Vera C. Tate, age 91, beloved sister and aunt, died peacefully in her sleep on October 19, 2006, at Manor Care after a brief illness. She was born to Fredrick Meyer and Alma (Lampe) Meyer near Freistatt, MO.
On December 19, 1937, she married John D. Tate. Vera and John lived in Springfield where he worked for the Frisco Railroad and she worked for J.C. Penneys and Zales.
She and John had no living children of their own but opened their home and were "mom and dad" to many MSU college students away from home who are still like family members today.
A longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Vera enjoyed being a member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and a Sunday School teacher. She also belonged to the Cloverleaf Extension Club and volunteered extensively with the Lutheran Student Center at Missouri State University.
Preceding Vera in death were her parents, her husband and an infant daughter, Joann; a brother, Arthur Meyer and two infant sisters, Orba and Della Ruth Meyer.
Survivors include her sister, Lorna Flowers of Springfield, MO ; sister, Irma Flowers and her husband, Bill, of rural Monett, MO; brother, Raymond Meyer and his wife, Betty, of San Jose, CA; and sister-in-law, Janice Meyer of rural Monett, MO. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are at the Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Midtown, Springfield, October 24, 2006. Interment will follow in Spring River Cemetery near Verona.
SPRINGFIELD (MO) NEWS-LEADER, 22/Oct/2006
On December 19, 1937, she married John D. Tate. Vera and John lived in Springfield where he worked for the Frisco Railroad and she worked for J.C. Penneys and Zales.
She and John had no living children of their own but opened their home and were "mom and dad" to many MSU college students away from home who are still like family members today.
A longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Vera enjoyed being a member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and a Sunday School teacher. She also belonged to the Cloverleaf Extension Club and volunteered extensively with the Lutheran Student Center at Missouri State University.
Preceding Vera in death were her parents, her husband and an infant daughter, Joann; a brother, Arthur Meyer and two infant sisters, Orba and Della Ruth Meyer.
Survivors include her sister, Lorna Flowers of Springfield, MO ; sister, Irma Flowers and her husband, Bill, of rural Monett, MO; brother, Raymond Meyer and his wife, Betty, of San Jose, CA; and sister-in-law, Janice Meyer of rural Monett, MO. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are at the Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Midtown, Springfield, October 24, 2006. Interment will follow in Spring River Cemetery near Verona.
SPRINGFIELD (MO) NEWS-LEADER, 22/Oct/2006
Vera C. Tate, age 91, beloved sister and aunt, died peacefully in her sleep on October 19, 2006, at Manor Care after a brief illness. She was born to Fredrick Meyer and Alma (Lampe) Meyer near Freistatt, MO.
On December 19, 1937, she married John D. Tate. Vera and John lived in Springfield where he worked for the Frisco Railroad and she worked for J.C. Penneys and Zales.
She and John had no living children of their own but opened their home and were "mom and dad" to many MSU college students away from home who are still like family members today.
A longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Vera enjoyed being a member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and a Sunday School teacher. She also belonged to the Cloverleaf Extension Club and volunteered extensively with the Lutheran Student Center at Missouri State University.
Preceding Vera in death were her parents, her husband and an infant daughter, Joann; a brother, Arthur Meyer and two infant sisters, Orba and Della Ruth Meyer.
Survivors include her sister, Lorna Flowers of Springfield, MO ; sister, Irma Flowers and her husband, Bill, of rural Monett, MO; brother, Raymond Meyer and his wife, Betty, of San Jose, CA; and sister-in-law, Janice Meyer of rural Monett, MO. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are at the Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Midtown, Springfield, October 24, 2006. Interment will follow in Spring River Cemetery near Verona.
SPRINGFIELD (MO) NEWS-LEADER, 22/Oct/2006
On December 19, 1937, she married John D. Tate. Vera and John lived in Springfield where he worked for the Frisco Railroad and she worked for J.C. Penneys and Zales.
She and John had no living children of their own but opened their home and were "mom and dad" to many MSU college students away from home who are still like family members today.
A longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Vera enjoyed being a member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and a Sunday School teacher. She also belonged to the Cloverleaf Extension Club and volunteered extensively with the Lutheran Student Center at Missouri State University.
Preceding Vera in death were her parents, her husband and an infant daughter, Joann; a brother, Arthur Meyer and two infant sisters, Orba and Della Ruth Meyer.
Survivors include her sister, Lorna Flowers of Springfield, MO ; sister, Irma Flowers and her husband, Bill, of rural Monett, MO; brother, Raymond Meyer and his wife, Betty, of San Jose, CA; and sister-in-law, Janice Meyer of rural Monett, MO. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are at the Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Midtown, Springfield, October 24, 2006. Interment will follow in Spring River Cemetery near Verona.
SPRINGFIELD (MO) NEWS-LEADER, 22/Oct/2006
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