MAHER, Nora Mary 1941-2011

MAHER, MURPHY, LUKIC, COLE, FREET, ALCOMENDAS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/14/2011 at 15:27:08

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, January 4, 2011]

Nora Mary Maher, 69, Shawnee, Kan., passed away at 6 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, at home after two years of treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and a bone marrow transplant. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Jan. 4, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. A prayer service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, at the chapel, followed by entombment in Resurrection Cemetery, Lenexa, Kan. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Bone Marrow Transplant Center, 2500 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Westwood, KS 66205.

Nora was born July 24, 1941, in Waterloo, the daughter of Raymond Murphy and Frances Murphy.

Nora was preceded in death by father Raymond Murphy; mother Frances Murphy; son Michael Maher; and brothers Tom Murphy and Michael Murphy.

Surviving are husband, Robert J. Maher of Shawnee; daughters Cheryl Maher of Blue Springs, Mo., and Julie (Victor) Lukic of Corona, Calif.; son Daniel (Emma) Maher of Shawnee; sisters Pat (Richard) Cole and Rae Freet, both of Waterloo, Coleen (Jome) Alcomendas of Vancouver, Wash.; brother John (Debbie) Murphy of Waterloo; five grandchildren, Nora (Joshua) Ancel, Tommy Maher, Bobby Maher, Victoria Lukie and Jackson Lukie. Nora was an artist and liked to work with acrylics and landscape.

The family would like to thank the nurses and aides at the University of Kansas Medical Center nurses station No. 42 and the Cancer Center and Bone Marrow Transplant Center for their kind and devoted care. Nora dedicated her life to her children and grandchildren.

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