Roma Christine Bailey, 91 of Macon, Mo., passed away Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007 at the Loch Haven Nursing Home in Macon.
The daughter of John Koinzan and Katie Ulferts Koinzan, she was born on June 2, 1916, in Thayer County, Nebraska. She was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church of Carleton, Neb. She graduated from high school in 1933, in Davenport, Neb. and on Oct. 19, 1944, she married Raymond Eugene Bailey, who survives.
Roma spent her childhood living on a farm in Nebraska, homesteaded by her grandfather. After graduating from the Davenport High School in 1933, she went to Colorado and graduated from the Colorado General Hospital, X-Ray Department. During World War II at the Air Force Base Civil Service in Carlsbad, N.M., she went to Bombardier School and graduated Junior Propeller Mechanic.
After marriage, she lived with her navy husband in Hawthorne, Nev., until his discharge in 1946. They returned to Nebraska and farmed until 1954, and then moved to a farm in Missouri, where they continued to live.
After moving to Missouri, she returned to her love of nursing and first worked at the local hospital and then at a clinic as an x-ray technician; later working again at the hospital until her retirement.
She loved to garden and was known for her many pretty flowers. She deeply loved her family and spent many hours making her house a loving home. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Roma was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Frieda Gerdes, Esther Stewart and Rosa Crane; and five brothers, John Koinzan, Francis Koinzan, Robert Koinzan, Harold Koinzan and Richard Koinzan.
Surviving her besides her husband, Raymond, are two daughters, Cheryl Rae (James) Dixson of Macon and Roberta Ann (Clyde) Livingston of Macon; two sons, Bradley James (Angela) Bailey and Ward C. Bailey, all of Macon; 11 grandchildren, Mitchell Dixson of Macon, Melissa (Doug) Cox of Richmond, Mo., Jamie (Chris) Pemberton of Centralia.Mo., Jay (Shelly) Livingston of Bevier, Connie (Scott) Shaver of Honolulu, Hawaii, Beth (Donald) Brower of Macon, Brian (Angle) Bailey of Columbia, Blair and Dylan Bailey of Macon, Lenda (A.J.) Fidelman of Anna, Texas and Chris Bailey of Macon; nine great-grandchildren, Grant Pemberton of Centralia, Dalton and Peyton Livingston of Bevier, Joshua Rhodes of Atlanta, Jacob and Jessie Shaver of Honolulu, Quinn Bailey of Columbia and Lance Fidelman of Anna, Texas; one step-great-grandchild, Tyler Cunningham of Bevier; one brother, Marvin Koinzan of Elgin, Neb.; two sisters-in-Saw, Jeri Koinzan of Elgin and Velma Koinzan of Denver; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, at Zion Lutheran Church in Macon, Mo., with Rev. Eugene Stueve officiating.
Burial was in the new addition Oakwood Cemetery in Bevier, Mo.
Hebron Journal-Register October 17, 2007.
The daughter of John Koinzan and Katie Ulferts Koinzan, she was born on June 2, 1916, in Thayer County, Nebraska. She was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church of Carleton, Neb. She graduated from high school in 1933, in Davenport, Neb. and on Oct. 19, 1944, she married Raymond Eugene Bailey, who survives.
Roma spent her childhood living on a farm in Nebraska, homesteaded by her grandfather. After graduating from the Davenport High School in 1933, she went to Colorado and graduated from the Colorado General Hospital, X-Ray Department. During World War II at the Air Force Base Civil Service in Carlsbad, N.M., she went to Bombardier School and graduated Junior Propeller Mechanic.
After marriage, she lived with her navy husband in Hawthorne, Nev., until his discharge in 1946. They returned to Nebraska and farmed until 1954, and then moved to a farm in Missouri, where they continued to live.
After moving to Missouri, she returned to her love of nursing and first worked at the local hospital and then at a clinic as an x-ray technician; later working again at the hospital until her retirement.
She loved to garden and was known for her many pretty flowers. She deeply loved her family and spent many hours making her house a loving home. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Roma was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Frieda Gerdes, Esther Stewart and Rosa Crane; and five brothers, John Koinzan, Francis Koinzan, Robert Koinzan, Harold Koinzan and Richard Koinzan.
Surviving her besides her husband, Raymond, are two daughters, Cheryl Rae (James) Dixson of Macon and Roberta Ann (Clyde) Livingston of Macon; two sons, Bradley James (Angela) Bailey and Ward C. Bailey, all of Macon; 11 grandchildren, Mitchell Dixson of Macon, Melissa (Doug) Cox of Richmond, Mo., Jamie (Chris) Pemberton of Centralia.Mo., Jay (Shelly) Livingston of Bevier, Connie (Scott) Shaver of Honolulu, Hawaii, Beth (Donald) Brower of Macon, Brian (Angle) Bailey of Columbia, Blair and Dylan Bailey of Macon, Lenda (A.J.) Fidelman of Anna, Texas and Chris Bailey of Macon; nine great-grandchildren, Grant Pemberton of Centralia, Dalton and Peyton Livingston of Bevier, Joshua Rhodes of Atlanta, Jacob and Jessie Shaver of Honolulu, Quinn Bailey of Columbia and Lance Fidelman of Anna, Texas; one step-great-grandchild, Tyler Cunningham of Bevier; one brother, Marvin Koinzan of Elgin, Neb.; two sisters-in-Saw, Jeri Koinzan of Elgin and Velma Koinzan of Denver; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, at Zion Lutheran Church in Macon, Mo., with Rev. Eugene Stueve officiating.
Burial was in the new addition Oakwood Cemetery in Bevier, Mo.
Hebron Journal-Register October 17, 2007.
Roma Christine Bailey, 91 of Macon, Mo., passed away Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007 at the Loch Haven Nursing Home in Macon.
The daughter of John Koinzan and Katie Ulferts Koinzan, she was born on June 2, 1916, in Thayer County, Nebraska. She was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church of Carleton, Neb. She graduated from high school in 1933, in Davenport, Neb. and on Oct. 19, 1944, she married Raymond Eugene Bailey, who survives.
Roma spent her childhood living on a farm in Nebraska, homesteaded by her grandfather. After graduating from the Davenport High School in 1933, she went to Colorado and graduated from the Colorado General Hospital, X-Ray Department. During World War II at the Air Force Base Civil Service in Carlsbad, N.M., she went to Bombardier School and graduated Junior Propeller Mechanic.
After marriage, she lived with her navy husband in Hawthorne, Nev., until his discharge in 1946. They returned to Nebraska and farmed until 1954, and then moved to a farm in Missouri, where they continued to live.
After moving to Missouri, she returned to her love of nursing and first worked at the local hospital and then at a clinic as an x-ray technician; later working again at the hospital until her retirement.
She loved to garden and was known for her many pretty flowers. She deeply loved her family and spent many hours making her house a loving home. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Roma was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Frieda Gerdes, Esther Stewart and Rosa Crane; and five brothers, John Koinzan, Francis Koinzan, Robert Koinzan, Harold Koinzan and Richard Koinzan.
Surviving her besides her husband, Raymond, are two daughters, Cheryl Rae (James) Dixson of Macon and Roberta Ann (Clyde) Livingston of Macon; two sons, Bradley James (Angela) Bailey and Ward C. Bailey, all of Macon; 11 grandchildren, Mitchell Dixson of Macon, Melissa (Doug) Cox of Richmond, Mo., Jamie (Chris) Pemberton of Centralia.Mo., Jay (Shelly) Livingston of Bevier, Connie (Scott) Shaver of Honolulu, Hawaii, Beth (Donald) Brower of Macon, Brian (Angle) Bailey of Columbia, Blair and Dylan Bailey of Macon, Lenda (A.J.) Fidelman of Anna, Texas and Chris Bailey of Macon; nine great-grandchildren, Grant Pemberton of Centralia, Dalton and Peyton Livingston of Bevier, Joshua Rhodes of Atlanta, Jacob and Jessie Shaver of Honolulu, Quinn Bailey of Columbia and Lance Fidelman of Anna, Texas; one step-great-grandchild, Tyler Cunningham of Bevier; one brother, Marvin Koinzan of Elgin, Neb.; two sisters-in-Saw, Jeri Koinzan of Elgin and Velma Koinzan of Denver; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, at Zion Lutheran Church in Macon, Mo., with Rev. Eugene Stueve officiating.
Burial was in the new addition Oakwood Cemetery in Bevier, Mo.
Hebron Journal-Register October 17, 2007.
The daughter of John Koinzan and Katie Ulferts Koinzan, she was born on June 2, 1916, in Thayer County, Nebraska. She was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church of Carleton, Neb. She graduated from high school in 1933, in Davenport, Neb. and on Oct. 19, 1944, she married Raymond Eugene Bailey, who survives.
Roma spent her childhood living on a farm in Nebraska, homesteaded by her grandfather. After graduating from the Davenport High School in 1933, she went to Colorado and graduated from the Colorado General Hospital, X-Ray Department. During World War II at the Air Force Base Civil Service in Carlsbad, N.M., she went to Bombardier School and graduated Junior Propeller Mechanic.
After marriage, she lived with her navy husband in Hawthorne, Nev., until his discharge in 1946. They returned to Nebraska and farmed until 1954, and then moved to a farm in Missouri, where they continued to live.
After moving to Missouri, she returned to her love of nursing and first worked at the local hospital and then at a clinic as an x-ray technician; later working again at the hospital until her retirement.
She loved to garden and was known for her many pretty flowers. She deeply loved her family and spent many hours making her house a loving home. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Roma was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Frieda Gerdes, Esther Stewart and Rosa Crane; and five brothers, John Koinzan, Francis Koinzan, Robert Koinzan, Harold Koinzan and Richard Koinzan.
Surviving her besides her husband, Raymond, are two daughters, Cheryl Rae (James) Dixson of Macon and Roberta Ann (Clyde) Livingston of Macon; two sons, Bradley James (Angela) Bailey and Ward C. Bailey, all of Macon; 11 grandchildren, Mitchell Dixson of Macon, Melissa (Doug) Cox of Richmond, Mo., Jamie (Chris) Pemberton of Centralia.Mo., Jay (Shelly) Livingston of Bevier, Connie (Scott) Shaver of Honolulu, Hawaii, Beth (Donald) Brower of Macon, Brian (Angle) Bailey of Columbia, Blair and Dylan Bailey of Macon, Lenda (A.J.) Fidelman of Anna, Texas and Chris Bailey of Macon; nine great-grandchildren, Grant Pemberton of Centralia, Dalton and Peyton Livingston of Bevier, Joshua Rhodes of Atlanta, Jacob and Jessie Shaver of Honolulu, Quinn Bailey of Columbia and Lance Fidelman of Anna, Texas; one step-great-grandchild, Tyler Cunningham of Bevier; one brother, Marvin Koinzan of Elgin, Neb.; two sisters-in-Saw, Jeri Koinzan of Elgin and Velma Koinzan of Denver; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, at Zion Lutheran Church in Macon, Mo., with Rev. Eugene Stueve officiating.
Burial was in the new addition Oakwood Cemetery in Bevier, Mo.
Hebron Journal-Register October 17, 2007.
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