On April 3,2013, William D. Lawrence,Jr., beloved husband of Anita Lawrence (nee Hoffman), having received a bronze star as a member of Co. E 169 Infantry during World War II,devoted father of Virginia Atkinson, William "Denny" Lawrence,III, Susan Herd and her late husband Ronald, Gary Lawrence and his wife Kathy and Melanie Kranis and her husband Spiro, dear brother of Virgie Lawrence, grandfather of Alexandra and Dionysios Kranis, Andrew Posluszny and Victoria Lawrence. Family and friends may gather at the family owned LILLY & ZEILER INC. FUNERAL HOME, 700 S. Conkling Street,Baltimore,Maryland 21224 on Sunday ,April 7,2013 from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. at Abbott Memorial Presbyterian Church (Bank St.).Entombment to follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery.