Marjorie Anne Long

1939 - 2015

Marjorie Long of Affton, Missouri passed away April 15, 2015.  Dear daughter of the late Allen and Majorie (nee Dillman).  Dear mother of Elizabeth Michelle Starke of Seattle Washington.

Services: Private

Norma Jean Whitehead

Norma Jean Whitehead was born November 4, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri.  She went home to be with the Lord  March 16, 2015 at the age of 77.  Beloved wife of the late George Whitehead. Dear daughter of the late David Smith and Leon and Loretta Hooper. Dear Mother of Loretta (Tino) Faavi, Jimmy Harkins, Dennis Harkins, Kelvin, Jeffrey, Daniel, David and Billy Whitehead and Kelly Tovar, and the late Kelly and Leon Whitehead.  Dear Grandmother of Stephanie, Steven, Lil Dennis, Brittany, Josh, George, Melanie, Lil Kevin, Jeffery, Brenden, Brianna, Nick, Caroline, Hannah, Cadence, Leon, Jeffrey and Dalton, William, Isabella, Marianna, Martin and Javier and dear Great Grandmother, Aunt, Cousin and friend to many.

Mrs. Whitehead was a lifetime member of Apostolic Faith Pentecostal Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to the church.

Kenneth W. Stricklin

He was born November, 21, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri to George and Ruth (nee Suttles) Stricklin. He passed away March 13, 2015 at the age of 68. He was the beloved husband of Barbara (nee Corder) Stricklin. Dear Father of Michele and Michael Stricklin. 

Venita Barton Dean

Venita was born in Leachville, Arkansas on March 17, 1931. Dear daughter of the late John Henry and Matrey Molly (nee Bruce) Chipman. The beloved wife of the late Lonnie Lee Barton.  She passed away March 10, 2015 at the West County Care Center at the age of 83.  Dear Mother of Brenda Michel of St. Louis, Daryl L. Barton of Van Buren, Lonnie and Janice Barton of Galena, Shirley and Art Morrison of St. Louis, Wilma and Joe Dirkers of St. Louis, Laura and Heriem Johnson of St. Louis, Donna Barton of St. Louis, Frances and James Beard of Bonne Terre, and the late Connie Barton (deceased 2009) and  Donald Barton (deceased 2103). Dear Grandmother of Lonnie Scott Barton, Stephanie Kelly, Shelley Goulson, Scott Joseph, Shaun Dotson, Leslie Ivy, Shannon Ivy, Olivia Barton, Samuel Jefferson, Wendy Beard, James Beard, Cynthia Wilcox, Kellie Null, Christopher Barton, Michael Barton, Alex Barton, Aaron Barton, and the late Benjamin Michel (deceased 2011), Randy Barton (deceased 2011) amd Brad Barton (deceased 2007).  Dear Great Grandmother of forty four and Great Great Grandmother of one.  Dear Sister of Wilma Grooms of California, Lloyd and Sercey Chipman of Orlando, Florida, Alice Looney of Van Buren, and Josephine Ward of Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Venita was a member of the Van Buren Baptist Church, DAVA Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, South Side Coalition, the first president of the Lafayette Square Restoration Association, and the the first paid crossing guard.

JoAnn Stephenson

JoAnn was born September 7, 1945 to William and Euseba (nee West) Prater. She went home to be with the Lord March 3, 2015 at the age of 69.  She was the beloved wife of the late William C. Stephenson.  She is survived by her loving children, Tonia Cacciatore, Billy Stephenson and Chad (Wife, Clara) Stephenson. Dear Grandmother of Amber, Kayla, Hayle, Joey, Lanie; dear Great-Gramdmother of Te-Kaylion and Taylen.

Russell "Rusty" Penrose

Born June 18, 1964 to Virgil P. and Marie (nee McCarthy) Penrose in St. Louis, Missouri passed away March 2, 2015 at Pony Bird Care Center in Mapaville, Missouri at the age of 50.  He was life long resident of the Pony Bird Care Center.  He was the dear brother of Tammy Fletcher of Sikeston, Missouri  and a dear uncle.

Gordon L Ziegler

Born June 24, 1949 passed away February 20, 2015 in Doniphan Missouri at the age of 65.

Beloved husband of Brenda Ziegler, Dear father of Mitchell Williams, Bethany Pressdee, Jessica Castaldi,

Jason Ziegler, Jessica Barrera and Jennifer Williams; dear grandfather of Mitchell Jr., Terra, Lilly,

 Xavier, Isabella, Samantha, Hannah, Noah, Abby, Colton and Triston. Dear brother of Keith Ziegler, 

Sandy Mosange and Diane Kimball.  Dear uncle, brother-in-law, cousin, and friend to many.

Valerie H. Shaughnessy

Valerie Shaugnessy was born on June 22, 1935 in St. Louis Missouri.  She was the daughter of  the late Rudolph and Rose (nee Fischer) Fiebiger. Beloved mother of Trace (Lynn) Shaughnessy and Ryan (Diane) Shaughnessy;  dear grandmother of Shannon and Brendan Shaughnessy; dear sister of James Fiebiger.

James E. Gilbert of St. James, MO, formerly of St. Louis, MO,
died January 17, 2015, at home following a long illness.

Carl L. Cox, Jr.

1924 - 2015

Carl Cox passed away January 29, 2015.  Beloved son of the late Carl L. Cox Sr. and Nell Irene  (nee Johnson) Cox; dear brother of Shirley Muench and Frank Cox.

McGrath, Alexander Mooney

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 21, 1987 and died January 16th, 2015, in St. Louis, MO, son of Kathleen McGrath (Kevin Skaggs), and Tim (Jan) Aynardi.

Date Of Birth:    1951 - 2015

Karen S. Holt of St. Louis passed away on January 9, 2015 at the age of 63. Dear wife of Dearl Holt. Dear Mother of Stephanie Blankenship, Pamela (Ron) Coleman, Rodney Gardner II, and Scott Holt; our dear Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Cousin and friend.

Date of Birth:  1940 - 2014

Charles "Larry" Taylor, age 74, of St. Louis Missouri passed away January 5th, 2015. Beloved husband of Donna (nee Saunchegrow) Taylor; Our dear uncle, brother-in-law, nephew, cousin and friend.

Virginia L Wood   Born: 1932 - 2014

About Virginia:

Beloved wife of the late Howard Wood; dear mother of Joseph (Anna) Wood, Deborah Null, Linda (Charles) Younger and Michael Wood. Our dear grandmother; great grandmother and friend.

Walter L. "Wally" Creamer  --  Born on March 9th, 1958

Walter went home to be with the Lord on November 2nd, 2014. He was a beloved son, brother, father, husband, uncle, and friend.

Born May 20, 1927 to Walter and Lulu (nee Whitworth) Nichols, went home to be with the Lord September 8, 2014. Beloved wife of the late Harold Lay; dearest mother of Janis (Roger) Wyckoff, Nancy (Mac) McMullen, Scott (Dawn Bach) Lay; loving grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend.

May 27, 1934 - Aug 28, 2014 Beloved wife for nearly 60 years of the late James "Jim" William Poole, Dear Daughter of the late Floyd and Irene (nee Williams) Clark. Dear Mother of Terry (Bill) Farris and Randy (Connie) Poole. Dear Grandmother of Jeremy (Beth) Smith, Jimmy Smith, Jeff Smith, Amanda (Travis) Smith-Woods, Laura Poole and Chad Poole. Dear Great-grandmother of Jeremy and Cameron Smith, Marissa Stout, and Tony and Tiffany Huelsmann. Dear sister to late J.E. "Jay" Clark.

Patricia was born on November 30, 1934 in Washington, Missouri. She passed away on August 25, 2014, at the age of 79. She was the daughter of the late Addison and Essie (Key) Estes. She was the loving Mother of Sue, Charlene, John, Jim, Barbara and Brenda. Dear Grandmother of Patty, Timmy, Barbara, Michael Wayne, John Robert, Kristin, Nicole, James, Rebecca Ann, Jason, Carl, Sonya, Michael, Curt and Chris. Beloved Great Grandmother of Ian, Kathleen, Eric, Brianca, Alexis, Chase, Ethan, Austin, Aiden, Aaron, Ellie, Noah, Mason, Camron, Drake, Blake, Jake Alex and Nathan. Great Great Grandmother of Richard Laura Lei, and a little girl due to arrive next month.

John was born in St. Louis, Missouri on January 13, 1934 and passed away at his home on August 13, 2014, at the age of 80. He was the son of the late John E. and Lucille Roubidoux. He was the Father of John E. Roubidoux and the Father-In-Law of Rene Roubidoux. Beloved Grandfather of Mary, Elizabeth, Morgan, John, Billy and Mike. Dear Great Grandfather of Kylie, Joey, Mikey, Ben and Logan.