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Thursday, November 6, 2014
The saiNT Joseph Telegraph
heaton-bowman-smith & sidenfaden
chapel. The family suggests memorial
contributions to st. Jude’s children’s
hospital.
Norma J. gallagher
1933 - 2014 | age 81
Norma Jean (Walker) lindensmith
gallagher, 81, st. Joseph, died
Wednesday, october 29, 2014 at home.
she was born February 13, 1933 to
chester and alta (Walls) Walker in st.
Joseph.
Norma was a 1950 graduate of benton
high school and she retired from
missouri Western state university after
25 years as personal secretary to the
president of the college.
Norma was actively involved in the
pony express museum, the runcie
club, Questers, Flower society,
inklings book club, and her beloved
caJ club of which she had been part
of for over 60 years. she was also very
proud to design the garden at our lady
of guadalupe catholic church.
she was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Jerry lindensmith;
son, philip lindensmith; and step-son,
mark gallagher.
survivors: her husband, dan
gallagher of the home; son, mark
lindensmith (gaytha); brother, donald
Walker; step-children, susie Kovac
(mark), Julie gallagher, Kristi Nikes
(greg), Jeff lawson (roxie), and lisa
gawatz (danny); numerous grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
memorial services: Friday, october
31 meierhoffer Funeral home &
crematory. inurnment memorial park
cemetery. in lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to
american cancer society.
paTricia guardado
1946 - 2014 | age 68
patricia “patty” guardado, 68, st.
Joseph, died Thursday, october 23,
2014 at her residence.
she was born February 16, 1946 to
Kenny and dorma hamm. patty married louis F. guardado who preceded
her in death on december 19, 1989.
she was a secretary for dowis
insurance company and Wisdom
manufacturing. she attend lafayette
high school. she was a member of st.
rose of lima catholic church, and an
avid golfer.
she was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sons, louis Jr. and
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Jeffrey guardado; and sisters, Karen
Whitten, Judy root, and merilee
grippando.
survivors: son, Joseph guardado, st.
Joseph;
grandchildren,
louis,
samantha, and casey guardado; brothers, dean gary and roy hamm; sister,
donita Kier; nieces and nephews..
The family suggests memorial gifts to
hands of hope hospice. care provided by meierhoffer Funeral home &
crematory.
leNora h. hibbs
1920 - 2014 | age 94
lenora helen (boyd) hibbs, 94,
passed from this life Friday, october
24, 2014 at laverna village in
savannah, mo.
she was born January 6, 1920 southeast of King city, mo. to clifton and
maude (lile) boyd. lenora was baptized at a young age. she was a graduate of grandview high school.
she married maurice hibbs,
december 10, 1938 and he preceded
her in death march 10, 1991. lenora
was also preceded in death by her parents and two brothers ralph d. and
eugene c. boyd.
maurice and lenora lived on a farm
until they moved to mcFall in 1948.
Then in 1955, they moved to
pattonsburg, mo. where she worked in
the school cafeteria for 13 years. upon
retirement, they moved to savannah in
1982, where lenora became a volunteer in the oats office, senior center
and rsvp in 1992 and received two
president’s pins for hours volunteered.
surviving family includes two sons,
ronald hibbs, Forest city, mo. and
clifton (Janis) hibbs, clarksdale, mo;
grandchildren, randy (colette) hibbs,
Jennifer reed, and Jodie (clayton)
runnels; great-grandchildren, adrian
cary, reganne, and riley reed; and
several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
services: monday, october 27
roberson Funeral home, pattonsburg,
mo.
interment mcFall cemetery,
mcFall mo. The family received
friends sunday, october 26 at meierhoffer Funeral home & crematory.
mildred J. huFFmaN
1930 - 2014 | age 84
mildred June huffman, 84, of st.
Joseph, passed away monday, october
27, 2014.
mildred was born on July 31, 1930 to
harry and ruth (shrewsbury) currell
in hamilton, mo. she married milton
huffman at the methodist church in
cameron, mo. in 1948. after marriage, they lived in Wyoming a year
and a half before moving back to
missouri to farm in Winston. milton
passed away on may 30, 2007.
mildred was secretary at Winston
school for nine years prior to retiring
and moving to st. Joseph.
mildred was preceded in death by her
parents; husband; foster son James;
five sisters gretchen currell, pauline
Whitaker, hazel hall, dorotha porter
and Faye clayton; and one brother earl
currell.
she was a graduate of cameron high
school. she was a member of the
Winston baptist church and in recent
years attended lighthouse Fellowship
church in st. Joseph.
she had a great love for music and
enjoyed playing the piano. mildred
was a dedicated volunteer at the Joyce
raye patterson senior center for 26
years where she was director of the
sing-a-ling rhythm band; leader of
the dance committee, and organized
the center’s pitch club.
survivors: foster daughter, Jessica
critten, liberty; two foster grandsons,
garret critten and paul critten,
liberty; many nieces and nephews; and
her dear friend dick lee.
memorial services
saturday,
November 1, 2014 at heaton-bowmansmith & sidenfaden chapel in st.
Joseph. inurnment at Winston cemetery in Winston, mo. ms. huffman
has been cremated under the direction
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&
of
sidenfaden chapel. memorial contributions:
lighthouse
Fellowship
church in st. Joseph.
samuel l. JoNes
1956 - 2014 | age 58
samuel l. Jones, age 58, st. Joseph,
was born march 14, 1956 in Kansas
city, mo the son of paul ruben and
helen g. (eversole) Jones and passed
away october 29, 2014.
samuel served in the u.s. army. on
march 2, 1991 samuel and deborah J.
spencer were united in marriage in
savannah, mo.
he is preceded in death by his parents.
survivors include his wife deborah
Jones, st. Joseph; three children, Kelly
bringus, Winnsboro, TX, sam
donaldson (loretta), bethany, mo,
and Keri Jordan (brad), Kansas city,
mo; two brothers, bob Jones (mary),
stewartsville, mo and paul Jones, Jr.
stewartsville, mo; 10 grandchildren;
and numerous nieces, nephews,
cousins, and friends.
Funeral services . monday, November
3, 2014 at bram-Turner Funeral home,
maysville with burial in old maysville
cemetery. memorial contributions in
lieu of flowers: Woodson chapel, Ku
medical center burn unit, or
association of the blind. online condolences: www.bram-turnerfuneralhome.com
eddie may mace
1940 - 2014 | age 74
eddie may mace, 74, of st. Joseph,
passed away Thursday, october 23,
2014 at a local hospital.
mrs. mace was a long time member
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of carnegie baptist church. she retired
from h.d. lee.
she is preceded in death by two loves
of her life, Jessie castleman and
homer "butch" mace; daughter
Tammy mace Jones; her mother
elberta and step-father dewey bryant
and father Jessie hughes sr.; siblings,
bettie hoover, margaret Walker, T.b.
hughes and Jessie hughes Jr. and
grandson colton sapp.
survivors include her children,
William castleman, of lincoln, Ne,
peggy Jo (mark) Woolard, of Table
rock, Ne, monica (leroy) sapp, of
Weatherby, mo; siblings, doris (elvin)
Winslow, of st. Joseph and Jettie cline
of reno, Nv; grandchildren, monty
mace, danny demers, crystal Woods,
adam (candis) stanton, Jason (ashlie)
stanton, Katie Kerns, ashley sapp,
caleb sapp, bailey mace, erica Noble,
Trevor castleman, Jessie Wicker,
chance castleman, dylan Woolard,
and Jeremiahe Woolard; 19 greatgrandchildren; nieces and nephews.
graveside service and interment
monday, october 27 at odd Fellows
cemetery, st. Joseph. rev. brett
Winder, officiating. eulogy to be read
by caleb sapp. in lieu of flowers,
memorials are suggested to eddie
mace memorial Fund, c/o clarksampson Funeral home.
online obituary and condolences at
www.clarksampson.com
virgiNia m. maJesKi
1931 - 2014 | age 83
virginia marie majeski 83, of saint
Joseph, passed away Thursday,
october 23, 2014 in a Wathena, Ks
health care center.
she was born January 30, 1931 in st.
Joseph, daughter of Nina and ernest
ezzell.
she was a homemaker, and also
worked at sietz and retired from
boehringer-ingellheim. she was a
christian.
virginia was preceded in death by
husband, anthony John majeski, her
parents, a daughter, Jeanette Wright, a
son, michael majeski, six brothers:
Jack, donald, charlie, ernie, leroy,
and robert ezzell, four sisters,
Josephine bruce, shirley curtis, betty
baur, and Nancy matthews.
survivors include, five children:
randy majeski of saint Joseph, linda
majeski of parkville, mo, regina
majeski, Jude (barbara) majeski, all of
st. Joseph, and steven (Kim) majeski
of maysville, mo, a brother, Wayne
(Kay) ezzell, sister-in-law, delores
ezzell, brother-in-law, donny baur.
Funeral services saturday, october
25, 2014 at rupp Funeral home, with
pastor Tim uzzle officiating,
interment at the National cemetery at a
later date. online condolence and obituary at http://www.ruppfuneral.com
hoWard e. may
1938 - 2014 | age 76
howard e. may, 76, elwood, Ks., died
Thursday, october 16, 2014 at his
home surrounded by family.
he was born april 2, 1938 to howard
and sally may in mecca, mo. he
attended schools in plattsburg and
bartlett school in st. Joseph. howard
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