THOMAS "PETE" PORTELL
THOMAS GLEN "PETE" PORTELL OF POTOSI, MO, WAS BORN AT CADET, MO, ON FEBRUARY 10, 1941. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE THOMAS AND HELEN (MARTIN) PORTELL. PETE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE IN POTOSI, MO, ON DECEMBER 7, 2000 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY NINE YEARS, NINE MONTHS, AND TWENTY SEVEN DAYS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SPECIAL AND DEVOTED FRIEND DOROTHY MOSIER OF POTOSI, TWO SONS; TOMMY PORTELL OF DESOTO, AND DARRIN PORTELL OF ST. CLAIR, TWO DAUGHTERS; DEBBIE HOWERTON AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF CADET, AND CATHY AKERS OF ST. CHARLES, THREE SISTERS; VIRGINA, MRS. FRAN PASHIA, OF OLD MINES, SHIRLEY, MRS. DENNY DALTON, OF MINERAL POINT, AND CAROL GLORE OF PARK HILLS; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES, GREAT NEPHEWS COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
PETE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR MOTHER NATURE AND HER MANY GIFTS. HE ENJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS. TAKING LONG DRIVES ON GRAVEL ROADS LOOKING FOR WILDLIFE OR ANOTHER FISHING SPOT WERE WAYS HE LOVED SPENDING TIME. PETE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH AND A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI ELKS LODGE #2218.
PETE WILL BE LONG REMEMBERED FOR HIS WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR, ALWAYS READY FOR A GOOD JOKE OR SOMETHING FUNNY THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED DURING ONE OF HIS HUNTING TRIPS WITH HIS BUDDIES.
VISITATION WAS HELD FROM 3:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 10, 2000 AT MOORE FUNERAL HOMES IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON NOVEMBER 11, 2000 AT ST. JOACHIM CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE CARTER PHILLIPS, FRED MALLOW, KEVIN HOPKINS, JAMES SIMPSON, RUSSELL MILLER, GOV. WALLACE AND DONALD BLAIR.