Pamela Abernathy

Pamela Kay Abernathy, 55, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002, at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Peters, Mo.

She was born July 10, 1947, in Canby, Minn., daughter of Edgar James Aylward and Lois May Turbak Aylward. She and Timothy Abernathy were married Aug. 16, 2000, at Excelsior Springs. He survives.

She was the hospitality manger at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs. She was a member of the Nazarene Church of Excelsior Springs.

Survivors include her mother; a sister, Valerie Aylward Klobnak of Ladue, Mo.; and a brother, Thomas J. Aylward of Ladue.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Funeral will be at noon Monday at McGee Chapel Church in Glenallen, Mo.

Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo.