Her obit and her Death Certificate say that she is buried in the New Lorimier cemetery in this county. However, the official records at the Cape City Cemetery Office has: Malissa J. Groseclose 1859-1938 buried at Fairmount Cemetery.
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The Southeast Missourian,
Wednesday, May 25, 1938, p 2:
Randles, May 25. - Mrs. Malissy G. Groseclose Bester, 81 years old, died at the home of her son, Lester H. Groseclose, here Tuesday night, of chronic nephritis. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Groseclose in Randles at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be in Lorimier cemetery at Cape Girardeau. The body will be removed from the Bisplinghoff-Hubbard Funeral Home in Chaffee to the residence late today.
Mrs. Bester, formerly Miss Doty, was born in Johnson County, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1856, and was married in Indiana to W. H. Groseclose. They came to Randles in 1890 where he engaged in the lumber and sawmill business. He died in 1903 and some years later she married Wm. G. Bester, who also has passed away.
Mrs. Bester is survived by three sons, Otis, Lester H. and John A. Groseclose of Randles; a daughter, Mrs. Ada Baker of Illmo; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Cook and Mrs. Ira Mathena of Bargersville, Ind.; and a brother, Lewis Doty, of Randles.
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The Southeast Missourian,
Wednesday, May 25, 1938, p 2:
Randles, May 25. - Mrs. Malissy G. Groseclose Bester, 81 years old, died at the home of her son, Lester H. Groseclose, here Tuesday night, of chronic nephritis. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Groseclose in Randles at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be in Lorimier cemetery at Cape Girardeau. The body will be removed from the Bisplinghoff-Hubbard Funeral Home in Chaffee to the residence late today.
Mrs. Bester, formerly Miss Doty, was born in Johnson County, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1856, and was married in Indiana to W. H. Groseclose. They came to Randles in 1890 where he engaged in the lumber and sawmill business. He died in 1903 and some years later she married Wm. G. Bester, who also has passed away.
Mrs. Bester is survived by three sons, Otis, Lester H. and John A. Groseclose of Randles; a daughter, Mrs. Ada Baker of Illmo; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Cook and Mrs. Ira Mathena of Bargersville, Ind.; and a brother, Lewis Doty, of Randles.
Her obit and her Death Certificate say that she is buried in the New Lorimier cemetery in this county. However, the official records at the Cape City Cemetery Office has: Malissa J. Groseclose 1859-1938 buried at Fairmount Cemetery.
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The Southeast Missourian,
Wednesday, May 25, 1938, p 2:
Randles, May 25. - Mrs. Malissy G. Groseclose Bester, 81 years old, died at the home of her son, Lester H. Groseclose, here Tuesday night, of chronic nephritis. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Groseclose in Randles at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be in Lorimier cemetery at Cape Girardeau. The body will be removed from the Bisplinghoff-Hubbard Funeral Home in Chaffee to the residence late today.
Mrs. Bester, formerly Miss Doty, was born in Johnson County, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1856, and was married in Indiana to W. H. Groseclose. They came to Randles in 1890 where he engaged in the lumber and sawmill business. He died in 1903 and some years later she married Wm. G. Bester, who also has passed away.
Mrs. Bester is survived by three sons, Otis, Lester H. and John A. Groseclose of Randles; a daughter, Mrs. Ada Baker of Illmo; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Cook and Mrs. Ira Mathena of Bargersville, Ind.; and a brother, Lewis Doty, of Randles.
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The Southeast Missourian,
Wednesday, May 25, 1938, p 2:
Randles, May 25. - Mrs. Malissy G. Groseclose Bester, 81 years old, died at the home of her son, Lester H. Groseclose, here Tuesday night, of chronic nephritis. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Groseclose in Randles at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be in Lorimier cemetery at Cape Girardeau. The body will be removed from the Bisplinghoff-Hubbard Funeral Home in Chaffee to the residence late today.
Mrs. Bester, formerly Miss Doty, was born in Johnson County, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1856, and was married in Indiana to W. H. Groseclose. They came to Randles in 1890 where he engaged in the lumber and sawmill business. He died in 1903 and some years later she married Wm. G. Bester, who also has passed away.
Mrs. Bester is survived by three sons, Otis, Lester H. and John A. Groseclose of Randles; a daughter, Mrs. Ada Baker of Illmo; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Cook and Mrs. Ira Mathena of Bargersville, Ind.; and a brother, Lewis Doty, of Randles.
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