Ella Sooter, 90, Tuscumbia, died Sunday at Still Regional Medical Center (Jefferson City). She was born Nov. 29, 1902, in Tuscumbia, a daughter of Eli and Susie Forrester Abbett. She was married July 20, 1918, in Granite City, Ill., to Alvin Sooter who died Sept. 23, 1963.
She was a lifelong resident of Miller County and worked for over 20 years as a seamstress at the Glaser Brothers Pants Factory, Eldon. She was a past member of the Ulman WPFA and a member of the Tuscumbia Christian Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Reba Graham, Tuscumbia; two sisters, Ruby Martin, Tuscumbia, and Cleo Malmberg, St. Louis; seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. Two sons, Ercil Sooter and Alvis Gene Sooter, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home, Iberia. Bro. Gene Edwards and Bro. Lee Todd will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Tuscumbia. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday. Memorials are suggested to the Tuscumbia Christian Church.
Ella Sooter, 90, Tuscumbia, died Sunday at Still Regional Medical Center (Jefferson City). She was born Nov. 29, 1902, in Tuscumbia, a daughter of Eli and Susie Forrester Abbett. She was married July 20, 1918, in Granite City, Ill., to Alvin Sooter who died Sept. 23, 1963.
She was a lifelong resident of Miller County and worked for over 20 years as a seamstress at the Glaser Brothers Pants Factory, Eldon. She was a past member of the Ulman WPFA and a member of the Tuscumbia Christian Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Reba Graham, Tuscumbia; two sisters, Ruby Martin, Tuscumbia, and Cleo Malmberg, St. Louis; seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. Two sons, Ercil Sooter and Alvis Gene Sooter, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home, Iberia. Bro. Gene Edwards and Bro. Lee Todd will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Tuscumbia. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday. Memorials are suggested to the Tuscumbia Christian Church.
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