Lenda Sue Lancaster

Lenda Sue Lancaster obituary

Lenda Sue Lancaster

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Sep

13

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Little River Baptist Church

Near Jones Prairie Little River, Tx. 76520

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Lenda Lancaster Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home on Sep. 10, 2025.

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Lenda Sue Lancaster, 79, of Jones Prairie in Milam County died Sunday, September 7, 2025 at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, September 13, 2025 at Little River Baptist Church in Jones Prairie. Burial will follow in the Little River Baptist Church Cemetery.

Ms. Lancaster was born July 5, 1946 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Raymond Russell and Virginia Anne (Brown) Kilburn. She received her undergraduate degree in social work from Idaho State University and her Master's from Walla Walla University in Washington State. She worked as a clinical social worker for the Department of Veteran Affairs helping homeless veterans with drug and alcohol addiction, which was her passion. She was preceded in death by 5 siblings, Doyle Kilburn, Nina Hill, Pauline Medeci, Dale Kilburn and Naomi Kilburn. She is survived by:

Her daughter Karen Dainty & husband Fred of Jones Prairie

Her sons Kevin Lancaster & wife Shawn of Roanoke, VA

Steven Ray Calfy of Sacramento, CA

Tyler Lancaster & wife Stephanie of Idaho Falls, Idaho

Brother Charles Kilburn of Kentucky

Sister Carolyn Parks of Shawnee, OK

9 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren

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Upcoming Events

Sep

13

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Little River Baptist Church

Near Jones Prairie Little River, Tx. 76520

Send Flowers