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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

BILL VAUGHN
BILL VAUGHN OF BEL FOUNTAIN NEIGHBORS, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI, MISSOURI ON MAY 24, 1929. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CORBITT AND JANE (JOHNSON) VAUGHN. BILL DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT DE PAUL HEALTH CENTER IN BRIDGETON, MISSOURI ON MAY 13, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND NINETEEN DAYS.
BILL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARY LOU WALTON ON FEBRUARY 21, 1953 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, CAROL RICHIE AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF ST. LOUIS, AND LISA VAUGHN OF ST. LOUIS, TWO SONS, DAVID VAUGHN OF ST. LOUIS, AND JAMES VAUGHN AND WIFE LESLIE OF ST. LOUIS, ONE STEP- SON, GERALD VAUGHN AND WIFE SUSAN OF ST. LOUIS, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, HIS FORMER WIFE MARY LOU ( WALTON) VAUGHN OF ST. LOUIS, TWO BROTHERS, JAMES VAUGHN OF VIRGINIA AND QUNENTIN VAUGHN AND WIFE MATTIE OF GEORGIA, ONE SISTER CATHERINE VAUGHN OF ST. LOUIS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW JOHNNY VAUGHN, ALSO BY HIS TWIN BROTHER, BOBBY VAUGHN AND SISTER ELNORA BOYD.
BILL HAD GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND ALWAYS ENJOYED A GREAT PRACTICAL JOKE AND TELLING A STORY. BILL ENJOYED SINGING WITH FRIENDS AND WAS VERY DEDICATED TO THE CHRISTIAN NORTH EAST HOSPITAL WERE HE VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME AND LOVE.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2001, FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2001, AT 2:00 P.M. WITH REVEREND ROBERT BULLOCK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN TRINITY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DAVID VAUGHN, JIMMY VAUGHN, GERALD VAUGHN, ALAN WALTON, RONNIE WALTON AND CHARLES RICHIE.

JANE W. SIMMONS
JANE W. SIMMONS OF PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FORMERLY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT FOUNTAIN FARM, MISSOURI ON NOVEMBER 13, 1913. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HUGH AND CHARLOTTA (SMITH) WHITE. JANE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT EDGEWOOD CENTRE IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE ON MAY 12, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS, FIVE MONTHS, AND TWENTY-NINE DAYS.
JANE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO RUSSELL R. SIMMONS ON JUNE 18, 1937 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI. RUSSELL PRECEDED JANE IN DEATH ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1987.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, EMILY S. WHITE OF PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, DAVID VERDI AND WIFE DENISE OF DES MOINES, IOWA, AND ALAN VERDI AND WIFE MICHELLE OF PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, COLEEN, STEVEN & ELISA VERDI. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON-IN-LAW, LT. JAMES R. VERDI AND ONE BROTHER FRANK M. WHITE.
JANE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. JANE WAS A CHARTER AND VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE SARAH BARTON LONG CHAPTER OF D.A.R. SHE WAS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER RANGER CHAPTER D.A.R. IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. JANE ENJOYED HER MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WAS VERY DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY. JANE AND HER LATE HUSBAND RUSSELL WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MANY PROJECTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, ONE OF THEM BEING THE DONATION OF PROPERTY FOR THE CURRENT POTOSI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 4:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY MAY, 17 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 10:00 A.M. ON FRIDAY MAY 18 AT POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH BROTHER JAMES MALUGEN AND REVEREND BOB BULLOCK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC CEMETERY.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DAVID VERDI, ALAN VERDI, JAMES SHORT, TREVER HILL, DENNIS HILL, AND GORDON LITTON.

JOSEPH ELBERT ARMSTRONG
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG OF ST. JAMES, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ON FEBRUARY 27, 1950. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES AND VIRGINIA (ALEXANDER) ARMSTRONG. JOSEPH DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HSN MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI ON MAY 23, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY ONE YEARS, TWO MONTHS, AND TWENTY SIX DAYS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS; LAURIE DUCHNOWSKI AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF SALYERSVILLE, KENTUCKY, JENNIFER MURRAY AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF SALYERSVILLE, KENTUCKY, AND AMANDA ARMSTRONG OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR SISTERS; DOROTHY RICHARDSON AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF CUBA, MISSOURI, SHEENA WINRIGHT OF GRAND RAPID, MICHIGAN, VIOLET MONROE AND HUSBAND HERBERT OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, AND CONNIE AMBROSE AND HUSBAND TOM OF GRAD RAPID, MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE, PATRICIA (JOHNSON) ARMSTRONG, HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDSON ZENON DUCHNOWSKI, AND TWO BROTHERS; JAY AND DANNY ARMSTRONG.
JOE HAD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. JOE ENJOYED TRAVELING, READING AND WAS ESPECIALLY DEDICATED TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. JOE WAS A FREE LANCE PHOTOGRAPHER AND JOURNALIST FOR THE ST. JAMES LEADER JOURNAL.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2001, FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2001, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL. BURIAL WAS IN NEW DIGGINS CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TOM AMBROSE, MICHAEL RICHARDSON, JOHN F. PANICK, HERB MONROE, ROBERT MURRAY AND RICHARD DUCHNOWSKI.

MARTHA LUCILLE ROSS
MARTHA ROSS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT FLAT RIVER, MISSOURI ON OCTOBER 22, 1941. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FRED AND MARGARET (COULTER) PROPES. MARTHA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON MAY 20, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY NINE YEARS, SIX MONTHS, AND TWENTY EIGHT DAYS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, MARSHA SPANGLER AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF HILLSBORO, MISSOURI, THREE SONS, DENVER ROSS AND WIFE KIM OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, TIMOTHY ROSS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, AND MICHAEL ROSS AND WIFE TRACI OF LEADWOOD, MISSOURI, TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD, TWO BROTHERS, ROBERT PROPES AND WIFE JUDY OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, OMAR PROPES AND WIFE MARGARET OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, AND ONE SISTER, ADA LONG AND HUSBAND REV. VERNON OF JACKSON, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON FRED PROPES AND HER SISTER JULIE PROPES. MARTHA ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN. IN MARTHA'S SPARE TIME SHE ENJOYED PLAYING BINGO AND ALL TYPES OF CARD GAMES.
EVERYONE THAT MARTHA KNEW HELD A DEAR AND SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 3:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY MAY 22, 2001 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 2:00 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY MAY 23, 2001 AT MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. JAY LACEY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE DOE RUN MEMORIAL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DERRICK DICUS, DENVER ROSS. JR., DAVID ROSS, HARRY BOREN JR., JOE DICUS, AND BRANDON DOWNS. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE MICHAEL ROSS, STEPHEN ROSS, AND KYLE ROSS.