U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
JEROME THOMAS MEARSEAL
JEROME THOMAS MEARSEAL OF HIGH RIDGE, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT BLISS, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 5, 1938. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE THOMAS AND MARY (BOYER) MEARSEAL. JERRY DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 19, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY- THREE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, CHARLYNN PASHIA OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE SON, TOM MEARSEAL OF KNOBNOSTER, MISSOURI, TWO GRANDSONS, TWO SISTERS, ANN BEQUETTE AND HUSBAND BOB OF HIGH RIDGE, MISSOURI, ELEANOR PINSON AND HUSBAND PAL OF DESOTO, MISSOURI, ONE NIECE, SHELLY BROWN AND HUSBAND MARC OF IMPERIAL, MISSOURI, THREE NEPHEWS, TERRY PINSON, ROB PINSON AND RICK PINSON ALL OF DESOTO, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER, BARBARA MEARSEAL, ONE SON, KENNETH MEARSEAL, ONE SISTER, JEARLDINE MEARSEAL AND ONE BROTHER, MARVIN MEARSEAL.
JERRY LIKED BEING OUTDOORS. HE ENJOYED A RELAXING FISHING TRIP AND HUNTING ALL TYPES OF ANIMALS. HE ENJOYED PLAYING CARD GAMES LIKE, EUCHRE, RUMMY AND PITCH. JERRY WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 10:45 AM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 AT THE ST. JOACHIM CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE STU TRIPLETT, DONALD COLEMAN, DANNY COLEMAN, RON POLITTE, BOB POLITTE AND SHEY HAMELTON.
TONY HUFF
TONY BRENT HUFF OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT IRONTON, MISSOURI ON MAY 3, 1956. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE HERBERT AND JANICE (EGBERT) HUFF. TONY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 23, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FORTY-SIX YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TWENTY-ONE DAYS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS, DEBBIE FRENCH OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI AND MISSY MERCER AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ONE BROTHER, KIRK HUFF AND SIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, HERB HUFF, JR.
TONY WAS BLESSED WITH THE GIFT OF WRITING POETRY AND WITH A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR AND ENJOYED SHARING BOTH WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE LOVED BEING AROUND PEOPLE, PLAYING CARDS, COOKING AND VISITING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS. TONY WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AT THE POTOSI LOCKER PLANT, WARDS, AND POTOSI FOOD MART. HE LATER WORKED AT WAL-MART IN FARMINGTON. HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 6:00 PM TO 7:00 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 7:00 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2002 WITH BROTHER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. A PRIVATE BURIAL WAS HELD 9:30 AM ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2002 AT THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
VIRGIL VANDERGRIFF
VIRGIL EUGENE VANDERGRIFF OF LONEDELL, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT CADET, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 4, 1948, THE SON OF VIOLET (HEDRICK) VANDERGRIFF AND THE LATE EARL MELVIN VANDERGRIFF. VIRGIL DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN LONDELL, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 29, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-THREE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-SIX DAYS.
VIRGIL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JUDY WICKER ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1967 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JUDY A. VANDERGRIFF OF LONDELL, MISSOURI, HIS MOTHER, VIOLET VANDERGRIFF, ONE DAUGHTER, BRENDA PRATTE AND HUSBAND JEREMY OF O'FALLON, MISSOURI, TWO SISTERS, SHIRLEY VANDERGRIFF OF CADET, MISSOURI, VIVIAN "JERI" LEE AND HUSBAND EARL OF SHELBYVILLE, TEXAS, TWO BROTHERS, MIKE VANDERGRIFF AND WIFE LANA OF CADET, MISSOURI AND LARRY VANDERGRIFF AND WIFE PHYLIS OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, MOTHER-IN- LAW, OPAL WICKER OF TIFF, MISSOURI AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS & OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS FATHER HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, BRIAN VANDERGRIFF AND FATHER-IN-LAW, CLIFFORD WICKER.
VIRGIL WAS A MEMBER OF THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, LONEDELL, MISSOURI.
VIRGIL WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE A.F. & A.M. #131, POTOSI, MISSOURI. VIRGIL ENJOYED BOWLING WITH FRIENDS, COLLECTING COINS, PUTTING JIGSAW PUZZLES TOGETHER AND READING THE "LEFT BEHIND" SERIES. HE ENJOYED HELPING IN MANY WAYS AT THE ST. CLAIR SENIOR CENTER. HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2002. THE POTOSI MASONIC LODGE A.F. & A.M. #131 HELD A MASONIC MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 7:00 P.M. AUGUST 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 2:00 P.M. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH PASTOR BEN KINGSTON OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED AT THE FUNERAL WERE IN THE GARDEN, WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER AND THE OLD RUGGED CROSS. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL Cemetery, POTOSI, MISSOURI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE MITCH SOBBA, ALLEN WICKER, RANDY LEE, GARY VANDERGRIFF, KEVIN LURKINS, MARK WICKER, JEREMY PRATTE AND STEVEN WICKER.
LOUISE BONE
LOUISE ROSE BONE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT CADET, MISSOURI ON APRIL 7, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH "BOSS" AND NEALIE (DEAN) COURTOIS. LOUISE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE ST. JOSEPH KIRKWOOD HOSPITAL IN KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 29, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
LOUISE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JOSEPH FENWICK WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH AS AN ACTIVE MILITARY PERSON IN WORLD WAR II. SHE WAS THEN married TO BERNIS "BUBBY" BONE ON MARCH 3, 1951 IN POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS. BUBBY PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON DECEMBER 23, 1987.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, LEROY FENWICK OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ONE STEP-SON, JOHN BONE OF FORTWORTH, TEXAS, TWO SISTERS, ROBERTA COOPER AND HUSBAND NEIL OF LEADINGTON, MISSOURI AND ALBERTA MAXWELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE BROTHER, HAROLD COURTOIS AND WIFE PATSY OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, ONE GRANDSON, KEVIN JAMES FENWICK, TWO STEP- GRANDSONS, JASON AND JOHN BONE, AND DEAR FRIEND, LOWELL BAY. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, DALE FENWICK, TWO SISTERS, STELLA BOEHN AND LUCILLE EVANS, THREE BROTHERS, LILBURN (JACK)COURTOIS, GEORGE COURTOIS AND BERNARD COURTOIS.
LOUISE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH, OLD MINES, MISSOURI. SHE ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR MUSIC AND PLAYING THE PIANO. LOUISE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA FOR HER ABILITY TO SPOT AN ANTIQUE AT AN AUCTION OR SALE. LOUISE PRIDED HERSELF ON HER ANTIQUE PROFESSIONALISM BUT ALSO ON HER LOVE AND ABILITY TO DEAL IN REAL ESTATE. PRIOR TO HER HUSBANDS DEATH THEY OWNED THE POWDER SPRINGS AREA WERE THEY ENJOYED HAVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS LAKESIDE. LOUISE WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2002 AND 8:30 AM TO 9:45 AM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE TONY COURTOIS, TOM COURTOIS, RICHARD WALTON, NEIL COOPER, JOHN COURTOIS, KEVIN FENWICK AND BURL PORTELL.
DAVID SISCO
DAVID MICHAEL SISCO OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON JULY 29, 1947. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ALBERT CARL SISCO AND EDITH LEE (BLACKWELL) McCAULEY. DAVID DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUDDENLY IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY FIVE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND SEVEN DAYS.
DAVID WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LELIA ROSE HENRY ON JULY 26, 1997 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, LELIA SISCO OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, THREE DAUGHTERS, STACY LEIGH STEWART AND HUSBAND JOHN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, PENNY SUE GAMBLE OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI AND HEATHER GAMBLE OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, ONE BROTHER, LARRY SISCO AND WIFE FRAN OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ONE HALF BROTHER, DAVID McCAULEY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ONE SISTER, CAROLINE MYERS OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ONE GRANDSON, MICHAEL AARON STEWART OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, MOTHER-IN-LAW, LENA WOMBLE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, PATRICIA SISCO.
DAVE ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS MOTHER NATURE GAVE TO HIM. HE LIKED BEING OUTDOORS WHERE HE COULD GO FISHING AND CAMPING. DAVE WAS KNOWN TO MANY AS THE JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. HE ENJOYED WORKING WITH ELECTRICITY, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
DAVID HAD SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 1966 TO SEPTEMBER 25, 1968. HE HAD RECEIVED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND THE SHARP SHOOTER RIBBON.
VISITATION FOR DAVE WAS HELD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2002 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND ROGER TABOR OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW DIGGINS Cemetery, MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALL BEARERS WERE JOE SISCO, PATRICK MYERS, JEFF MYERS, ANDY SANDERSON, KENNETH HENRY, CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLIN, MATTHEW MINSON AND JEFF GRAVES.
RONALD RICHARDS
RONALD RICHARDS OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON MARCH 30, 1943. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE HARRY RICHARDS AND DOROTHY (NIPPER) BALDRIDGE. RONALD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN CALEDONIA, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY NINE YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND SEVEN DAYS.
RONALD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO RUTH GREEN IN FEBRUARY 1963 AND THEN WAS LATER married TO LORETTA BRADFORD IN JULY 1994.
HE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS, KIMBERLY L. DANE AND SPECIAL FRIEND KELLY OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, TAMMY HARTLEY AND HUSBAND BILL OF BOLIVER, MISSOURI AND LISA BRADLEY AND HUSBAND JOHN OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, ONE STEP DAUGHTER, TERRI BAILEY AND HUSBAND RANDY OF DESLOGE, MISSOURI, ONE HALF SISTER, TINA OETH OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TWO HALF BROTHERS, LARRY BALDRIDGE AND WIFE ELAINE OF CADET, MISSOURI AND BRIAN RICHARDS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, JACOB AND MACKENZIE HARTLEY OF BOLIVER, MISSOURI, LOGAN, MARTHA, AND ISABELLE BRADLEY OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND TWO STEP GRANDCHILDREN, ANDREA AND BRANDI BAILEY, ONE AUNT, DONNA WARDEN AND HUSBAND PAUL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE UNCLE, WENDELL NIPPER AND WIFE BONNIE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, BILL RICHARDS, AND ONE GRANDSON, COREY RICHARDS.
RON WAS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE IN THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE LOCAL AREA. RON ENJOYED ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY HIS CHICKEN AND PIGEONS. RON ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE, AND REPAID HER BEAUTY WITH HIS LOVE FOR GARDENING. HE ENJOYED TAKING SHORT TRIPS IN THE AREA TO SEE THE MANY BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS OF THE OZARKS. RON HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND HE CHERISHED THE MANY MOMENTS SPENT WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND EDGAR GREEN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE GARY YOUNT, JERRY DAVIS, JOHN LUCAS, JOHN BRADLEY, BILL HARTLEY AND KELLY STOTLER.
