Mildred Marie Mekan, daughter of the late Tom Arnold and Katie Spicer Arnold was born in Herrin, Illinois on June 29, 1917 and departed this life in Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on July 12, 2015 at the age of 98.

Mrs. Mekan was a homemaker, a member of Powe Gospel Church of Bernie and also a resident of Bernie.

She was united in marriage to Lawrence Albert Mekan in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on December 4, 1933.  Mr. Mekan preceded his wife in death on December 6, 1987.

Survivors include four sons, Gene Mekan of Bernie, Missouri, David Mekan of Winona, Missouri, Tom Mekan of Temple City, California and Ivan Mekan of Bernie, Missouri:  by two daughters, Violetta Mastilovich of St. Louis, Missouri and Carolyn Mekan of Bernie, Missouri; by 28 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren; also by other relatives and many friends.

She was preceded in death other than by her parents and her husband, by one son, Bill Mekan; by four daughters, Frances Mekan, Ava Armes, Launita McNeal and Margaret Parks; also by five brothers and two sisters. 

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.  

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie on Wednesday July 15, 2015 starting at 2:00 P.M.  

Rev. Don Wells officiating. 

Interment will follow in Dexter Cemetery. 

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.