Audrain County Obituaries
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| Jesse | Mrs. Nelle Jesse Dies Services for Nelle Mary Jesse, 89, of Mexico, will be Sunday at Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Ostrom officiating. Burial to be at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Jesse died at Monroe Manor Nursing Home in Paris at 11 a.m. Friday. She was born Sept. 22, 1895, in Thompson to Mr. and Mrs. S. Alex (Mertis E. Brown) Pulis. She married Earl T. Jesse on Feb. 26, 1918. Mr. Jesse died Dec. 19, 1980. Mrs. Jesse, a member of Beaver Dam Extension Club, taught Sunday School at Centennial Baptist Church in Mexico where she was a member. Survivors include a son, Raymond Jesse, Mexico; four daughters, Mrs. George H. (Mary) Rosenthal and Mrs. Clifford (Nancy Sue) Pollard of Mexico; Mrs. Fred (Edna) Lierheimer, Benton city; and Mrs. Donald (Anna Mae) Hubble, Holts Summit; a foster son, Eddie Kreyling, Mexico; a brother, WilliamT. Pulis, Kirksville; a sister, Essie Mae Pomroy of Mexico; 24 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers and six sisters. (Mexico Ledger, 1985) Ida Hepler new |
| Johnson | Samuel Johnson Died Saturday Samuel L. Johnson, 80, Centralia, died Saturday afternoon at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Centralia. He had lived there for several years. Services will be Wednesday at the Meador and Son chapel in Centralia. Glen Mitchell will officiate and burial will be in the city of Centralia Cemetery. He was born July 4, 1904 in Callaway County to James Samuel and Beulah Squalls Johnson. He married Bertha Mae Wainscott in 1924. She died in 1945. Surviving are two sons, Harry E. Johnson of Centralia; and Robert L. Johnson of Stewartsville plus seven grandchildren. Mr. Johnson was retired from National Refractories, where he had worked for 20 years. (Mexico Ledger, 1985)Ida Hepler new |