KU Law News
OBITUARY
Jana Lynne Mackey (1982-2008)
Jana MackeyA celebration of life for Jana Lynne Mackey, 25, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fairview Cemetery, Danville, Kan.
Miss Mackey died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Lawrence.
She was born July 20, 1982, in Harper, Kan., the daughter of John M. and Christie J. Patterson Mackey. She graduated from Hays High School in 2000.
Miss Mackey earned an undergraduate degree in women’s studies in 2004. She later worked as a lobbyist for the National Organization for Women for three years, and then returned to Kansas University, where she completed her first year in the School of Law. She was a volunteer advocate for the Ga Du Gi Safe Center, and was a singer and actress. She was a member of the Public Interest Law Society, Women in Law, Kansas Equality Coalition, Kansas National Organization for Women, KU Commission on the Status of Women, KU Student Senate and Delta Force.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Christie and Curt Brungardt, Hays; her father and stepmother, Mike and Anita Mackey, Anthony; four brothers, Todd Mackey and companion Sarah Bohm, and Travis Mackey and companion Erica Washburn, both of Hays, Drake Brungardt, Baldwin City, and Bruce Adams, Camdenton, Mo.; and two sisters, Sara Brungardt, Hays, and Kimberly Minor and husband Ryan, Wichita.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. The casket will remain closed.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Northwest Kansas Domestic & Sexual Violence Services in Hays, or the Jana Mackey Support of Public Advocacy Fund at the KU School of Law, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com
