Excerpt from Southeast Missourian Newspaper, Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Leo G. Compas Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in
Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 21, 1918, at New Hamburg, Mo., son of Leo H. Compas and Clara Diebold Compas. He
and the late Rhoda Crump were married Nov. 9, 1940, at Cape Girardeau. She died March 7, 2000. Compas retired from Lone Star in 1983. He worked at the Cook Paint Store for 21 years and also worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of St. Mary Cathedral Church in Cape Girardeau. He was also a charter member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1111. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth and Gerald Compas three brothers, Elmer, Raymond, and Vernon Compas; and five sisters, Clara Cruickshank, Bernice Glass, Rita Yarborough, Betty Henley, and Lucille Waters. He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter and a sister.
Friends may call at the Ford and Sons Funeral Home on Mount Auburn from 4 to 8 p.m. today, with parish
prayers starting at 7 and a Knights of Columbus rosary service to follow. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Cathedral, with Monsignor Richard Rolwing officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary Cemetery.
Deceased daughter was Vicki Jane Compas who died in 1949 at the age of 7 months. FAG Memorial #71951383.
Leo G. Compas Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in
Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 21, 1918, at New Hamburg, Mo., son of Leo H. Compas and Clara Diebold Compas. He
and the late Rhoda Crump were married Nov. 9, 1940, at Cape Girardeau. She died March 7, 2000. Compas retired from Lone Star in 1983. He worked at the Cook Paint Store for 21 years and also worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of St. Mary Cathedral Church in Cape Girardeau. He was also a charter member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1111. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth and Gerald Compas three brothers, Elmer, Raymond, and Vernon Compas; and five sisters, Clara Cruickshank, Bernice Glass, Rita Yarborough, Betty Henley, and Lucille Waters. He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter and a sister.
Friends may call at the Ford and Sons Funeral Home on Mount Auburn from 4 to 8 p.m. today, with parish
prayers starting at 7 and a Knights of Columbus rosary service to follow. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Cathedral, with Monsignor Richard Rolwing officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary Cemetery.
Deceased daughter was Vicki Jane Compas who died in 1949 at the age of 7 months. FAG Memorial #71951383.
Excerpt from Southeast Missourian Newspaper, Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Leo G. Compas Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in
Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 21, 1918, at New Hamburg, Mo., son of Leo H. Compas and Clara Diebold Compas. He
and the late Rhoda Crump were married Nov. 9, 1940, at Cape Girardeau. She died March 7, 2000. Compas retired from Lone Star in 1983. He worked at the Cook Paint Store for 21 years and also worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of St. Mary Cathedral Church in Cape Girardeau. He was also a charter member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1111. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth and Gerald Compas three brothers, Elmer, Raymond, and Vernon Compas; and five sisters, Clara Cruickshank, Bernice Glass, Rita Yarborough, Betty Henley, and Lucille Waters. He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter and a sister.
Friends may call at the Ford and Sons Funeral Home on Mount Auburn from 4 to 8 p.m. today, with parish
prayers starting at 7 and a Knights of Columbus rosary service to follow. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Cathedral, with Monsignor Richard Rolwing officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary Cemetery.
Deceased daughter was Vicki Jane Compas who died in 1949 at the age of 7 months. FAG Memorial #71951383.
Leo G. Compas Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in
Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 21, 1918, at New Hamburg, Mo., son of Leo H. Compas and Clara Diebold Compas. He
and the late Rhoda Crump were married Nov. 9, 1940, at Cape Girardeau. She died March 7, 2000. Compas retired from Lone Star in 1983. He worked at the Cook Paint Store for 21 years and also worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of St. Mary Cathedral Church in Cape Girardeau. He was also a charter member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1111. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth and Gerald Compas three brothers, Elmer, Raymond, and Vernon Compas; and five sisters, Clara Cruickshank, Bernice Glass, Rita Yarborough, Betty Henley, and Lucille Waters. He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter and a sister.
Friends may call at the Ford and Sons Funeral Home on Mount Auburn from 4 to 8 p.m. today, with parish
prayers starting at 7 and a Knights of Columbus rosary service to follow. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Cathedral, with Monsignor Richard Rolwing officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary Cemetery.
Deceased daughter was Vicki Jane Compas who died in 1949 at the age of 7 months. FAG Memorial #71951383.
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