U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014RUSEAL GAU
RUSEAL GAU OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 9, 1911 IN FRANKCLAY, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM THOMPSON SAWYER AND MARY EMMA (NANCE) SAWYER. RUSEAL DIED ON SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1999 AT HER HOME AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS.
RUSEAL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO FRANKLIN HENRY GAU ON JUNE 22, 1934 IN ESTHER, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE TWO DEAR CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION. MR. GAU PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON MAY 5, 1986.
RUSEAL IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY, ONE DAUGHTER MILDRED GAU OF POTOSI; ONE SON BILL GAU AND WIFE DENISE OF POTOSI; TWO GRANDSONS, JACOB AND NEIL GAU, BOTH OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. RUSEAL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY GAU, ONE BROTHER, ELLIOTT SAWYER AND ONE SISTER BEULAH YOUNKER.
RUSEAL HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE FURNACE CREEK CHURCH OF GOD.
RUSEAL LIVED A LIFE OF EXAMPLES FOR ALL WHO KNEW HER, ALWAYS GUIDING HER LIFE BY THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE AND THUS WAS A FINE EXAMPLE OF A CHRISTIAN LADY. RUSEAL LOOKED FORWARD TO ALL HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS, SHE NEVER EVER LOST HER ENTHUSIASM AND SENSE OF HUMOR. RUSEAL ENJOYED VEGETABLE GARDENING, SEWING, QUILTING AND CROCHETING. SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO SIT DOWN AND TELL A STORY TO ALL.
RUSEAL HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR NOT ONLY HER FAMILY BUT ALSO ALL OF THOSE SHE CALLED A FRIEND. ALWAYS HAVING THE FEELINGS FOR OTHERS BEFORE HER OWN.
RUSEAL WAS A KIND, LOVING AND DEAR HEARTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND CHERISHED FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1999, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, JULY 26, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JIM MUSE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JESSE MCNABB, JIM WINICK, BOB HAWORTH, DON GAU, CODY BRINLEY, KEN GAU AND JOHN LANDS.
BLANCHE LUCILLE DECLUE
BLANCHE LUCILLE DECLUE OF RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, WAS BORN AUGUST 20, 1926, IN RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH (COURTWAY) DECLUE. BLANCHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN ST. LOUIS ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-TWO YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND FOURTEEN DAYS.
BLANCHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE SONS, FRED DECLUE AND WIFE JAN OF DITTMER, JOSEPH MESSEX OF SULLIVAN, ERNEST MESSEX AND WIFE BARBARA OF BOURBON, ONE DAUGHTER, LINDA COURTWAY AND HUSBAND PAUL OF SULLIVAN, FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS, FRANKIE DECLUE AND WIFE PATSY OF RICHWOODS, ARTHUR DECLUE AND WIFE MADONNA OF RICHWOODS, ONE SISTER, LUCINDA MCCRARY AND HUSBAND LEROY "DICK" OF RICHWOODS, A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND VERNAL SINGER OF RICHWOODS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON RICKIE MESSEX AND BY SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
BLANCHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. BLANCHE ENJOYED MANY ACTIVITIES IN THE OUTDOORS INCLUDING FISHING AND MUSHROOM HUNTING WHILE STROLLING ON THE FARM. BLANCHE HAD A GREAT GIFT FOR QUILTING AND LOVED COOKING LARGE MEALS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING GREAT GATHERINGS.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1999, AT 12:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH BROTHER JOHNNY EMILY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN HORINE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PAUL COURTWAY, ERNEST MESSEX, BRADEN DECLUE, BOB OWENS, JOHN LAIRD AND JEFF RODENBERG.
MAE NEWCOMER BURFORD
MAE NEWCOMER BURFORD OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN ON JUNE 8, 1906 IN CADET, MISSOURI. A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELMER AND STELLA ( REANDO) NEWCOMER . MAE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 3, 1999, AT HER RESIDENCE IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS, 1 MONTH, AND 25 DAYS.
MAE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE BRUCE BURFORD ON FEBRUARY 23, 1935 .
MAE IS SURVIVED BY THREE BROTHERS, CLARENCE NEWCOMER AND WIFE EDNA OF POTOSI, ALFRED NEWCOMER AND WIFE BEVERLY OF POTOSI AND HOMER NEWCOMER AND WIFE LOUISE OF POTOSI, ONE SISTER ANNIE COOK OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, LAFAYETTE NEWCOMER AND ONE SISTER, JENNIE WRIGHT.
MAE WAS A DEDICATED NURSE FOR FOUR DECADES, HAVING SERVED THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IN MANY OTHER ROLES WITH THE DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS ALSO DEDICATED TO HER COMMUNITY, HAVING BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB, 4-H CLUBS, HEART ASSOCIATION, CANCER SOCIETY, UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY, TB & RD ASSOCIATION AND THE RED CROSS. SHE WAS KNOWN AS A GOOD LISTENER TO THE MANY PROBLEMS OF HER RURAL COMMUNITY. WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. VOLUNTEERING HER SERVICES WHERE SHE WAS NEEDED.
MAE WAS KNOWN FOR HER KIND HEART, WARM SMILE AND CARING EYES. A FRIEND TO ANYONE IN NEED, WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1999, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JERRY WRIGHT, JERRY BURFORD, WAYNE NEWCOMER, MERRILL NEWCOMER, BOB COOK AND RANDY EATON.
HERBERT MARTIN
HERBERT CECIL MARTIN OF SALEM, MISSOURI FORMERLY OF QUAKER, MISSOURI WAS BORN NOVEMBER 28, 1908 IN QUAKER, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE WALLACE I. AND LOUISA JANE (McCLAIN) MARTIN. HERBERT DIED AUGUST 6, 1999 AT THE SALEM CARE CENTER IN SALEM, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF NINETY YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS.
HERBERT WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MINERVA BLAIR ON MARCH 15, 1936 IN DESLOGE, MISSOURI, THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE TWO CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION. MINERVA PRECEDED HERBERT IN DEATH.
HERBERT IS SURVIVED BY A LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY, ONE DAUGHTER, MARY JANE MILLER AND HUSBAND BILL OF OVERLAND, MISSOURI; ONE SON, HAROLD MARTIN AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF SALEM, MISSOURI; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, LISA MINER AND HUSBAND MARK OF WAYNESVILLE, MISSOURI, BRIAN MARTIN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARLA STRINGER AND HUSBAND JUNIOR OF SALEM, MISSOURI, JENNIFER MILLER OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, KIMBERLY BULL AND HUSBAND LANCE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MARK MINER JUNIOR, HANAH STRINGER, MATTHEW MILLER AND DIANA MINER. ONE SISTER, ALICE WILKINSON OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE, HERBERT WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SIX SISTERS, BEULAH DOWIS, HALLIE RAMSEY, PEARL TEDDER, LENA CHAPMAN, LOLA WILKINSON AND BLANCHE TEDDER. THREE BROTHERS, OLIN MARTIN, LEWIS MARTIN AND WESLEY MARTIN.
HERBERT WAS A CARPENTER BY TRADE AND HAD GREAT PRIDE IN HIS WORK. HE LOVED TO SPEND TIME ON THE FARM WORKING AND CARING FOR THE CATTLE. HIS ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY HIS DOGS WERE VERY SPECIAL TO HIM.
HERBERT WAS A KIND AND LOVING FATHER, GRANDFATHER, BROTHER, UNCLE AND DEAR FRIEND, WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED.
VISITATION WAS HELD SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1999, AT MOORE FUNERAL HOMES IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND MARK TURNBOUGH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ANTIOCH CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, LANCE BULL, MARK MINER, MARK MINER, JR., BRIAN MARTIN, JUNIOR STRINGER AND PETE MARTIN.
VINCENT THEBEAU
VINCENT THEBEAU OF CADET, MISSOURI, WAS BORN ON MARCH 27, 1925 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI. A SON OF THE LATE WILFRED THEBEAU AND GRACE BOYER (PORTELL). VINCE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 11, 1999, AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CADET, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.
VINCE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANN THEBEAU (SAWICKI) ON JULY 20, 1946 AND TO THIS UNION ONE DAUGHTER AND FOUR SONS WERE BORN.
VINCE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE ANN THEBEAU OF CADET, MISSOURI, ONE DAUGHTER, CAROLYN POLITTE AND HUSBAND JAMES OF CADET, MISSOURI, FOUR SONS, ROBERT THEBEAU AND WIFE RHONDA OF MIDLAND TEXAS, DANIEL THEBEAU AND WIFE JACKIE OF KANAB, UTAH, THOMAS THEBEAU AND WIFE JOANN OF RIPLEY Tennessee, KEVIN THEBEAU AND WIFE TAMMY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. THREE BROTHERS. WILFRED "TEET" THEBEAU OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, GLENNON "TINE" THEBEAU AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ARNOLD, MISSOURI, AND PAUL BOYER AND WIFE INA MAE OF CADET, MISSOURI. FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS STEP-FATHER, CLARENCE J. BOYER.
VINCE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 5936, 4TH DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, CARDINAL GLENNON ASSEMBLY 567, BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI, AMVETS POST 48 OF DESOTO, VFW POST 6996 AND A CHARTER MEMBER AND PAST EXALTED RULER OF POTOSI ELKS LODGE 2218. HE WAS A UNITED STATES MARINE VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II.
VINCE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY, EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HIS HEART, HE GREATLY ENJOYED THE GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. VINCE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTIES WITH THE BABIES. VINCE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE TIME TO TAKE ANYONE BOATING AT THE LAKE.
HE WAS A KIND AND LOVING HUSBAND, A DEVOTED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AND A CARING BROTHER AND A DEAR FRIEND TO ANYONE HE MET.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1999, FROM 1:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1999, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER ROBERT JOHNSTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, ANDREW POLITTE, JIMMY POLITTE, BRYNE NICHOLSON, MATTHEW THEBEAU, DOUG THEBEAU AND BRAD THEBEAU. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, LISA NICHOLSON AND JENNIFER SCHIEFER.
MEDFORD WALTER ROUSAN
MEDFORD WALTER ROUSAN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN MAY 3, 1908, IN FLETCHER, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE WILFORD AND JANE (OHAVER) ROUSAN. MEDFORD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT POTOSI MANOR ON AUGUST 12, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY-ONE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.
MEDFORD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO GLADYS ARMSTRONG ON JANUARY 3, 1932, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION TWO DAUGHTERS WERE BORN.
MEDFORD IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, SHIRLEY PROVINCE AND HUSBAND WALTER OF IRONDALE, JEAN HUMES AND HUSBAND MANFORD OF HILLSBORO, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SEVEN BROTHERS, LESTER, ARLES, JOSEPH, TOM, JOHN AND HOMER, ONE SISTER, LAVADA.
MEDFORD HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR PEOPLE AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM ALL. MEDFORD WORKED HARD ON THE FARM AND WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS WORK. MEDFORD LOVED TO SPEND TIME HUNTING IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1999, FROM 2:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND GUY CONWAY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN HOPEWELL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, WALTER PROVINCE, BUD ROUSAN, ROBBIE PROVINCE, JIM MCCLELLAND, DANNY SAPPINGTON AND JOHN CARTER.
