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Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 11:36 a.m.

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

WILLIE "BILL" FARRIS
WILLIE "BILL" EDGAR FARRIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI ON APRIL 30, 1933. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JUDSON AND ROSE (RICHARDS) FARRIS. BILL DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON DECEMBER 5, 2002 AT THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN FESTUS, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-NINE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS.
BILL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ALENE PASHIA AND TO THIS UNION TEN CHILDREN WERE BORN.
BILL IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS, JOAN GRAHAM AND HUSBAND JIM OF CADET, MISSOURI, CONNIE CRIDER AND HUSBAND MELVIN OF CADET, MISSOURI AND BRENDA WRIGHT OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SIX SONS, EVERETT FARRIS AND WIFE MARILYN OF CADET, MISSOURI, MELVIN FARRIS AND WIFE LINDA OF CADET, MISSOURI, DONALD FARRIS AND WIFE FLOSSIE OF CADET, MISSOURI, RANDY FARRIS AND WIFE SUSAN OF CADET, MISSOURI, MIKE FARRIS OF CADET, MISSOURI AND BRYAN FARRIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, TWENTY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS, ELSIE BOYSTER AND HUSBAND JUNIOR AND MAE RULO AND HUSBAND BUTCH, THREE BROTHERS, BEN FARRIS AND WIFE JOYCE, LEONARD FARRIS AND WIFE JODIE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND JOHN FARRIS OF LEESBURG, MISSOURI AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVE AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON, LESTER FARRIS, SISTERS, ALICE RAY AND INFANT MARY LOU FARRIS, BROTHERS, JUNIOR FARRIS AND GEORGE FARRIS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED 2:00 PM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH BROTHER DON STRAUSER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW DIGGINS CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE GREG FARRIS, JEFF FARRIS, DENNIS FARRIS, TIM FARRIS, WAYLON GRAHAM AND CHRIS CUSUMANO.

JEFFREY JOHNSON
JEFFREY ALLEN JOHNSON OF TIFF, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 14, 1963. HE WAS THE SON OF JANNIE (BOYER) JOHNSON AND THE LATE JOSEPH M. JOHNSON. JEFFREY DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON DECEMBER 9, 2002 AT THE GEORGIAN GARDENS NURSING HOME IN POTOSI, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TWENTY-SIX DAYS.
JEFFREY IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER JANNIE BOYER OF TIFF, MISSOURI; TWO DAUGHTERS KELLY AMBER JOHNSON AND HER MOTHER ANGELIQUE SILVEY OF TIFF, MISSOURI AND JODIE LYNN HAWKINS OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI; THREE SISTERS MELODY DUNCAN OF CADET, MISSOURI, SANDRA SHORT OF UNION, MISSOURI AND MARGIE MESSEY OF OLD MINES, MISSOURI; ONE BROTHER TERRY JOSEPH JOHNSON, OF TIFF, MISSOURI, ONE HALF SISTER MICHELLE PERRY OF HIGH RIDGE, MISSOURI AND ONE HALF BROTHER ANDREW JOSEPH JOHNSON OF CADET, MISSOURI AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. JEFFREY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER.
JEFFREY WAS A MEMBER OF THE BONNE TERRE EAGLES LODGE WHERE HE ENJOYED VISITING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS. HE HAD MANY NICKNAMES BUT THE ONE MOST FONDLY REMEMBERED WAS "MONKEY BOY". JEFFREY ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE BY HUNTING, FISHING, BOATING AND RIDING FOUR-WHEELERS. JEFFREY WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 10:30 AM TO 1:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED 1:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH BROTHER JOHN EMILY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE HOUSE OF PRAYER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE TOM PRYOR, SCOTT JOHNSON, IVAN JOHNSON, RICHARD BOYER, LEROY BOYER AND DON JOHNSON.

FRED "FRITZ" TORWEGGE
FRED WILLIAM TORWEGGE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON JULY 1, 1931. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE FRED W. AND DUSSIE ESTHER (EVANS) TORWEGGE. FRITZ DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 12, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND ELEVEN DAYS.
FRED WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANNA BELLE STROUP ON OCTOBER 10, 1952 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION ONE CHILD WAS BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ANNA BELLE TORWEGGE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE SON, CRAIG TORWEGGE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ONE NIECE CAROLINE HONDO OF ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, CHARLOTTE STEPHENS.
"FRITZ", AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNEW HIM, WAS RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WHERE HE WORKED AS POSTMASTER FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES KOREAN WAR. HE ALSO SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. FRITZ ENJOYED VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND LIKED GATHERINGS OF ALL KINDS. HE WAS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE WAS AN USHER, TREASURER FOR TRAINING SERVICES, TRUSTEE AND MEMBER OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. FRITZ WAS A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI MASONIC LODGE #131 A.F. & A.M. AND WAS PAST WORSHIPFUL MASTER. HE WAS KNOWN TO MANY AS A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND FATHER AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI. A MASONIC MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2002 AT 7:00 PM AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD 11:00 AM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JEFF RICHARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PAUL VILLMER, JOHN MOUSER, STANLEY HOLLINSWORTH, DON PITTMAN, JACK WILKERSON AND ROLLA GRIGGS.

SANDRA PECK
SANDRA KAY PECK OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT SHELLBYVILLE, INDIANA ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1965. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MELVIN WOLTERING AND NANCY LOU (MOORE) HALSTED. SANDRA DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON DECEMBER 9, 2002 AT THE ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
SANDRA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO DARREL ALLEN PECK ON MAY 12, 1991 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
SANDRA IS SURVIVED BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, DARREL PECK OF CADET, MISSOURI; SON, DUSTIN PAUL WOLTERING OF CADET, MISSOURI; BROTHERS, BRYAN WOLTERING OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAYNE WOLTERING OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI AND DONALD HALSTED, JR. OF CADET, MISSOURI; STEP FATHER, DONALD HALSTED, SR. OF CADET, MISSOURI; FAMILY FRIEND, SCOTT VOTH OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; SISTER-IN-LAW, SUSAN FARRIS AND HUSBAND RANDY OF CADET, MISSOURI; MOTHER-IN-LAW, PAT CAIN OF CADET, MISSOURI AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
SANDY, AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNEW HER, ENJOYED LISTENING TO MUSIC, READING STEPHEN KING BOOKS AND DOING CRAFTS. SANDY SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FOR FOUR YEARS. SHE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED 2:00 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. JOHN EDWARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DUSTIN WOLTERING, DAVID COFFMAN, DONALD HALSTED, SR., DONALD HALSTED, JR., ROBERT SNOW AND JAMES PECK.

KATHERINE REEVES
KATHERINE CROW REEVES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN IN FREDERICKTOWN, MISSOURI ON MAY 31, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CLARENCE AND FLORENCE (PATTON) CROW. KATHERINE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND ELEVEN DAYS.
KATHERINE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS, SANDY GILLENWATER AND HUSBAND CORNELL OF CEDARVILLE, TEXAS, MARTY THEBEAU AND HUSBAND MIKE OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, BECKY REEVES AND HUSBAND ALAN OF MANAHAWKIN, NEW JERSEY AND LINDA COLEMAN AND HUSBAND LINDELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE SON, MICHAEL REEVES OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ONE SISTER, HELEN LIVINGSTON AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF SALEM, OREGON, TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, BROTHER-IN-LAW, HENRY HORSTMAN OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND SISTER-IN-LAW, OLDENIA CROW OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE SISTERS, JANE HORSTMAN, ELIZABETH BROWNELL AND MARY CHRENKA AND ONE BROTHER, ROBERT "BOB" PHILLIP CROW.
KATHERINE ENJOYED MANY THINGS IN HER LIFE. THE GREATEST GIF KATHERINE BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD WAS HER KIND AND LOVING HEART. SHE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT POTOSI GRADE SCHOOL, KINGSTON K-14 ELEMENTARY, AND IN THE RURAL AREA OF ANTHONY'S MILL. KATHERINE ENJOYED PLAYING BRIDGE WITH HER FRIENDS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE EN AVANTE SOCIETY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN FREDERICKTOWN WHERE SHE SPENT HER CHILDHOOD. IN HER LATER YEARS KATHERINE PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED IN WOMEN'S CIRCLE.
KATHERINE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 10:30 AM TO 2:00 PM ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 AT THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED 2:00 PM ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 AT THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH REVEREND JOHN IRWIN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, MIKE THEBEAU, LINDELL COLEMAN, ANDREW LORE, DAN CHRENKA, DAVID CHRENKA, KEN BROWNELL AND ROBERT BROWNELL.

TOMMY DICKERSON
TOMMY DICKERSON OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1922. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND HALLIE (JOHNSON) DICKERSON. TOMMY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 12, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND ONE DAY.
HE IS SURVIVED BY, EX-WIFE, MARGIE (RAY) DICKERSON OF LEMAY, MISSOURI AND EX-WIFE, MARGARET (DECLUE) KITE OF CADET, MISSOURI, ONE DAUGHTER, JO ANN EDWARDS OF HOUSE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, FOUR SONS, TOMMY DICKERSON AND WIFE MARTHA OF HOUSE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, CHARLES DICKERSON AND WIFE SANDY OF LEMAY, MISSOURI, KENNETH DICKERSON AND WIFE JENNIFER OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND STEVEN DICKERSON OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWELVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE SISTER, CORRINE NIKOLAISEN OF LEMAY, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER, GLENDA SCHLITTLER, AND TWO BROTHERS, LOUIS DICKERSON AND LARRY DICKERSON AND HALF SISTER, PEARL HOUSER.
TOMMY SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE. HE LIKED HUNTING, GOING TO SHOOTING MATCHES AND HAVING BBQ'S WHERE HE COULD VISIT WITH FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 10:00 AM ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE JEFFERSON BARRACKS CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PHILLIP DICKERSON, FRANK ROWL, DENNIS KITE AND STEVE KITE.

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

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