Benton - Martha Ann Dempster, 67 years old, of Benton, died Sunday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
She was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Benton, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Enderle Spalding. She and Daniel M. Dempster were married May 21, 1948, at Benton. He died Sept. 12, 1991.
She had been a telephone operator at Benton, worked at Nickerson Farms and M&M Drive-in at Benton.
She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church, and had been active in Girl Scouting. She was a 1944 graduate of Benton High School.
Survivors include two sons, Daniel Dempster and John Ulmer; two daughters, Geri Cheatham and Teri Buckenmyer; her mother; a brother, Joe Spalding; three sisters, Mary Schweer, Ida Roper and Sally Asmus; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral mass will be held Wednesday at St. Denis Church. Burial will be in St. Denis Cemetery.
Southeast Missourian
She was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Benton, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Enderle Spalding. She and Daniel M. Dempster were married May 21, 1948, at Benton. He died Sept. 12, 1991.
She had been a telephone operator at Benton, worked at Nickerson Farms and M&M Drive-in at Benton.
She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church, and had been active in Girl Scouting. She was a 1944 graduate of Benton High School.
Survivors include two sons, Daniel Dempster and John Ulmer; two daughters, Geri Cheatham and Teri Buckenmyer; her mother; a brother, Joe Spalding; three sisters, Mary Schweer, Ida Roper and Sally Asmus; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral mass will be held Wednesday at St. Denis Church. Burial will be in St. Denis Cemetery.
Southeast Missourian
Benton - Martha Ann Dempster, 67 years old, of Benton, died Sunday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
She was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Benton, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Enderle Spalding. She and Daniel M. Dempster were married May 21, 1948, at Benton. He died Sept. 12, 1991.
She had been a telephone operator at Benton, worked at Nickerson Farms and M&M Drive-in at Benton.
She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church, and had been active in Girl Scouting. She was a 1944 graduate of Benton High School.
Survivors include two sons, Daniel Dempster and John Ulmer; two daughters, Geri Cheatham and Teri Buckenmyer; her mother; a brother, Joe Spalding; three sisters, Mary Schweer, Ida Roper and Sally Asmus; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral mass will be held Wednesday at St. Denis Church. Burial will be in St. Denis Cemetery.
Southeast Missourian
She was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Benton, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Enderle Spalding. She and Daniel M. Dempster were married May 21, 1948, at Benton. He died Sept. 12, 1991.
She had been a telephone operator at Benton, worked at Nickerson Farms and M&M Drive-in at Benton.
She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church, and had been active in Girl Scouting. She was a 1944 graduate of Benton High School.
Survivors include two sons, Daniel Dempster and John Ulmer; two daughters, Geri Cheatham and Teri Buckenmyer; her mother; a brother, Joe Spalding; three sisters, Mary Schweer, Ida Roper and Sally Asmus; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral mass will be held Wednesday at St. Denis Church. Burial will be in St. Denis Cemetery.
Southeast Missourian
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