Death notices for Kenneth Lafferty in De Soto and Lawrence
Kenneth Leon Lafferty, 72, Lawrence, died Saturday October 15 at Olathe Medical Center. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at De Soto Baptist Church with burial at De Soto Cemetery. He served 22 years in the U.S. Navy and worked as an electronics instrument technician for Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant prior to retirement. He is survived by his wife Mary Edith Owens Lafferty, a son Roy and wife Kathy, three daughters Teresa Hartford and Timothy, Cheryl Puentes and Reynaldo, Linda Jordan and Tr., a brother Larry, 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial gifts encouraged to the First Southern Baptist Church building fund or the Jefferson County Humane Society. Bruce Funeral Home in charge.
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