Thelma Delaney Obituary

Sue Delaney passed away peacefully at the Medicalodge in Eudora, Kansas on August 22, 2016, she was 84. She was born December 28, 1931 in Lincoln, Nebraska to parents William R. Launt and Thelma Linnea Peterson Launt. She spent her childhood in Omaha and then Oakdale, Nebraska. She graduated Salutatorian from Oakdale High School in 1949, Midland College, Fremont, Nebraska in 1952, and received her Master's degree, with honors, from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas in 1975.

Sue married Raymond Delaney of Fremont, Nebraska, June 5, 1954, in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Neligh, Nebraska. He preceded her in death on July 23, 2000. She was a career primary level educator in Norfolk, Nebraska from 1952 to 1954, in Fremont, Nebraska from 1954 to 1967, and at Auburn-Washburn school district in Topeka, Kansas from 1967 until her retirement in 1993.

She belonged to several organizations: First Lutheran Church, where she served as a Sunday School and Bible School teacher in her earlier years; Order of the Easter Star, Topeka Chapter 462 (50 year member); Arab Temple Shrine Lady and Arab Temple Shrine Transportation Lady; Kansas State Teacher's Association and National Education Association (Life member); and Topeka Retired Teachers Association and Kansas Retired Teachers Association.

Survivors include two sons, Thomas Delaney and wife Shelly of Lenexa, and Christopher Delaney and wife Annette of Baldwin City, and her grandson Patrick Delaney of Lawrence. Other survivors are two nephews William Schauer and wife Florene, John Schauer and wife Jolene, all of Lincoln, Nebraska, two great nephews Aaron and Adam Schauer. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Delaney, grandson Joshua Delaney, parents, and sister and brother-in-law Judy and Harland Schauer.

Services will be at First Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas on Friday, September 2 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to First Lutheran Church in Topeka, Kansas. A private interment will be held at a later date in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery for both Ray and Sue.