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Rachel Margaret Harvey Hammers

Rachel Margaret Harvey Hammers obituary, Lawrence, KS

Rachel Hammers Obituary

Funeral services for Rachel Margaret Harvey Hammers, 32, Lawrence, KS, will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. She died on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Rachel was born on August 26, 1979 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the daughter of Dr. Joseph and Mary Margaret Hansen Harvey. She was a 1997 graduate of Perry-Lecompton High School and later the University of Kansas in 2003. She loved and was beloved by her family. She received the grace of her Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. She was married to Sean Hammers on April 12, 2010 in Lawrence, KS. He preceded her in death in December 2011. She is survived by three daughters, Mesa Margaret Rings, of Springdale, AR, Jenna Joyce Harvey, Jaci Rae Goolsby, and a son, Josiah Goolsby, of Lawrence. Other survivors include her parents of Lawrence; two sisters, Rebecca Todd (husband, Jared), of Baldwin City, KS, Anna Vinson (husband, Stephen), of Olathe, KS; five brothers, Dr. Phillip Harvey (wife, Kim) of Burkburnett, TX, Caleb Harvey, of Lawrence, KS, Benjamin Harvey, of Manhattan, KS, Andrew Harvey, of Lawrence, KS, and Elijah Harvey, of Lawrence, KS, and her maternal grandmother, Joyce Margaret Hansen, of Bellevue, NE. The family suggests memorials in her name to the Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday evening at the church. Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com.

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Published by Lawrence Journal-World on May 13, 2012.

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charity & kerry williams

May 25, 2012

Rachel, u will be truely missed. I only new you a short time but it was truely a blessing to get to know you. R I P Rachel.

Neighbors

May 20, 2012

Special prayers of peace and comfort for all who knew and loved Rachel.
(Isaiah 61:2)

With Sincere Sympathy,

Larry Michels

May 16, 2012

Our prayers are with your family in these times. Much love, The Michels family

Jerry Jalenak

May 15, 2012

Praying for you during this time......

Michele Hiatt

May 15, 2012

I am so sorry for your loss. Rachel was an amazing person. We were in the same class at PLHS. She was a good friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May god bless your family.

May 15, 2012

We will keep you in our prayers. It is a
'blessed assurance' that Rachel is with
our Lord.

Bob and Patty Skahan

May 15, 2012

i'll keep your family and friends in my prayers.

Michael Crossman

May 14, 2012

So very sorry for your loss. Your family will certainly be in my thoughts and prayers...

May 14, 2012

Dear Harvey Family,

I was so sorry to read of this incalculable loss for your family. I will be praying for you all, that you find comfort in sweet memories and family togetherness.

In Christ, Barbara Wasson

Phyllis Payne

May 14, 2012

I did not know Rachel but after I saw her photo and read her obituary, I felt a great sadness at her loss. I know this is a very painful time for those of you who loved her and I offer you my sincere condolences.

Elaine (Berns) Minahan

May 14, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Christy (Wymore) Carter

May 14, 2012

I remember her beautiful smile as she walked the halls of PLHS. My prayers are with your family!

May 14, 2012

Rachel was a very special person to us. We feel fortunate to have known her and are greatly saddened by her passing. Our hearts go out to your family during this tragic time.
~Anna and Webb Hecker

Burger Family

May 14, 2012

Praying God will comfort you all during this time.

Sherry Wealthall

May 14, 2012

So very sorry for your loss!

May 14, 2012

We are so sorry for your loss. We would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to your family. Ben is a great fraternity brother and friend to our son, Craig. Thinking of you, Steve and Linda Reschke

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