Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
India Jane Merritt, 94
Jul 28, 2005
India Jane Merritt, daughter of William Heatherly and Harriett Jane (Hodge) Heatherly, was born. India was a Christian and attended Star Chapel Church. She loved cooking, sewing, crocheting, embroidering and being with her family.
India was preceded in Interment followed in the Sweden Cemetery Fund.
James R. Bolte, 55
Jul 28, 2005
James Richard “Jim” Bolte, 55, Ava, born March 10, 1950, in Salina, Kan., the son of Armin George and Ruth Caroline (Sauerteig) Bolte.
Jim graduated from Ava High School in 1968 and from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1972, with a degree in animal husbandry. Upon graduation he fulfilled his NROTC duties with the U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Forrestal and obtained the rank of lieutenant. After his discharge in 1975, he became employed with Farmers Home administration at Farmington. There he met a young clerk, Mary Sue Weber, who became his loving bride on Aug. 6, 1977. They resided in Farmington, West Plains and Ava as they followed Jim’s work assignments. At the time of his death by his father, A.G. Bolte.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) in Barnes Family Funeral Home, Ava, with the Rev. Dana Wilkie officiating.
Burial will follow in the Turkey Creek born Sept. 11, 1935, in Douglas County, Mo., and departed this life Aug. 21, 2005, at the age of 69.
Bob was a resident of the Ava area for most of his life. He was employed as a logger, auto mechanic and farmer. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
On Aug. 30, 1958, Bob and Beverly Ann Robinson were united in marriage in East Moline, Ill., and to this union three children were death by his parents and one brother, Earl.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly; three children, Ronald Witchey and Denise, Moscow, Texas, Carrie McIntosh and Jay, Springfield, and Todd Witchey and Kim, Livingston, Texas; five grandchildren, Elizabeth and husband, Mert Seaton, Elida Witchey, Todd Jr. and Josh Witchey, and Dean Pierce; three step-grandchildren, Jeremy and Chelsey Newlon and Maranda Choates; two brothers, Cecil and Gene Witchey, both of Ava; three sisters, Arlene Springs, Warsaw, Arlyce Lankford, Brookline, and Betty Kinyon, Ava; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home with Pastor Eddie Cabrera officiating. Cemetery. Visitation was from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.
Cinita B. Nave, 91
Aug 25, 2005
Cinita Blanche Nave, the daughter of Charles M. Spurlock and Grace (Lytle) Spurlock, was born.
Cinita was a resident of the Ava area for most of her life.
She was employed with Rawlings Sporting Goods as a serg operator for several years.
Preceding Cinita in Interment followed in the Ava born July 3, 1922 in Douglas County, Missouri and departed this life Aug. 20, 2005 at the age of 83.
Lois was a life long resident of the Ava area. March 19, 1943 Lois and Chester Allen were united in marriage in Ava, and to this union two daughters were death by her husband, Chester; her parents; and one brother, Lloyd Camp.
Her survivors include, two daughters, Pat Byrd and husband, Leonard, Ozark; Janice Young and husband, George, Ava; four grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one step great-great granddaughter; one brother, Duane Camp and wife, Pat, Sedalia; a sister-in-law, Allene Camp, Ava; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services were held Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 11 a.m. at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, with Harlin Howerton and Brad Smith officiating. Cemetery. Visitation was Wednesday at 10 a.m. to service time.
Memorials may be made to The Gideons International.
Walter Ivan Bishop, 84
Sep 1, 2005
Walter Ivan Bishop, the son of Clarence Bishop and Daisy (King) Bishop, was death by his parents and two sisters, Opal Reed and Betty Jean Scott.
Survivors include his wife, Fern, of the home; one daughter, Sue Wheeler, Ava, and one son, Don Bishop and wife, Reba, Ava; two grandsons, Brian Sherrill, Ava, and Kris Bishop, Springfield; three sisters, Laverne Hutchison, Ava: Pauline Winkler, Independence, Kansas and Patsy Hinman, also of Kansas.
Services were held Monday, August 29, at 10 a.m. at the Clinkingbeard Chapel, Ava, with the Rev. Robert Grisham officiating. Cemetery under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava. Full military honors were conducted by American Legion Post 112 and Ava VFW Post 5993.
Memorials may be made to the Vera Cruz Cemetery, c/o Sue Potts, or Community Hospices of America, 807 N. Main, Suite l, Mtn. Grove, MO. 65711.
