Madge Arlene Compton

Funeral service for Madge Arlene Compton, 92, Lawrence will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 9, 2017 at West Side Presbyterian in Lawrence. Viewing will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the church. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She passed away Monday, January 2, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence.
Madge was born November 9, 1924 in Linn County, KS the daughter of Adam R. and Viola J. (Johnson) Wait.
She was a clerk for KPL. Madge was a member of West Side Presbyterian Church and Martha Circle. She was a 20-year volunteer at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She married Robert O. Compton January 17, 1948 in Ottawa. He preceded her in death May 4, 1990.
Survivors include three sons, James A. Compton, Robert W. Compton and wife, Lenet, Larry N. Compton, brother, Lester Wait, sister, Dorothy Brown; sister-in-laws, Virginia Wait, Bernita Wait, Norma Galloway; eleven grandchildren; three great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her brother, Leo Wait and daughter, Julia Compton, and granddaughter Tia Compton.
Memorials may be made in her name to Visiting Nurses or West Side Presbyterian Church and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.