Edith L. Lehman

Mrs. Edith Louise Lehman, of Harrisonville, Missouri, was born September 6, 1916 in McLean, Nebraska the daughter of H.H and Waverly Zoe (Graff) Buchanan. She went to heaven on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at the Lee’s Summit Medical Center, Lee’s Summit, Missouri at the age of 95 years, 3 months and 25 days.
On August 19, 1935, Edith was united in marriage to Norman Walter Lehman in Harrisonville, Missouri.
Edith was a hotel clerk and waitress for the Harrisonville Hotel and later was a Certified Nurses Assistant for Dunsworth Manor both of Harrisonville. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Harrisonville. Edith loved to sew and was known as a hard worker and good Christian woman who loved her church family.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Norman on March 1, 1952; a son-in-law, Duaine Rice; a brother, Edward Buchanan and a sister, Elsie Dillon.
Edith is survived by a daughter, Shirley A. Rice, Peculiar, Missouri; two grandchildren, Richard Rice and Vicki Quijas; many nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2012 at the First Baptist Church, Harrisonville, Missouri with burial in the Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville.
Family will receive friends from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2012 at the church. Funeral arrangements are under direction of Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.