Mary E. Vanzandt, age 91, formerly of Seligman, MO, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at the Cassville Healthcare & Rehab Center. Mrs. Vanzandt, daughter of Ralph and Nora {Vanzandt} Ebbert was born on May 3, 1924, at her childhood home in rural Seligman. Mary graduated from Seligman High School and went on to attend Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield. In 1944 she was united in marriage to Wayne Vanzandt and to this union two sons were born. She began teaching at Measle Prairie Rural School in the mid-1940s and continued teaching for the next 42 years. After her retirement in 1985 she taught GED classes for 12 years, assisting many students in the area. Mary was a member of the Maple Grove Church of Christ. She loved being in her garden, quilting, embroidering, and baking pies.
Survivors include two sons, Gary Vanzandt and his wife Narissa, and Kenny Vanzandt and his wife Becky, all of Seligman; four grandchildren, Kirt and Stephanie Vanzandt, Gretchen and James Gray, Livie Vanzandt, and Stacy and Colt Hall; eight great-grandchildren; and one niece, Wiladene Fletcher, of Purdy.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one sister Iola Oakley, and two brothers Early and Gene Ethridge.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, February 7, 2016, Minister Ken West officiatied, burial at the Antioch Cemetery near Jacket, MO off KK Highway in McDonald County.
White Funeral Home & Crematory
Cassville, Missouri
Survivors include two sons, Gary Vanzandt and his wife Narissa, and Kenny Vanzandt and his wife Becky, all of Seligman; four grandchildren, Kirt and Stephanie Vanzandt, Gretchen and James Gray, Livie Vanzandt, and Stacy and Colt Hall; eight great-grandchildren; and one niece, Wiladene Fletcher, of Purdy.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one sister Iola Oakley, and two brothers Early and Gene Ethridge.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, February 7, 2016, Minister Ken West officiatied, burial at the Antioch Cemetery near Jacket, MO off KK Highway in McDonald County.
White Funeral Home & Crematory
Cassville, Missouri
Mary E. Vanzandt, age 91, formerly of Seligman, MO, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at the Cassville Healthcare & Rehab Center. Mrs. Vanzandt, daughter of Ralph and Nora {Vanzandt} Ebbert was born on May 3, 1924, at her childhood home in rural Seligman. Mary graduated from Seligman High School and went on to attend Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield. In 1944 she was united in marriage to Wayne Vanzandt and to this union two sons were born. She began teaching at Measle Prairie Rural School in the mid-1940s and continued teaching for the next 42 years. After her retirement in 1985 she taught GED classes for 12 years, assisting many students in the area. Mary was a member of the Maple Grove Church of Christ. She loved being in her garden, quilting, embroidering, and baking pies.
Survivors include two sons, Gary Vanzandt and his wife Narissa, and Kenny Vanzandt and his wife Becky, all of Seligman; four grandchildren, Kirt and Stephanie Vanzandt, Gretchen and James Gray, Livie Vanzandt, and Stacy and Colt Hall; eight great-grandchildren; and one niece, Wiladene Fletcher, of Purdy.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one sister Iola Oakley, and two brothers Early and Gene Ethridge.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, February 7, 2016, Minister Ken West officiatied, burial at the Antioch Cemetery near Jacket, MO off KK Highway in McDonald County.
White Funeral Home & Crematory
Cassville, Missouri
Survivors include two sons, Gary Vanzandt and his wife Narissa, and Kenny Vanzandt and his wife Becky, all of Seligman; four grandchildren, Kirt and Stephanie Vanzandt, Gretchen and James Gray, Livie Vanzandt, and Stacy and Colt Hall; eight great-grandchildren; and one niece, Wiladene Fletcher, of Purdy.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one sister Iola Oakley, and two brothers Early and Gene Ethridge.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, February 7, 2016, Minister Ken West officiatied, burial at the Antioch Cemetery near Jacket, MO off KK Highway in McDonald County.
White Funeral Home & Crematory
Cassville, Missouri
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