Mrs. Bessie Mae Shoaf, 68, Route 4, died at 10 p. m. Monday at Callaway Memorial Hospital, after a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be held 2 p. m. Thursday at Browning Funeral Home. The Rev. Clarence Norman will officiate and burial will be in Callaway Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Shoaf was born April 11, 1895, in Des Moines, Iowa. She moved here with relatives at the age of three and lived in Callaway County since that time.
She was a member of the First Christian Church. For a number of years, Mrs. Shoaf had operated a nursing home here.
She is survived by her husband, Fred; five daughters, Mrs. Ophelia Pryer, Kansas City, Mrs. Dorothy Lederle, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Miss Gertrude Shoaf, Fulton, Mrs. Myrtle Autenrieth, Mexico, Mo., and Mrs. Bonnie Wyatt, Fulton; six sons, Henry Matteson, New Bloomfield, Robert L. Matteson, Florissant, Mo., Charles E. Matteson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Harold Matteson, Glenn Dale, Ky., Elvin Matteson, Fulton, and Ronald Shoaf, of the home; and 34 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Lloyd Witt, Elmer Scott, Leo Boone, Edward Garrett, Paris Dillon and Vernon Wyatt.
Fulton Daily Sun-Gazette, Tues. Mar. 24, 1964
Note: Ronald Shoaf listed as son is Bessie' s grandson whom Bessie & Fred raised & loved as their own.
Mrs. Bessie Mae Shoaf, 68, Route 4, died at 10 p. m. Monday at Callaway Memorial Hospital, after a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be held 2 p. m. Thursday at Browning Funeral Home. The Rev. Clarence Norman will officiate and burial will be in Callaway Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Shoaf was born April 11, 1895, in Des Moines, Iowa. She moved here with relatives at the age of three and lived in Callaway County since that time.
She was a member of the First Christian Church. For a number of years, Mrs. Shoaf had operated a nursing home here.
She is survived by her husband, Fred; five daughters, Mrs. Ophelia Pryer, Kansas City, Mrs. Dorothy Lederle, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Miss Gertrude Shoaf, Fulton, Mrs. Myrtle Autenrieth, Mexico, Mo., and Mrs. Bonnie Wyatt, Fulton; six sons, Henry Matteson, New Bloomfield, Robert L. Matteson, Florissant, Mo., Charles E. Matteson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Harold Matteson, Glenn Dale, Ky., Elvin Matteson, Fulton, and Ronald Shoaf, of the home; and 34 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Lloyd Witt, Elmer Scott, Leo Boone, Edward Garrett, Paris Dillon and Vernon Wyatt.
Fulton Daily Sun-Gazette, Tues. Mar. 24, 1964
Note: Ronald Shoaf listed as son is Bessie' s grandson whom Bessie & Fred raised & loved as their own.
Family Members
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Henry Christopher Matteson
1913–1997
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Mary Ophelia Matteson Pryer
1915–1987
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Robert Lee Matteson
1918–1995
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Marion Elvin Matteson
1921–1993
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Charles Eugene "Chuck" Matteson
1924–1989
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Frances Gertrude Matteson Shoaf
1926–1981
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Harold Glenn Matteson
1929–1991
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Dorothy Mae "Dot" Matteson Opperman
1932–2006
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Myrtle Virginia Shoaf Autenrieth
1937–2004
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Bonnie Lee Shoaf Holt
1941–2007
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