Jean Underwood, daughter of the late John Thomas Wilkison and Nellie Wren Wilkison, was born on September 17, 1927, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on April 30, 2022, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 94 years.

Mrs. Underwood was a former beautician and co-owner of Jean and Ann’s Beauty Shop in Bloomfield, Missouri, and a resident of Bloomfield. For 64 years she was a member of the Bloomfield Eastern Star.

On July 16, 1946, in Piggott, Arkansas, she was united in marriage to Delmer Underwood. Mr. Underwood preceded her in death on August 2, 2012.

She is survived by two grandchildren, Scott Dale Underwood and wife Stacy, and Erin Hendershott and husband Kyle; by seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; by her brother-in-law Steve Underwood and wife Joyce of Bloomfield, Missouri; by her niece Karen Ziegenhorn and husband Dennis of Sikeston, Missouri; and by two nephews, Ron Underwood and wife Linda of Sikeston, Missouri and Dennis Underwood and wife Donna of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Other than by her husband and parents she was preceded in death by her son, Delmer Dale Underwood; by three brothers; and by three sisters.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Steve Tippen officiating. Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to The Stars and Stripes Museum, 17377 Stars and Stripes Way, Bloomfield, Missouri 63825.