Lottie Mae Joseph, daughter of the late Tom Welker and Mary Combs Welker, was born on December 13, 1925 in Stoddard County, Missouri and departed this life on September 10, 2019 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 93 years.

Mrs. Joseph was a member of Second General Baptist Church in Dexter, a homemaker and a resident of Dexter.

On January 26, 1946, in Dexter, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Everett Russell Joseph.  Mr. Joseph preceded her in death on August 22, 2006.

She is survived by three daughters, Janet Pride and husband Jim of Manhattan, Kansas, Linda Nichols and husband Larry of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Cheryl Lane and husband Mike of Dexter, Missouri; by seven grandchildren, Doug Launius and wife Robin of Ashville, North Carolina, Eric Launius of Destin, Florida, Robin Coffey of St. Charles, Missouri, Brad Coffey and wife Carrie of St. Peters, Missouri, Justin Joseph and wife Mindy of Dexter, Missouri, Summer Moser of House Springs, Missouri and Crystal Ayers and husband Brian of Destin, Florida; and by seven great-grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Dennis Joseph; by her grandson, Brian Joseph; by her brother, Vernon Welker; and by three sisters, Fern Conley, Dorothy Hite and Kathy Mosier.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, September 14, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2:00 p.m. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-9959

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.