Aileen "Josie" Josephine Autery, 83, of Hannibal, MO, and formerly of Pittsfield, IL, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Levering Regional Health Care in Hannibal. She was born July 5, 1928 in St. Louis, MO, the first of fifteen children to Albert and Mazie Zettler Harris. She married Donald Autery and to this union had four children and he preceded her in death. She later married Lowell Autery and to this union was born two children and he preceded her in death.
She is survived by four sons, Gene Ray (Carol) Autery, of Lebanon, MO, Donald Lee (Carolyn) Autery of South Mills, NC, Jack Autery of Waverly, VA and David Rex Autery of Chesapeake, VA; two sisters, Mazie (Donald) Vogel of Canton, MO and Lorraine (Wayne) Johnson of Perrysburg, OH; two brothers, Arthur (Kay) Harris of Iberia, MO and Donald (Ruby) Harris of Tuscumbia, MO; and several grandchildren, nieces, nephews and sister-in-laws. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Rosemary; one son, Eddie; two grandchildren; two sisters, Audrey Webster and Virginia Heusted; and five brothers, Albert, Jr., Richard Henry, George, Oscar and three brothers in infancy.
She attended school in Nebo when her parents moved to Illinois and it is there she met her childhood sweetheart and were later married. They resided in Pittsfield, for many years, raising their children in Pike County. She then moved to Curryville, MO to be near her daughter. She was a homemaker that loved her children and grandchildren with all her heart. She enjoyed her photographs of all her family and friends and tending to her flowers and houseplants.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Pittsfield, Illinois.
She is survived by four sons, Gene Ray (Carol) Autery, of Lebanon, MO, Donald Lee (Carolyn) Autery of South Mills, NC, Jack Autery of Waverly, VA and David Rex Autery of Chesapeake, VA; two sisters, Mazie (Donald) Vogel of Canton, MO and Lorraine (Wayne) Johnson of Perrysburg, OH; two brothers, Arthur (Kay) Harris of Iberia, MO and Donald (Ruby) Harris of Tuscumbia, MO; and several grandchildren, nieces, nephews and sister-in-laws. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Rosemary; one son, Eddie; two grandchildren; two sisters, Audrey Webster and Virginia Heusted; and five brothers, Albert, Jr., Richard Henry, George, Oscar and three brothers in infancy.
She attended school in Nebo when her parents moved to Illinois and it is there she met her childhood sweetheart and were later married. They resided in Pittsfield, for many years, raising their children in Pike County. She then moved to Curryville, MO to be near her daughter. She was a homemaker that loved her children and grandchildren with all her heart. She enjoyed her photographs of all her family and friends and tending to her flowers and houseplants.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Pittsfield, Illinois.
Aileen "Josie" Josephine Autery, 83, of Hannibal, MO, and formerly of Pittsfield, IL, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Levering Regional Health Care in Hannibal. She was born July 5, 1928 in St. Louis, MO, the first of fifteen children to Albert and Mazie Zettler Harris. She married Donald Autery and to this union had four children and he preceded her in death. She later married Lowell Autery and to this union was born two children and he preceded her in death.
She is survived by four sons, Gene Ray (Carol) Autery, of Lebanon, MO, Donald Lee (Carolyn) Autery of South Mills, NC, Jack Autery of Waverly, VA and David Rex Autery of Chesapeake, VA; two sisters, Mazie (Donald) Vogel of Canton, MO and Lorraine (Wayne) Johnson of Perrysburg, OH; two brothers, Arthur (Kay) Harris of Iberia, MO and Donald (Ruby) Harris of Tuscumbia, MO; and several grandchildren, nieces, nephews and sister-in-laws. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Rosemary; one son, Eddie; two grandchildren; two sisters, Audrey Webster and Virginia Heusted; and five brothers, Albert, Jr., Richard Henry, George, Oscar and three brothers in infancy.
She attended school in Nebo when her parents moved to Illinois and it is there she met her childhood sweetheart and were later married. They resided in Pittsfield, for many years, raising their children in Pike County. She then moved to Curryville, MO to be near her daughter. She was a homemaker that loved her children and grandchildren with all her heart. She enjoyed her photographs of all her family and friends and tending to her flowers and houseplants.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Pittsfield, Illinois.
She is survived by four sons, Gene Ray (Carol) Autery, of Lebanon, MO, Donald Lee (Carolyn) Autery of South Mills, NC, Jack Autery of Waverly, VA and David Rex Autery of Chesapeake, VA; two sisters, Mazie (Donald) Vogel of Canton, MO and Lorraine (Wayne) Johnson of Perrysburg, OH; two brothers, Arthur (Kay) Harris of Iberia, MO and Donald (Ruby) Harris of Tuscumbia, MO; and several grandchildren, nieces, nephews and sister-in-laws. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Rosemary; one son, Eddie; two grandchildren; two sisters, Audrey Webster and Virginia Heusted; and five brothers, Albert, Jr., Richard Henry, George, Oscar and three brothers in infancy.
She attended school in Nebo when her parents moved to Illinois and it is there she met her childhood sweetheart and were later married. They resided in Pittsfield, for many years, raising their children in Pike County. She then moved to Curryville, MO to be near her daughter. She was a homemaker that loved her children and grandchildren with all her heart. She enjoyed her photographs of all her family and friends and tending to her flowers and houseplants.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Pittsfield, Illinois.
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