Vera Staggs, daughter of the late James Andrew Jackson Jarrell and Clara Frances Kleffer, was born on July 13, 1927, in Rural Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on February 10, 2022, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94 years.
Mrs. Staggs was a former cook for the Nutrition Center in Dexter, Missouri and helped deliver meals for 10 years. Vera was a member of the Risen Church in Dexter, she loved her church family, she had worked in the nursery, bible school, and had taught 2 to 4 years old.
She was a member of the Dexter Hospital Auxiliary for 21 years, a member of the ARC where she volunteered for many years, and a resident of Dexter. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, working in her vegetable garden, and she always had lots of pretty flowers that she kept busy with.
She cared for many children over the years, some now have grandchildren of their own.
On April 14, 1943, in Dexter, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Lloyd J Staggs. Mr. Staggs preceded her in death on July 23, 1989.
She is survived by two daughters, Wilma Jean Staggs, and Virginia Young both of Dexter, Missouri; by two sisters, Mildred Renick of Ventura, California and Melba Jean Jones of Dexter, Missouri; and by two grandchildren, Matthew Scott Horn and Dillon C. Horn.
Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Harold Staggs; by her brother, Melvin Jarrell; and by four sisters, Wilma E. Quick, Glenda Lane, Opal Jarrell, and Vivian Jarrell.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, February 12, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday, February 13, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Travis Lambert officiating. Interment will follow the Dexter Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Risen Church, 15 E St. Francis Street, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or Stoddard County ARC, PO Box 444, Dexter, Missouri 63841.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.
