LAURA SMITH
LAURA SMITH OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, WAS BORN NOVEMBER 27, 1932, IN RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE EDWARD AND MYRTLE (BOYSTER) YARBROUGH. LAURA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON MARCH 20, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-SIX YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
LAURA IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, JAMES SMITH AND WIFE BARB OF MINERAL POINT, LEWIS SMITH AND WIFE TAMMY OF CADET, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, BRANDON SCOTT SMITH, ABBY MARIE SMITH, KYLE EDWARD SMITH AND CHAD JERED SMITH, ONE BROTHER, ALEX YARBROUGH AND WIFE DOROTHY OF CADET, ONE SISTER, ANNA BELL FODDY OF MINERAL POINT, EX- HUSBAND, HERBERT E. SMITH OF MINERAL POINT AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE BROTHERS, JOHN, BOB AND LUKE YARBROUGH, ONE SISTER, BETTY LUCAS.
LAURA ENJOYED QUILTING AND SEWING. SHE COLLECTED FIGURINES OF MANY TYPES TO SHARE AND ADMIRE. LAURA HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND GRANDCHILDREN AND GREATLY ENJOYED THE TIME SHE SPENT WITH ALL, EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. WITH REVEREND PHIL WADE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE BRANDON SMITH, ALEX YARBROUGH, JIMMY AYRES, JIMMY BURKEEN, DAVID CHRISTOPHER AND TONY GIBSON.DONALD JAMES TIEFENAUER
DONALD TIEFENAUER OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JANUARY, 27, 1940, IN CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, A SON OF WILLIAM AND FRANCES (HOCKINGHOMER) TIEFENAUER. DONALD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT PARKLAND MEDICAL CENTER ON MARCH 17, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-NINE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND TWENTY-ONE DAYS.
DONALD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ELLEN L PHILLINGANE ON JANUARY 6, 1968, IN FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA.
DONALD IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ELLEN TIEFENAUER OF CALEDONIA, HIS PARENTS, WILLIAM AND FRANCES TIEFENAUER OF CALEDONIA, ONE SON DAVID TIEFENAUER AND WIFE NAN OF ERATH, LOUISIANNA, THREE DAUGHTERS, ANNETTE CLARK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, AMY BONE OF CALEDONIA, DONNA ISGRIG AND HUSBAND DAVID OF CALEDONIA, A SON-IN-LAW, GLEN CLARK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR BROTHERS, CALBERT TIEFENAUER AND WIFE CAROLYN OF CALEDONIA, JOE TIEFENAUER AND WIFE DENISE OF CALEDONIA, FRED TIEFENAUER AND WIFE ALMA OF CALEDONIA, JOHN TIEFENAUER AND WIFE JEAN OF GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. DONALD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE INFANT SISTER, MARY JANE TIEFENAUER.
DON GAVE HIS HEART TO CHRIST WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY OF ABOUT ELEVEN YEARS AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EVER SINCE. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF THE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATION JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHERE HE SPENT THREE YEARS ACTIVE DUTY AND THEN CONTINUED FOUR YEARS IN THE ARMY RESERVE. DON HAD BEEN EMPLOYED WITH COMICO AMERICAN, HE WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE COMPANY TO A MANAGEMENT POSITION AND ACCEPTED A POSITION AT THE RED DOG MINES IN ALASKA, AT THE TIME OF HIS ILLNESS HE WAS ONE YEAR SHORT OF RETIREMENT WHEN HE WAS CAUSED TO DISCONTINUE HIS LOVE FOR MINING. DON ENJOYED THE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN HIS LIFE ESPECIALLY HAD GREAT PRIDE IN HIS ENDEAVORS IN ASSISTING THE MINING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN ALASKA. DON LOVED THE GREAT OUTDOORS AND THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE AND GREATLY ENJOYED THE TIME SPENT FISHING AND HUNTING.
DON HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR AND SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1999, FROM 4:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH REVEREND JAMES MALUGEN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DAVID TIEFENAUER, CALBERT TIEFENAUER, JOE TIEFENAUER, LEORIN LESH, FRED TIEFENAUER AND JOHN TIEFENAUER.