U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
LILLIE S. POLITTE
Lillie S Politte of Cadet passed away on April 29, 2003, at the Washington County Memorial Hospital at the age of 92 years and 7 months. She was born on September 29, 1910, the daughter of the late Willie Eli Boyer and Sarah Rachel (Allie) Cain.
Lillie was united in marriage to Earl Joseph (Dago) Politte on May 21, 1936, at the St. Joachim Catholic Church in Old Mines. To this union 8 children were born.
Lillie was one of eleven (11) children. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl, five (5) sisters Pearl Boyer, Nellie Courtaway, Virgie Merseal, Louise Oshia and baby Rachel, five (5) brothers Mick, Earnest, Floyd, Roy and Francis, two (2) Grandsons Kurt and Brian Politte, one (1) Great Grandson David Michael Eckhoff.
Among those who remain to morn her passing are five (5) daughters Hazel Mrs. Harold Pinson of Cadet, Wilma Mrs. Patrick Kernan of Farmington, Jan Mrs. Harvey Gillam of Cadet, Joan Mrs. Donald Kincaid of Cadet, and Sandy Mrs. Danny Swift of Potosi, three (3) sons Robert and wife Rachel of Cadet, Ronnie and wife Mary of Cadet and Kenny of Cadet. Four (4) Sisters-in-law, Mayme Courtaway, Lena Boyer, Jean Merseal and Marie Coleman. Thirty (30) Grandchildren, Thirty-five (35) Great Grandchildren and one (1) Great Great Grandchild. Numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Lillie was a life long member of the St. Joachim Catholic Church where she was baptized as an infant.
Lillie was a loving, kind and gentle person who put everyone else first. She always made sure that everyone's needs were taken care of before she did anything for herself. Her greatest joy was having her family around her. She loved the "Lillie's Club Parties" held in her honor every month. Some of her favorite pass times were fishing and working in her garden. She loved taking rides with family and enjoying the scenery. She was a Grand Lady. Now she will be rocking with God. All will miss her.
Visitation was held 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Wednesday, April 30, 2003 and 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM on Thursday May, 1, 2003 at the Moore Funeral Home, Potosi.
Funeral Mass was celebrated on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 10:00 AM at St. Joachim Catholic Church with Father Ted Pieper officiating; interment was in the St. Joachim Cemetery under the direction of Moore Funeral Homes, Potosi.
Serving as pallbearers were, Wesley Gillam, Patrick Kernan Jr., Tim Pinson, Bill Politte, Ken Politte and Corey Pinson.
RUTH LOUGHARY
RUTH ELLEN LOUGHARY OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT WADSWORTH, ALABAMA ON NOVEMBER 16, 1914. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CLIFFORD AND MARY ELLEN (PARKER) KEMP. RUTH DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON APRIL 30, 2003 AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND FOURTEEN DAYS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER, JOANN GOODROW AND HUSBAND ED OF PEORIA, Arizona, STEP-SONS, HAROLD LOUGHARY AND WIFE VIVIAN OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND MURRILL LOUGHARY AND WIFE ROLALIE OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, FOURTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SIXTEEN STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVEN STEP-GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBANDS, BEN MEYERS AND OLIVER LOUGHARY, SISTER, MABLE CONVIN AND BROTHERS, MORTON KEMP, ALBERT KEMP, JOHN KEMP AND CLAYTON KEMP.
RUTH WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITY SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH AND O.E. STAR #166, IRONDALE CHAPTER. RUTH ENJOYED CROCHETING GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003 AND 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. GUY CONWAY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, NORMAN LOUGHARY, KARL LOUGHARY, DONALD FAULKNER, JARED FAULKNER, KALEB POLITTE, KERRY POLITTE AND DOOLEY POLITTE.
FRANK ARNOLD
FRANK GILBERT ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS, MISSOURI WAS BORN IN RICHWOODS ON MAY 15, 1934. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE DORSEY FLETCHER AND CLARA EDITH ARNOLD. FRANK DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 6, 2003 AT THE JOHN COCHRAN VETERAN MEDICAL CENTER IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-TWO DAYS.
FRANK WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARY JANE PRUITT ON JANUARY 19, 1966 IN DESOTO, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE, MARY JANE ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS, THREE DAUGHTERS, DEBORAH JANE HOLLINGSWORTH AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF RICHWOODS, MARY EDITH ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS AND BECKY ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS, ONE SON, FRANKIE EUGENE ARNOLD AND WIFE CHERI LYNN OF RICHWOODS, SISTER, ANNA BELLE BROWN OF STEEVILLE, GRANDCHILDREN, JUSTIN ARNOLD OF MINERAL POINT, COURTNEY JANE MCHENRY, BROOKE DESIREE MCHENRY AND KAITY COURTWAY ALL OF RICHWOODS AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, JAMES GILBERT ARNOLD AND ONE BROTHER, ROLAND PARKER ARNOLD.
FRANK SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, BEGINNING ON MARCH 6, 1957 AND SEPARATED ON MARCH 5, 1959 IN FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE AND COMPLETED HIS MILITARY OBLIGATION MARCH 5, 1963 AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
"PUCKY", AS SOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNEW HIM, WAS A MEMBER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN JESUS CHRIST WHERE HIS FAITH LED HIM TO BE VERY ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH AND SERVED AS ASSISTANT PASTOR. HE ENJOYED TREASURE HUNTING WITH HIS METAL DETECTOR AND THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE. FRANK ENJOYED TAKING TIME TO HUNT FOR SQUIRREL AND DEER. HE LOVED TO SHARE HIS TALENT PLAYING HIS GUITAR WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. FRANK WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2003 AND 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. PAUL HOLLINGSWORTH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE HORINE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE LUKE ARNOLD, PAT ARNOLD, MARTY ARNOLD, KENNETH NASH, CLIFFORD DANIEL VANCE, DARRELL WAYNE VANCE AND ANTHONY MICHAEL VANCE.
ROSS WATSON
ROSS WATSON OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT FRANKCLAY, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1921. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE LOUIS AND LOUISA (GOAD) WATSON. ROSS DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 12, 2003 AT THE MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.
ROSS WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARJORIE "MARGIE" KEETON ON MAY 18, 1942 AND TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN. MARGIE PRECEDED HER HUSBAND IN DEATH ON APRIL 9, 1995.
HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, MARY WATSON OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND GINNY SZABO AND HUSBAND STEVE OF ARCADIA, MISSOURI, THREE SONS, ROBERT "BOB" WATSON AND WIFE JEANETTE OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, JOHNNY WATSON AND WIFE DORIS OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI AND K. RICHARD WATSON AND WIFE TAMMY OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PATRICIA HANNON OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, SISTER, EVA POUCHER OF SALEM, MISSOURI, SISTER-IN-LAW, ALMA WATSON, FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, JEFF WATSON, CHRIS KAUFMAN AND HUSBAND CHUCK, RACHAEL WATSON, JOSHUA WATSON, JONATHAN WATSON, TAMMY HEIDLAND AND HUSBAND DOUG, STEVEN ROSS SZABO, RYAN CARMACK, ERIN DECLUE AND HUSBAND DEREK, COURTNEY LARAMORE AND HUSBAND CHRIS, CHASE WATSON AND FIANCE' MISTY GALLAHER, ALEXANDRA WATSON, GRANT WATSON, BRAEDEN WATSON AND HUNTER WATSON, THIRTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ASHLEY WATSON, BREANNE WATSON, BRANDY KAUFMAN, PAULA KAUFMAN, GABRIELLE KAUFMAN, AUSTIN ROSS HEIDLAND, LUKE HEIDLAND, SAMUEL HEIDLAND, RYAN CARMACK, II, KAYLON CARMACK, MADELINE CARMACK, SKYLAR DECLUE AND CORBEN KEETON LARAMORE. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, CHARLES WATSON, TWO SISTERS, MADGE LAWSON AND ETHEL KINDLESPARGER AND THREE BROTHERS, HAROLD WATSON, MARVIN WATSON AND ORVILLE WATSON.
ROSS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 12, 1942 AND SEPARATED ON NOVEMBER 12, 1945 IN JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI. ROSS WAS AWARDED TWO BRONZE STARS, A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC RIBBON, FIVE OVERSEAS BARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND THE VICTORY RIBBON, AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
ROSS LOVED WOODWORKING AND WAS A CUSTOM CARPENTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY BOYER LUMBER IN POTOSI FOR MANY YEARS. ROSS ENJOYED FISHING AND RELAXING ON THE SOFA WATCHING THE T.V. HE WAS A LIFETIME CHARTER MEMBER OF THE VFW POST #4212 AND WAS PAST COMMANDER. ROSS WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2003 AND 8:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED 11:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, CHASE WATSON, STEVEN SZABO, RYAN CARMACK, JOHNNY WATSON, BOB WATSON, RICHARD WATSON AND JEFF WATSON.
ROBERT HURLEY
ROBERT FRANCIS HURLEY OF DESOTO, MISSOUIR FORMERLY OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN IN ILLINOIS ON JANUARY 14, 1916. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE VERN AND ALVA (SCHRINNER) HURLEY. ROBERT DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 14, 2003 AT THE PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS.
HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MABEL SUTTON ON OCTOBER 25, 1949 IN PIGOT, ARKANSAS AND TO THIS UNION FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE OF 53 YEARS, MABEL HURLEY OF DESOTO, MISSOURI, TWO DAUGHTERS, GWEN CRAMP AND HUSBAND BO OF DESOTO, MISSOURI AND ANDREA ROSS AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF LIVINGSTON, ILLINOIS, TWO SONS, KEVIN HURLEY OF DESOTO, MISSOURI AND VERN HURLEY AND WIFE CANDY OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, DAUGHTER-IN- LAW, TRISH HURLEY OF FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, TWO SISTERS, JESSIE GALIGOS OF ALTON, ILLINOIS AND OUIDA SMESTAD OF INNER GROVE HEIGHTS., MINNESOTA, ONE BROTHER, CHARLES HURLEY AND WIFE MARIE OF NIXA, MISSOURI, NINE GRANDCHILDREN, SARAH, STEPH, ADAM, NICK, JOSH, HEATHER, HOLLIE, HANNAH AND OLIVIA. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, SERGEANT MAJOR PATRICK ROBERT HURLEY WHO WAS WITH THE SPECIAL FORCES DELTA DIVISION LOST HIS LIFE FEBRUARY 21, 1991 SERVING OUR COUNTRY DURING DESERT STORM, TWO SISTERS, IONA FRETLEY AND NINA BOWMAN AND TWO BROTHERS, ALBERT HURLEY AND WESLEY HURLEY.
ROBERT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HE WAS INDUCTED ON JULY 23, 1940 AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 22, 1947 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI. ROBERT WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE RIBBON WITH BRONZE STAR, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND FOUR OVERSEAS BARS. ROBERT WAS ALSO A RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART.
ROBERT ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE ESPECIALLY FISHING AND HUNTING. HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. ROBERT'S COMPANION AND BEST FRIEND BIG BOY, WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER AND ENJOYED RELAXING, WATCHING T.V. OR TAKING A NAP. ROBERT WAS AN AVID VEGETABLE GARDENER AND WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS GARDEN TALENTS. ROBERT WAS A DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN AND LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE FARMINGTON VFW POST #5896. HE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBER BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 3:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003 AND 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH PASTOR DAVID WEIMER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, VERN HURLEY, KEVIN HURLEY, JOSH HURLEY, BO CRAMP, RICHARD ROSS AND MIKE MEYER.
BONNIE EYE
BONNIE ELIZABETH EYE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT PILOT KNOB, MISSOURI ON MARCH 25, 1940. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE OSCAR AND MABEL (THOMPSON) MONTGOMERY. BONNIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 16, 2003 AT THE ST. JOE MANOR NURSING HOME IN BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-THREE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND TWENTY-TWO DAYS.
BONNIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO PAUL LILBURN EYE ON DECEMBER 22, 1957 IN PILOT KNOB, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND OF FORTY-FIVE YEARS, PAUL EYE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE DAUGHTER, CONNIE SUE BOWLES AND HUSBAND DENNIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE SON, DARRELL PAUL EYE AND WIFE JAMIE OF FLORISSANT, MISSOURI, TWO BROTHERS, JERRY MONTGOMERY OF BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI AND JODY MONTGOMERY AND WIFE DIANE OF BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, CRYSTAL ASBRIDGE AND HUSBAND TIM OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, ERIC BOYER, JAIMEE BOYER, BRANDY BOWLES AND DREW BOWLES ALL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, MEGAN EYE, JACOB EYE AND JARED EYE ALL OF FLORISSANT, MISSOURI, THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MAKINLEY AND WYATT ASBRIDGE OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, TINNA WIRTZ OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY, MANY FRIENDS.
BONNIE ENJOYED ALL TYPES OF CRAFTS AND MAKING FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS AND CERAMIC'S FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE LOVED DECORATING FOR ALL HOLIDAYS, SEWING AND ALL TYPES OF SHOPPING. BONNIE LOVED BEING OUTDOORS AND ONE OF HER FAVORITE PAST TIMES WAS WORKING IN HER FLOWER GARDEN. BONNIE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBER AND SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND 8:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. ON MONDAY, MAY 19, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED 11:00 A.M. ON MONDAY, MAY 19, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JEFF RICHARDS AND REVEREND JAMES HOFFMANN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE REDBUD MEMORIAL GARDENS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TIM ASBRIDGE, TIM MIDDLETON, J.J. JACKSON, DALE ALLEN, KURT WILLIAMS AND BILLY EYE.
