The Rev. Lawrence Webber, 98, retired priest of the Diocese of Long Island, died Jan. 4 at his home in Harrogate, Lakewood, NJ.

Fr. Webber was a native of Brooklyn, NY. He was a graduate of St. Stephen's (now Bard) College and General Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1928 and priest in 1929. Fr. Webber served as assistant at the Church of the Resurrection, Richmond Hill, NY, 1929; as assistant and then priest-in-charge of the Allegheny County Mission in the Diocese of Rochester, 1930-37; as rector of Christ Church, Cuba, NY, priest-in-charge of St. Andrew's, Friendship, NY, and St. Paul's, Angelica, NY, 1937-49; as rector of Christ Church, Sag Harbor, NY, and vicar of St. Ann's, Bridgehampton, NY, 1948-68. In his retirement, he assisted at Christ Church, Toms River, NJ. Fr. Webber is survived by two sons, a daughter, ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.