DORA MAY PORTELL
DORA MAY PORTELL OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT FOUNTAIN FARM, MISSOURI ON MAY 9, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ADAM AND IDA B. (WEST) BARNES. DORA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2003 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND THIRTEEN DAYS.
DORA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NELSON ANTHONY PORTELL ON JUNE 12, 1936 IN CADET, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN. NELSON PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON AUGUST 25, 1990.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS, MARCELLA MILLER AND HUSBAND LYNN OF FENTON, MISSOURI, NANCY RUTH MEADE AND HUSBAND GENE OF ST. CLAIR, MISSOURI, MARCIA DIANE ADAMS AND HUSBAND DALE OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI AND MYRA SUE WELCH AND HUSBAND JOHN OF HARTSHORN, MISSOURI, SONS, BOB NELSON PORTELL AND WIFE ALICE OF CADET, MISSOURI AND MELVIN KENT PORTELL AND WIFE CHARLOTTE OF CADET, MISSOURI, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, EDITH PORTELL OF CADET, MISSOURI, SISTERS, DOLLY EYE AND HUSBAND AL OF ARNOLD, MISSOURI, MABEL NORTHCUTT OF ST. CLAIR, MISSOURI AND RUTH NORTHCUTT OF FENTON, MISSOURI, TWENTY-TWO GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY-NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON, JESSE "BUCKY" PORTELL, HALF-SISTER, GEORGIE WILSON, BROTHER, JESS BARNES, HALF-BROTHER, RAYMOND PATTERSON AND GRANDDAUGHTER, DIANA BOYER.
DORA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SPRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE ENJOYED SINGING GOSPEL MUSIC. SHE ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE BY GOING CAMPING WITH FAMILY AND TAKING WALKS IN THE WOODS. DORA LIKED PLAYING SCRABBLE AND WORKING CROSSWORD AND JIGSAW PUZZLES. SHE ENJOYED GOING TO GARAGE SALES AND LOVED LOOKING AT BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. DORA WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY REV. GUY AND CINDY CONWAY, HER VERY CLOSE AND DEAR FRIENDS.
LIFE IS SO UNCERTAIN- HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW, SO DEAR LOVED ONES- JUST THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE A NOTE JUST IN CASE I GO AHEAD OF YOU, JUST LIKE OUR BUCKY DID AHEAD OF ME- I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND HOPE THE GOOD LORD LEAVES ME AROUND FOR QUITE AWHILE YET. JUST WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE "FIRST TO WITNESS A LOT MORE FOR HIM," "BUT I AM READY, AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS- SO, "YOU THAT DON'T KNOW JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR, ASK HIM TO COME INTO YOUR HEART TO LIVE, AND FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS, BELIEVING THAT HE DIED FOR YOU. PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIVES, THEN LIVE EACH DAY TO ITS FULLEST, BE HAPPY IS MY LAST REQUEST FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. P.S. DO NOT GRIEVE FOR ME THERE IS A BETTER LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE. WILL WRITE MORE LATER IF I GET AT IT - IF NOT SEE YOU LATER. LOVE YOU, MOM
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003 AND 8:30 AM TO 10:00 AM ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 10:00 AM ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. TED MOORE AND REV. JOHN EDWARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, GORDON MILLER, BOBBY PORTELL, MIKE PORTELL, JESSE PORTELL, LYNN MILLER II AND TOMMY MILLER.