ALFRED "AL" WEISS
AL WEISS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 28, 1912, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE ALFRED JOSEPH AND GERTRUDE (CHRISMER) WEISS. AL DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON APRIL 27, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND THIRTY DAYS.
AL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JOYCE M. STUDDARD ON FEBRUARY 7, 1948, IN LEADWOOD, MISSOURI.
AL IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOYCE WEISS OF POTOSI, ONE DAUGHTER, SUSAN HUFF AND HUSBAND EVERETT OF POTOSI, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, NANCY MCMAHAN AND HUSBAND RANDY OF POTOSI, ALAN HUFF AND WIFE TERESA OF TUCSON, ARIZONA, JOHN HUFF AND WIFE DONNA OF KANSAS CITY, JULIE HUFF OF POTOSI, AMY HUFF OF POTOSI, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, JACOB AND ABBEY MCMAHAN, MARGARET AND MACKLIN HUFF, TWO SISTERS, SYLVIA HUTCHINGS OF SULLIVAN, LUCILLE NETTMAN OF ST. LOUIS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
AL HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE AND ENJOYED GARDENING, HUNTIN AND FISHING. AL LOVED TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS TO RECORD THE MEMORIES OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE ENJOYED WATCHING SPORTS ON TELEVISION. AL HAD GREAT PRIDE IN HIS CAREER AS AN UPHOLSTERER AND ALWAYS TOOK TIME TO TALK TO HIS CUSTOMERS.
AL HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE POTOSI SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH. HE HAD SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1942 TO 1945.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2000, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 11:00 A.M. AT POTOSI SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND JOHN EDWARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, NORMAN BOWLES, RUSSELL BREAKFIELD, JOHN O'HANLON, RON THOMLINSON, NORMAN FORBES AND HARRY PUCKETT.