

He was preceded in death by his wife and two stepdaughters, Donna Ray Kill and Nadine Denton.

He is survived by a son, Ron Lawless, Moline; two stepsons, Ed Huntington, Bentley, and Bob Huntington, Tulsa; a stepdaughter, Betty Jordan, El Dorado; a brother, Bob Lawlss, Conway Springs, Ark., a sister, Martha Spitler, Las Vegas; two grandchildren and several step-grandchildren.