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Mary Lelanie "Lanie" Smith

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Lawrence, Kansas

Mary Smith Obituary

Memorial service for Mary Lelanie "Lanie" Smith, 54, Lawrence, will be 11am Mon., Jun. 2, 2025 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Eudora Cemetery. Full obituary at Rumsey-Yost.com.

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Published by Lawrence Journal-World on May 30, 2025.

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Megan Moore (Roberts)

May 30, 2025

I´m so sorry to hear of Lanie´s passing. She is a cousin of mine that I remember from early childhood. Family gatherings in Phelps city with both sides of my family, Roberts and Jackson. I have fond memories of her big smile and sweet demeanor as a child. Sharing a picture of a day at Waubonsie State Park hiking.
I would´ve been about four and Lanie would´ve been somewhere around nine years old.
In the picture (left to right) my dad, David Roberts, me and Lanie in the front and my aunt Eleisha Anderson and Truman.

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