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Wife of the late Clemens Pozniak; daughter of the late Thomas Stevens and the late Mahala Stevens; mother of Jacqueline (Frederick) Scherer, Thomas W. Brakensiek, and the late Merlin N. Brakensiek; grandmother of 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great grandchildren; sister of the late Bessie Eipper, Edith Weiser, Florence McWilliams, Evelyn White, Ethel West, and Thomas W. Stevens.
She was employed as a Spot Welder at Lee Rowan Wire Product Co.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
October 26, 2005Thomas W. "Bud" Stevens, co-founder of an automobile dealership, died suddenly Sunday (Oct. 23, 2005) at his residence in Des Peres. He was 84.
Mr. Stevens was born in Cuba, Mo. He served as a Marine in World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star.
Mr. Stevens worked for 18 years for Barford Chevrolet in Clayton. In 1963, Mr. Stevens and Mack Yates founded Yates-Stevens Ford in Kirkwood. In 1981, Mr. Stevens sold his share of the business to Mr. Yates.
After his retirement, Mr. Stevens remained active with community organizations. He was a member of Salem in Ladue United Methodist Church.
Among survivors are his wife of 57 years, Norma M. Stevens; a daughter, Janet Stevens Young of Kirkwood; his sister, Noble Pozniak of St. Louis; and three grandchildren.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
October 26, 2005Stevens, Thomas W. 'Bud'on Sunday, October 23, 2005. Beloved husband of 57 years to Norma M. Stevens (nee Reeves); dearest father of Janet Stevens Young; dear grandfather of Angela (Richard) Roy and Howard Lee Young III; dear brother of Noble Pozniak; dear uncle and great-uncle.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
November 21, 2004WHITE, ELSIE RUTH(nee Glazner), on Nov. 19, 2004; beloved wife of the late Willaim E. White, Sr.; loving mother of Bill (Alberta) White of Washington, MO, Clark (Sherrie) White of Owensville, MO; dear sister of Irene Todd; dear sister-in-law of Maurice (Winnie) Cape, John (Pennie) White, Paul (Pat) Ritchie; dear grandmotherof 8; great-grandmother of 2; aunt; cousin and friend.
Three Rivers Publishing Online
Maurice Reyburn Cape was born on February 12, 1911 the son of Jesse M. and Amy P. Cape and passed away July 9, 2007 at the age of 96 years.
He was united in marriage to Kathryn White in 1935 and to this union two children were born, Donna Eaker of Brookfield, Connecticut and Kay Marik of New Hope, Pennsylvania. Kathryn preceded him in death in 1986. He then married Winnie McMillan who passed away in 2005.
Maurice was a member of the Steelville Presbyterian Church for more than 80 years and served that congregation in many capacities including clerk of the congregation, treasurer, elder and was one of the original “Groundhogs.” During the 1960’s he envisioned and coordinated the Lord’s Herd Project which was instrumental in funding the rebuilding of the Presbyterian Church.
He was employed by the First Community National Bank in 1935 as a teller and janitor and ended his employment in the bank 45 years later serving as vice president and senior loan officer. Subsequent to his retirement in 1980, he became a member of the bank’s Board of Directors culminating a total of 67 years of service with the bank.
Maurice’s avid interest in farming began early in his life and he always spent any available hours in the development of his farming projects. During World War II and for a period of years thereafter, he operated a dairy farm–milking, bottling and delivering milk. He then transferred his operation to beef cattle and maintained a large cow-calf herd for many years, staying active in its management until recently.
He was a charter and active member of the Crawford County Farm Bureau, a charter and lifetime member of the Ozark Trail Blazers, a charter member of the National Cattlemen’s Association, the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association and the Crawford County Cattlemen’s Association. He was an active participant in a wide variety of Missouri Agriculture Extension and Crawford County Extension activities. For many years Maurice served on the Board of Directors of the Interstate Producers Livestock Association, a marketing assocation that served farmers in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. During that time he was instrumental in the development of the IPLA’s auction marketing center located in Cuba, Missouri. He has been honored with many awards from the University of Missouri for his achievements and contributions furthering agriculture.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two wives; brother, Wilber Cape and sister, Brenda Riebel.
Considering his combined families, Maurice is survived by his sister, Wilma Earls of Steelville, Missouri; daughters, Donna Eaker and husband Thomas and Kay Marik and husband Jaromir; step son, R. Bruce McMillan and wife Virginia of Springfield, Illinois; eight grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 8, 2005Retired Col. John A. White, U.S.M.C. Retired, was born on the White farm April 23, 1917, several miles north of the town of Cuba, Missouri. He attended two one-room schools; the Three Mile School on the corner of the farm, and the Big Bend school near Steelville, Missouri. High school followed in Steelville with graduation in 1936. He attended the University of Missouri with the help of a Track and Field scholarship, excelling in hurdles. While at the University he was selected to be commissioned in the Marine Corps upon graduating with a degree in agriculture in 1940. He went back to college years later, earning a Masters in Public Administration from George Washington University in 1965.
During WWII he served aboard the USS Indianapolis from May 1941 to December 1943. Among his many interesting command and staff assignments, two stand out as the most interesting. While at Camp Fuji-McNair in Japan in late 1956, he received orders to take a detachment of Marines into the Red Sea to beach at the Aramco oil fields. When their Navy ships got to the mouth of the Red Sea they received orders to stop. The planned amphibious landing never took place. The ships with the Marines on board turned around and made a "good will tour" of the return trip to Camp Fuji. They stopped at major cities from Karachi and Calcutta, to Singapore and Bankok, meeting with their counterparts in the nations along the way. Col. White treasured the memories of that rich cultural experience. Then ten years later, from August 1966 to July 1968, he was in Taiwan serving as Senior Advisor to Chang Kai Shek's Nationalist Marine Corps. Col. White's last assignment, August 1968 to June 1970, was as Commanding Officer of the Marine Barracks, Naval Station in San Diego.
After 30 years of active duty, he retired, and began an active involvement in Optimist Club work, including a leadership role within his own Kensington Club and as Governor of the Cal-South District of Optimist International, 1978-1979. Col.
White is survived by his wife of 62 years, Pennie, and their two daughters: Nancy of Spokane, Wash.; and Susan, of El Cajon, Ca.; brother-in-law, Maurice Cape of Steelville, Mo; nieces, Donna Eaker of Brookfield Center, Cn; and Kay Marik of New Hope, Pa; and nephews, Bill White of Washington, Mo, and Clark White of Owensville, Mo. He leaves behind many cherished friends, whose support of the family has been immeasurable.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
December 16, 2005Deceased Name: WHITE, PENNIE
May 25, 1917 to December 2, 2005 Born in Detroit, Michigan, Pennie White was adopted as a toddler by Nan and Fred Meyer of Cleveland, Ohio, and given the name Dorothy. Following high school she attended Christian College (now Columbia College) in Columbia, Missouri, graduating in 1939.In 1942 she married Lt. John A. White, USMC, a young man she had dated while in college. They were married in Reno, Nevada in a triple wedding with two other couples. All of the men were young officers assigned to the USS Indianapolis. Ten days later, John returned to the USS Indianapolis and Pennie began her career as a Marine Corps' wife. During her 30 year stint with the Marine Corps she lived in Virginia, Rhode Island, Guam, North Carolina, South Carolina, Hawaii, Taiwan, and finally here in San Diego where John retired.
Throughout those years and up to the day of her death, Pennie had honored her commitment, to give back to the community wherever the family lived. She was a volunteer with the Girl Scouts and Navy Relief. She volunteered with the Red Cross for 47 years, including several years at the Vietnamese refugee camps at Camp Pendleton. While in Taiwan, Pennie was a volunteer English teacher at the Chinese Marine Corps officers and enlisted schools and she taught Taiwanese businessmen in conversational English. She also recorded books for the U.S. Information Service. She spent twelve years here in San Diego reading for the blind and visually handicapped over KPBS radio. For years she supported her husband John's Kensington Optimist Club, and jumped at the chance to join when women were finally allowed to be members. She was honored as Optimist of the Year several times. She was instrumental in getting the club active in Partners in Education with the John Adams Elementary School where she tutored second graders for many years. She was an active tutor at the time of her death. In 2004 the school honored her by naming their new library the Pennie White Library. Pennie
White was preceded in death by her husband, Col. John A. White, USMC Retired. She is survived by her daughter, Susan of El Cajon and her daughter, Nancy of Spokane, Washington, as well as brothers-in-law Maurice Cape of Steelville, Missouri and Paul Ritchie of Columbia, Missouri, and seven nieces and nephews.
81379. Clark Eldon Chapman Jr.
Pilot, 70th Sqdn, 433 T.C. Group, Fifth Air Force
US Navy, WWII
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Eileen Marie Hardwick, 85, of Patterson, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at her home in Patterson. She was born Dec. 7, 1926, in Cuba, the daughter of Clark E. and Elsie I. Hamilton Chapman. She married Charles Robert Hardwick on May 9, 1948, in Alton.
Surviving are her husband, Charles of Patterson; a niece; and a nephew. Two brothers, Robert Charles Chapman and Clark Eldon Chapman Jr.; a niece; and a nephew preceded her in death.
She was a member of the White Hall Calvary Baptist Church where she served as the church pianist for many years. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing.
Union-News (Springfield, MA)
April 3, 2001Virginia (Leete) Memery, 86, of this town, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Longmeadow, she was a graduate of Springfield Central High School in Springfield and a member of First Church of Christ. She was a member of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Mercy Warren Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a direct descendant of Gov. William Bradford. She also was a member and volunteer of the Springfield Hospital Auxiliary.
Her husband, Harry N. Memery, died in 1993.
She leaves four daughters, Diane V. Memery of Cromwell, Conn., Susan M. Bruce and Judith M. Underwood, both of Longmeadow, and Nancy M. Sessums of Jackson, Miss.; a brother, Bradford Leete of Sarasota, Fla.; a sister, Elizabeth "Peggy" Godfrey of Longmeadow; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The Republican (Springfield, MA)
October 19, 2010Margaret L. Godfrey
1917 - 2010LONGMEADOW, MA Margaret Lucie (Leete) Godfrey, 93, long time Longmeadow resident died Friday October 15th. A well known artist, "Peggy" Godfrey was born in Longmeadow in the Ebenezer Bliss house on the town green. She attended Longmeadow schools, Classical High School and American International College. She first studied painting at the Springfield Art School on Court Square in Springfield with the late Director Marion Huse. She later studied with Donald Reichert, Charles Haywood and Wadsworth Hine at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. She also studied in Miami, Gainsville and Sarasota, Florida. Her paintings have been featured in 28 one-person shows at art galleries, colleges and libraries in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Her paintings are hung in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, as well as France, Canada, Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Mexico and Japan. Her historical house paintings of the well known early homes in Longmeadow have appeared on the Town of Longmeadow Town Report covers for many years.
She was a member of the Springfield Community Concert Association, Longmeadow Players, the Springfield Ski Club, a Corporator of the Baystate Medical Center, a member of the Longmeadow Country Club, Longmeadow Women's Club, a life member of the Longmeadow Historical Society, the Longmeadow Bicentennial Commission, Secretary of the Longmeadow Cemetery Association, and early member of the Deerfield Art Association and the Springfield Art League. She had been a member of First Church of Christ in Longmeadow for over 70 years and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Betsy Ross Society, the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants and was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford.
She was the daughter of the late Bradford White Leete, Sr. and Florence Pease Webster Leete. She was predeceased by her husband, William A. Godfrey.
She leaves three sons, William A. Godfrey, Jr. of Dallas, TX, James B. Godfrey of Charlottesville, VA, and Thomas L. Godfrey of Dallas, TX; a daughter, Margaret Lucie Godfrey of Florida; five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
The Republican (Springfield, MA)
July 23, 2004William A. Godfrey
1916 - 2004LONGMEADOW - William A. Godfrey, 88, of Longmeadow, died Wednesday at his home. He was a retired attorney and trial lawyer who, since retirement, conducted a private practice representing various corporations, insurance companies, and private clients. He loved books and collected many volumes on historical subjects.
Besides his wife Margaret (Leete) Godfrey, he leaves 3 sons, William A., Jr., James B. & Thomas L.; a daughter, Margaret Lucie Godfrey; 5 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
81394. Bradford White Leete Jr.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
September 19, 2006Leete, Bradford of Ft. Lauderdale, FL passed away on September 18, 2006.