Frances M. Lee, daughter of the late Clarence and Flora Reed Moore, was born February 28, 1924 in Advance, Missouri and passed away at her home in Advance on November 10, 2011, at age of 87 years, 8 months and 12 days.
Mrs. Lee lived in Advance, Missouri most of her life. She did reside in Webster Grove, Missouri for a time before moving back to Advance. She was a member of the Bell City Methodist Church in Bell City, Missouri and a 50 year member of the Webster Groves Order of Eastern Star.
On December 24, 1941 she was married to Willard “Bill” Lee in Bloomfield, Missouri. He preceded her in death on November 16, 1990.
Surviving are her two daughters, Drenna Lee Acord and Vivian Barnes both of Advance, Missouri; four grandchildren, Michelle and David Hampton, Lee and Jennifer Barnes, Jennifer and Keith McMillion, and Heather Markham and George Livermore; and nine great grandchildren. Other relatives and friends also survive.
Friends may visit on Saturday, November 12, 2011, after 11 a.m., at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Blooomfield, Missouri.
Funeral services will be on Saturday, November 12, 2011, 1 p.m,in the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Missouri.
Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Bell City, Missouri with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com
In the early 1920's the Burge family moved to Pueblo, Colorado, where she lived for the next 25 years. She married Leslie C. Underwood in 1934 and they divorced in 1945. She moved to Long Beach, California in December of that year, where she resided until 1999, when she moved to Murrieta, California. At the age of 94 she took her last cruise (number 17) and then decided to move into Crown Pointe Assisted Living in Corona, California where she passed away surrounded by her immediate family.
From the time she moved to California until she moved into Crown Pointe, Ethelyn was fiercely independent. After she arrived in California she worked for a variety of companies, including Prudential, Armstrong Nurseries, and ultimately General Telephone Company (now a part of Verizon). She retired in 1980. Ethelyn caught the travel bug early and over her lifetime traveled extensively throughout Europe. She fell in love with cruising taking seventeen separate cruises. Her traveling companion for many years was Don Leaman whom she had met at Armstrong Nurseries in 1948. From the Mexican Riviera to Asia to the Caribbean, cruising was her favorite pastime. As a member of the Red Hat Society in Murrieta, Ethelyn was the Matriarch of the club. She was also a member of the Rancho Community Church in Temecula, a member of the Ambassadors Class and hosted a study group in her home at the age of 92.
Ethelyn is survived by her son and daughter in law, Michael and Diane Underwood of Riverside, California; and her grandchildren, A'Lisa L. Tello of Wilmington, North Carolina, Dr. Robert M. Underwood of Harrisonburg, Virginia, Andrea L. Underwood of Tucson, Arizona, Craig A. Phillips of Torrance, California and Cyndi E. Phillips of Moore Oklahoma; eight great grandchildren and one great great grandson. Other relatives and friends also survive.
Graveside services will be held Friday, November 11, 2011, at 1 p.m., at the Puxico Cemetery in Puxico, Missouri with Rev. Ray Placher of Puxico officiating. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements
Bill Shaver, son of Al Shaver and Wilma Wilson Shaver of Dexter was born on January 9, 1949 in Grayridge and died on November 6, 2011 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System in Houston, Texas surrounded by his family at the age of 62.
Mr. Shaver was a former member of the Missouri Army National Guard, a truck driver for Allied Alliance Systems and a 1967 graduate of Dexter Senior High School.
On June 24, 1978 he was united in marriage to Peggy Wiseman in Dexter. Mrs. Shaver survives of their home in Spring, Texas.
Besides his wife and parents he is survived by two sons, Bradley and wife Caryn Shaver of Sandusky, Ohio and Brandon Shaver of Spring, Texas; by one daughter, Ashley Shaver of Waco, Texas; by one brother, Leonard “Speedy” Shaver of New York City; by one sister, Lynn and husband Ron Newton of Sikeston; by six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, November 11, 2011 from 1 until 3 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 3 p.m., in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Joshua Carpenter officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter cemetery.
Dan Lacy, son of the late Daniel M. and Daisy Irene Roper Lacy, was born in Circle City, Missouri on September 5, 1938, and passed away at his home in Sweet Springs, Missouri on November 3, 2011, at the age of 73 years, 1 month and 29 days.
He had lived in the Sweet Springs, Missouri area for many years. He had worked as an automobile mechanic with the state of Missouri.
On June 13, 1967, he was married to Carolyn Clark.
Surviving are his wife, Carolyn Lacy of Sweet Springs; two sons, Daniel C. Lacy, Jr. of Circle City, Missouri, John Allen Lacy of Foster, Indiana; three daughters, Belinda Goodman of Bloomfield, Missouri, Cindy Determan of Republic, Missouri, Ginger Snapp of Sedalia, Missouri; seventeen grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; and one sister, Annie Bell Hutto of Blytheville, Arkansas. Other relatives and many friends also survive. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one brother, John Calvin Lacy.
Visitation will be Saturday, November 5, 2011, after 12 p.m, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 5, 2011, at 2 p.m., at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter, Missouri with Pastor Don Hutto of Piedmont, Missouri officiating.
Interment will be in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter, Missouri in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at watkinsfuneralhome.com
Lois Pearl Allen, daughter of the late William James Myricks and Alice Lois Rohrbach Myricks was born on February 11, 1938 in Bernie and died on November 3, 2011 at her residence in Heber Springs, Arkansas at the age of 73.
Mrs. Allen was a homemaker, a former resident of Bernie currently living in Heber Springs, Arkansas.
On June 17, 1957 she was united in marriage to Wilson Lee “Bud” Allen in St. Charles, Illinois. Mr. Allen preceded her in death on January 27, 2009.
She is survived by one daughter, Wilma Lee Allen Jefferson of Heber Springs, Arkansas; by one brother, Everett Hardy of California; by three sisters, Margie Garrett of Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, Marie Moore of West Plains, Missouri and Joyce Green of Parma; by two grandchildren, Christy Steele and Chrystal Steel Snyder and by four great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband and parents she was preceded in death by one brother, Clifford Rohrbach and by one sister, Lillian DeJournett.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, November 6, 2011 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 1 p.m., in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Dale Hartle officiating. Interment will follow in the Bernie cemetery.
