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WILSON-COCHRAN
Clara Nell Wilson-Cochran, 74, Table Grove, Ill., died Jan. 11, 2002, at her home.
She was born July 22, 1927, in Table Grove, a daughter of Clarence A. and Sarah Nellora Ross Hammond. She was married April 4, 1946, in Table Grove, to Raymond Wilson, who died Dec. 12, 1989. She was married Jan. 7, 1995, in Bonita Springs, Fla., to Philip R. Cochran, who survives.
She was a member of Ladies Auxiliary of McDonough District Hospital, Macomb, Ill.; the C.W.F. at the New Salem Christian Church, Adair, Ill.; the Rolling Rivers Camping Club; the New Salem Christian Church, Adair; and the First Presbyterian Church, Bonita Springs. She served in the Stevens Ministry Crisis Outreach, Bonita Springs.
Other survivors include: three sons, Randall Wilson, Pingree, N.D., Richard Wilson, Andover, Kan., and Rodney Wilson, Table Grove; two daughters, Jane Schrimpf, Holts Summit, and Judi Smith, Jefferson City; two stepchildren, Daniel Cochran, Barrington, Ill., and Robin Christman, Tipton, Ind.; one sister, Lenore Smith, Table Grove; one brother, Carroll Hammond, Galesburg, Ill; 17 grandchildren, three step grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at New Salem Christian Church, Adair. The Rev. Jim Comstock will officiate. Burial will be in Harris Cemetery, Table Grove.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Kost Memorial Home, Vermont, Ill.
Memorials are suggested to New Salem Christian Church or McDonough District Hospitals Hospice Program.
ZIMMERMAN
Terri J. Zimmerman, 46, McGirk, died Jan. 12, 2002, at St. Marys Health Center.
She was born March 20, 1955, near Atlanta, a daughter of Robert and Jeraldine J. Ruffener Hartung. Her father and stepmother, Robert and Jan Hartung, survive in Ten Mile. She was married July 13, 1991, in McGirk, to Michael Zimmerman, who survives at the home.
She was a factory worker at Orvis, Tipton. She graduated from Macon High School and attended college in Kirksville and Lincoln University.
Other survivors include: two sons, Corey Hartung-West, Wathena, Kan., and Tynan Hartung-West, McGirk; two stepchildren, Leslie Dugger, Jamestown, and Jason Zimmerman, Flower Mound, Texas ; two sisters, Bronda Moore, Longview, Texas , and Sherri Meade, state of Kentucky; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services. The Rev. Gary Schulte will officiate.
Visitation will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Monday.
Memorials are suggested to the family of Terri Zimmerman, c/o Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services, 100 South Oak St., California, Mo. 65018.
BUSHDORF
Marie Bushdorf, 77, Tipton, died Jan. 13, 2002, at Capital Region Medical Center.
She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in High Point, a daughter of Robert M. and Mary E. Smith Barbour. She was married Feb. 14, 1947, in Covington, Ky., to Howard E. Bushdorf, who died July 8, 1970.
She graduated from Latham High School in 1944 and attended Springfield College of Commerce. She worked as a clerk at the Pentagon in Washington , D.C., and as a bookkeeper at Macy's and Sears Department stores, Kansas City. She retired from Stride Rite, Tipton, in 1986 after 12 years. She was a former member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.
Survivors include one brother, Norman Barbour, Jefferson City, and one sister, Mary Holloway, Tipton.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Flag Spring Cemetery. The Rev. Roy Sparks will officiate.
Visitation will be from 9-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services, California.
Memorials are suggested to the Evangelical Children's Home, 8240 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis, Mo. 63114.
BURKS
Iris Irene Burks, 89, Iberia, died Jan. 12, at St. Elizabeth Care Center.
She was born Dec. 1, 1912, in Iberia, a daughter of Frank and Ethel Waite Livingston. She was married Oct. 21, 1933, in Lebanon, to Sammy Burks, who survives at the home.
A homemaker, she worked for Kraml Wood Products near Iberia for 17 years. She was a member of Hickory Point Baptist Church near Iberia.
Survivors include: two daughters, Catherine Ponder, Iberia, and Caroline Levell, Springfield; one brother, Ellis Livingston, Duluth, Minn.; one sister, Wilma Hickey, Bolivar; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hickory Point Baptist Church. The Rev. Ken Gray will officiate. Burial will be in Livingston Cemetery near Iberia.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. today at Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia.
Memorials are suggested to Hickory Point Baptist Church.
WATSON
Johnnie T. "J.T." Watson, 84, Holts Summit, died Jan. 12, 2002, in Hermann Area District Hospital, Hermann.
He was born Jan. 3, 1918, in Round Spring, a son of John W. and Sara Elizabeth Morrow Watson. He was married to Maudelene Watson, who died June 3, 1993.
He was a logger, retiring in 1984. He was a member of Sugar Grove United Baptist Church, Bunker.
Survivors include: three daughters, Gert Holland and Rosie Hanger, both of Holts Summit, and Edna Littrell, Hermann; three sons, Floyd Watson, Jefferson City, Ray Watson, Hermann, and Roy Watson, Holts Summit; three sisters, Martha Terrill, Salem, Mary Lands, Green Valley, Ill., and Bea Terrill, Bunker; 19 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Debo Funeral Home, Holts Summit. The Rev. Jim Privett will officiate. Burial will be in Bull Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today.
Memorials are suggested to Marcella Korman.
BRANSON
Eula M. Branson, 85, Eldon, died Jan. 14, 2002, at St. Marys Health Center.
She was born March 28, 1916, in Cole County, a daughter of Flavius P. and Angie Davis Buster. She was married in 1933, in Omaha, Neb., to Lester Branson, who died in 1972.
A lifelong resident of the Central Missouri area, she attended school in Tuscumbia. She was employed in the obstetrics nursery at St. Marys Health Center for 30 years, retiring in 1980.
Survivors include: one son, Harold G. Branson, Jefferson City; one daughter, Jo Ann Branson, Eldon; one sister, Genevieve Johnson, Wichita, Kan.; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
One daughter, Billie Sue Hall, died Dec. 30, 2000.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Freeman Mortuary. The Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Nelson will officiate. Burial will be in Hawthorn Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday.
Memorials are suggested to the Jo Ann Branson Care Trust.
BEACH
Dorothy Leona Beach, 87, Perryville, Ark., died Jan. 14, 2002, in Perryville.
She was born Feb. 12, 1914, in Elston, a daughter of Roy and Mary Ellen Vanhooser Brunk. She was married July 18, 1937, in Kansas City, Kan., to Frank G. Beach, who died May 16, 2000.
She was a member of First Assembly of God Church, Eldon. She lived in Eldon for 23 years before moving to Arkansas.
Survivors include: one son, Frank L. Beach, Los Alamitas, Calif.; two daughters, Leona Hull, Gardena, Calif., and Lorette Jones, Hollis, Ark.; one sister, Rosemary Dillon, Oregon; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Assembly of God Church, Eldon. The Rev. James J. Hedrick will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmore Memorial Gardens, Barnett.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon.
Memorials are suggested to First Assembly of God Church.
AKEMAN
Joseph Killian Akeman, 13, Fort Worth, Texas , died Jan. 13, 2002.
He was born March 23, 1988, in North Richland Hills, a son of Kemp E. and Marta Killian Akeman, who survive in Fort Worth.
He was an eighth grade student at Highland Middle School in Fort Worth. He was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church.
Survivors include: one brother, Robert K. Akeman and one sister, Rachel L. Akeman, both of Fort Worth; paternal grandparents, H. Eugene Akeman, Neosho and Joyce Hoskins, Jefferson City; and maternal grandmother, Lora M. Killian, Rolla.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Burial will be private.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. today, with a rosary at 7 p.m., at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home, Fort Worth.
Memorials are suggested to Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1 Summit Avenue, Suite 204, Fort Worth, Texas , 76102.
CRANE
Earl Anderson Crane, 68, Columbia, died Jan. 14, 2002, at Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital.
He was born March 14, 1933, in Boone County, a son of John A. and Iva Elizabeth Dunn Crane. He was married July 12, 1958, in Columbia, to Shirley Acton, who survives in Columbia.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the Nashville Baptist Church, Columbia, and the Little Dixie Fox Hunters Association.
Survivors include: four daughters, Julie Hanks, Joanie Crane and Joy Crane, all of Columbia, and Janie Garrett, Ashland; three brothers, Joe Paul Crane and Tom Crane, both of Columbia, and Mel Crane, Ashland; two sisters, Kathryne Lee and Ruby Dean Marsden, both of Columbia; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Nashville Baptist Church. The Rev. Kevin Collins and the Rev. Don Snyder will officiate. Burial will be in Nashville Cemetery, Columbia.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Robinson Funeral Home, Ashland.
Memorials are suggested to Nashville Cemetery.
HARRISON
Irma Fay Harrison, 95, Jefferson City, died Jan. 14, 2002, at Oak View Living Center.
She was born Nov. 14, 1906, in Kansas City, a daughter of Albert M. and Bess Zimmerman Clark. She was married Sept. 7, 1926, in Richmond, to David E. Harrison, who died April 23, 1973.
A resident of the Jefferson City area since 1949, she worked at the Missouri Division of Health for a number of years. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the PEO, Chapter HM, the Cole County Historical Society, Memorial Community Hospital Auxiliary, and the Jefferson City Community Concert Association.
Survivors include: one son, David C. Harrison, Hartsburg; three daughters, Jean Ann Harrison, Independence, Jane Harrison, Fenton, and Joan Harrison Florida, Columbia, Ill.; two sisters, Jean Galbreath, Columbia, and Ida Ann McHaney, Springfield; and two grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. R.W. Beard will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Thursday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church.
Arrangements are by Freeman Mortuary.
