Madge Christine Strickland, daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Shemwell and Cinda Lucille Raines Shemwell, was born on March 16, 1933, in Lilbourn, Missouri, and departed this life on November 20, 2023, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 90 years.

Mrs. Strickland was a homemaker. She attended Harvest Assembly of God Church in Essex, Missouri, and was a resident of Essex.

On May 14, 1955, in Lilbourn, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Doyle Strickland. Mr. Strickland preceded her in death on February 14, 1996.

She is survived by two sons, Doyle Strickland and fiancé Patricia Mitchell of Essex, Missouri, and Walter Strickland and wife Barbara of Essex, Missouri; by her daughter, Dorothy Collins and husband Steve of Morehouse, Missouri; by her sister, Ruth Middleton of Sikeston, Missouri; by her special caregiver, Stacy Mitchell; and by seven grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Vera McDaniel.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, November 24, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, November 24, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. James Malloy officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Essex Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.