Mary Ellen Oneslager, 79, Lawrence, died Sunday, January 31, 2010, at Brandonwoods Nursing Home in Lawrence.

She was born March 31, 1930, in Earlton to Charles and Cora Beatrice Hammil Yockey.

She married Lewis Jackson Oneslager on April 20, 1947, in Humboldt .He preceded her in death.

She retired from the weigh station at Monarch Cement Plant in Humboldt.

She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Humboldt.

Survivors include a daughter, Charlotte Ellison, Chanute; a son and daughter-in-law, Gerald “Gary” and Carol Oneslager, Lawrence; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Tim Yockey, Humboldt, and Richard Yockey, Rockport, Texas; and two sisters, Alice Thomas, Pittsburg, and Sally Clark, Mound Ridge.

She was preceded in death by six brothers and three sisters.

Funeral will be 1 p.m. today at the Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to Heart of America Hospice, 3715 S.W. 29th Street, Ste. 20, Topeka, KS 66614.