U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014EVA DECLUE
EVA MAE DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 24, 1911. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN F. AND JOSIE A. (HUDSON) BAYS. EVA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME ON JANUARY 10, 2003 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY-ONE YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND SEVENTEEN DAYS.
EVA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MICHAEL ABRAHAM DECLUE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1927 AND TO THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, DOROTHY YARBROUGH AND HUSBAND ALEX OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SONS, LOUIS DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, PAUL DECLUE AND WIFE MARGARET OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, MICHAEL DECLUE AND WIFE ELKE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DONALD DECLUE AND WIFE DEBBIE OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, RONALD DECLUE AND WIFE BONNIE OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI AND PATRICK DECLUE AND WIFE JILL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SISTERS, JEAN O'CELLO OF COCOA, FLORIDA, BETTY LEFAIVRE AND HUSBAND CLINT OF Arizona AND MOLLIE WORRELL OF WASHINGTON, TWENTY GRANDCHILDREN AND TWENTY EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SPECIAL CAREGIVER, LINDA DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND THE HOME HEALTH STAFF MEMBERS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE GRANDCHILD.
EVA ENJOYED QUILTING AND COOKING AND WAS KNOWN AS AN EXPERT SEAMSTRESS. SHE WAS A GOOD MOTHER TAKING WONDERFUL CARE OF HER CHILDREN. EVA ENJOYED CANNING AND GROWING VEGETABLES. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2003 AND 8:30 AM TO 9:45 AM MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED 10:00 AM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2003 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 MARK YARBROUGH, MIKE DECLUE, PHILLIP DECLUE, DAVID DECLUE, TINA BRADLEY AND RICK DECLUE.
DOROTHY "TINKER" CREED
DOROTHY JANE CREED OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT FREDERICKTOWN, MISSOURI ON APRIL 15, 1962. SHE IS THE OF DAUGHTER EVA V. (AMES) DRUMMONDS AND THE LATE ROBERT C. CREED. DOROTHY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 10, 2003 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FORTY YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, EVA DRUMMONDS OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, BROTHERS, ROBERT CREED AND WIFE JUDY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO AND CARL CREED OF STONY CREEK, VIRGINIA, FIANCE' HOWARD FOX OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI AND NIECE, COLLEEN CREED OF GOLDEN, COLORADO. IN ADDITION TO HER FATHER TINKER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHER, FRANKLIN DARRELL CREED.
"TINKER" AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNEW HER, WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY ARTS AND CRAFTS CLUB. SHE ENJOYED WATCHING T.V. ESPECIALLY CARTOONS BUT HER FAVORITE SHOWS WERE E.R. AND C.S.I. TINKER WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2003 AND 8:30 AM 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. BRUCE TORRENCE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, WAYNE BOWLING, HAROLD MCCLINTOCK, MELVIN MCCLINTOCK, JEFF GRIFFORD AND SAM KING.
SHIRLEY SHERMAN
SHIRLEY MAE SHERMAN OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA WAS BORN ON APRIL 17, 1938 IN PALMER, MISSOURI. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE IRA HICKLE AND BERTHA (BLAIR) TURNBOUGH. SHIRLEY DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 29, 2002 AT THE PROVIDENCE ALASKA MEDICAL CENTER.
SHIRLEY IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND, DONALD C. SHERMAN; DAUGHTERS, CARLA SHERMAN AND LORI A. HAMANN AND HUSBAND DENNIS, SON, CHRIS SHERMAN AND WIFE PEGGY, GRANDDAUGHTERS, MICHELLE OSBURN, STEPHANIE OSBURN, WHITNEY HAMANN, JACLYNN HAMANN, DANA SHERMAN, GRANDSONS, RYAN OSBURN AND RANDAL SHERMAN, BROTHERS, LINDEL TURNBOUGH AND WIFE KATHERINE AND AVONDLE TURNBOUGH AND WIFE SHIRLEY, SISTER JUDY WEEKLEY AND HUSBAND DON. SHIRLEY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, IRA AND BERTHA TURNBOUGH.
SHIRLEY ENJOYED INTERIOR DECORATING, PAINTING AND SHOPPING. SHE WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY ALL WHO WERE BLESSED TO KNOW HER.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WAS HELD 2:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2003 AT THE REDBUD MEMORIAL GARDENS. BURIAL WAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
JOSEPH JUNIOR MESSEX
JOSEPH JUNIOR MESSEX OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JUNE 8, 1947, IN RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, A SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM MESSEX AND THE LATE BLANCHE LUCILLE DECLUE. JOSEPH DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUDDENLY JUNE 10, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-TWO YEARS AND TWO DAYS.
JOSEPH WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO KAY FOX ON JUNE 3, 1999, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
JOSEPH IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, KAY MESSEX OF POTOSI, HIS FATHER, JOSEPH WILLIAM MESSEX OF SULLIVAN, TWO DAUGHTERS, SHELIA LAIRD AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NEW HAVEN, SUSAN OWENS AND HUSBAND BOB OF ST. CHARLES, ONE GRANDSON, BOBBY JO OWENS, ONE STEP DAUGHTER, GWENDOLYN FOX OF POTOSI, ONE STEP SON, ZACHARIAH FOX OF THE FAMILY HOME, ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, TAYLOR OWENS, TWO BROTHERS, ERNEST MESSEX AND WIFE BARBARA OF BOURBON, FRED DECLUE AND WIFE JAN OF DITTMER, ONE SISTER, LINDA COURTWAY AND HUSBAND PAUL OF RICHWOODS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. JOSEPH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER, BLANCHE DECLUE AND ONE BROTHER, RICKY MESSEX.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND DAVID OVERALL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN HORINE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PAUL COURTWAY, RICK DECLUE, AARON SAUNDERS, STEVE DECLUE, JOHN LAIRD AND BOB OWENS. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, REVEREND WILL PERRY AND DARRELL VANCE.
JOSEPH PAUL HELLWIG
JOE P. HELLWIG OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN DECEMBER 19, 1915, IN DESOTO, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE EUGENE M. AND MARY E. (HARPER) HELLWIG. JOE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER ON APRIL 12, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS.
JOE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO AMYLEE "BEA" DELASHMIT ON JULY 23, 1971, IN HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, AT THE ST. MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH.
JOE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE BEA HELLWIG OF POTOSI, THREE BROTHERS, RAYMOND HELLWIG AND WIFE KATHY OF ST. LOUIS, JIM HELLWIG AND WIFE KATHRYN OF CHIEFLAND, FLORIDA, FRANK HELLWIG AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AND OTHER SISTERS AND BROTHERS-IN-LAW, MARY T. HELLWIG OF ST. LOUIS, MARIAN ALEXANDER OF ST. CLAIR, DON AND PATSY DELASHMIT OF BELLEVIEW, LOVELL AND RHONDA DELASHMIT OF BELGRADE, WILLIE AND LA DONNA DELASHMIT OF BELGRADE, ANN MARIE BUCKLEY OF POTOSI, FERN KRUEGER OF ST. LOUIS, RALPH AND LIZ KRODINGER OF DESOTO, GLADYS AND FREDDIE DRUMMOND OF DESOTO, MABLE JENNINGS OF DESOTO, DONALD AND KAREN KRODINGER OF DESOTO, LARRY AND RITA KRODINGER OF DESOTO, ANN AND CARL OBERLE OF DESOTO, FIVE GODCHILDREN, ANN KRODINGER OBERLE, JOYANN HELLWIG, KAREN HELLWIG HANKINSON, STEVE WITTE AND BARBARA KRUEGER BERGER AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, CARINA (IDA) HELLWIG, SSJ, FIVE BROTHERS, EDWARD JOHN, EUGENE ROBERT, VICTOR WILLIAM, CHARLES ALBERT AND WILLIAM GEORGE HELLWIG, GRANDPARENTS, JOHN R AND JUSTINE IDA (BOYER) HARPER AND ALBERT AND AUGUSTA (KOZLOWSKI) HELLWIG AND HIS FIRST WIFE, JOAN M. KRODINGER.
JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WAS DEDICATED TO ITS' TEACHINGS. PRIOR TO JOE'S RETIREMENT HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY MOPAC RAILROAD. JOE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR ANIMALS AND A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART FOR HIS MANY PETS, WHO WILL MISS HIS LOVE AND ATTENTION VERY MUCH. JOE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME HUNTING, READING BOOKS, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND MANAGED BALL TEAMS WHILE IN THE NAVY AND WHILE RESIDING IN DESOTO. JOE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT CLUB, A LIFE MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, VFW AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY AND A MEMBER OF THE T.C.I.U. AFL-CIO LODGE #6078.
JOE HAD SERVED HIS COUNTRY FAITHFULLY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM 1942 TO 1945 AS A FIRST CLASS MACHINIST MATE, HE HAD SERVED IN GUADACANAL, NEW ZEALAND, EMIRAU, ADMIRABILITY ISLANDS AND THE PHILLIPINE ISLANDS.
JOE WAS A KIND PERSON WITH A SINCERE DEDICATED FAITH IN GOD AND HIS CHURCH. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI. MEMORIAL SERVICES BY THE V.F.W. AND THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WERE HELD FRIDAY EVENING.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1999, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. ROSE OF LIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALVARY Cemetery, DESOTO, IN THE FAMILY PLOT. GRAVESIDE MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE PRESENTED BY THE AMVETS OF DESOTO. SERVICES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, FRANCIS JULIETTE, PAUL DICKINSON, GEORGE DICKINSON, CHARLES PRATT, DAVID POLITTE AND TOM DEGONIA.
NORMA WILLIAMS
NORMA JEAN WILLIAMS OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT IRONDALE, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 5, 1935. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WALTER LEO AND CARRIE MAE (BREWER) BARBEE. NORMA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE COX MEDICAL CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 14, 2003 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-SEVEN YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.
NORMA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO FRANKLIN WILLIAMS ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 IN CALEDONIA, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, FRANKLIN WILLIAMS OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, DAUGHTERS, DONNA JEAN PAYNE OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND SANDY MARIE HOBSON AND HUSBAND MAX OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, SON, RONALD FRANKLIN WILLIAMS AND WIFE DEBORAH OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, BROTHER, LESTER BARBEE AND WIFE NORMA JEAN OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS, HAROLD BARBEE AND JIMMY BARBEE.
NORMA ENJOYED TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY TO VISIT WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SHE ENJOYED SPENDING WINTERS IN TEXAS AND Arizona. NORMA WAS A MEMBER OF THE STICH-N-TIME CLUB OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI. NORMA WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003 AND 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH RICHARD DAVIS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, SCOTT PAYNE, BRYAN NEWHOUSE, MICAH WILLIAMS, BRANDAN WILLIAMS, GARY BARBEE, TERRY BARBEE, KENNY BARBEE AND CLIFF BARBEE.
