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MRS. VIVIA LEE WHEELER, AGE 75 YEARS, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO., DIED
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2004 AT THE VILLA MARIE NURSING CENTER. MRS. WHEELER WAS BORN DECEMBER 28, 1928 AT DREXEL, MISSOURI THE
DAUGHTER OF DAVID L. AND MILDRED BANE BRIANT, BOTH DECEASED. SHE WAS
MARRIED ON FEBRUARY 29, 1948 AT JEFFERSON CITY, MO. TO GENE RAY WHEELER WHO
SURVIVES AT THE HOME. VIVIA LEE AND GENE CELEBRATED A SURPISE FIFTY-FIFTH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY IN FEBRUARY, 2003 AT VILLA MARIE SKILLED NURSING CENTER. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF THE JEFFERSON CITY AREA, MRS. WHEELER WAS A
1947 GRADUATE OF JEFFERSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE JEFFERSON
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM 1964 UNTIL HER RETIREMENT ON MAY 1, 1994. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Other survivors include: ONE DAUGHTER: PAMELA K. WHEELER OF JEFFERSON
CITY, MO. -----TWO SONS: STEPHEN A. WHEELER AND HIS WIFE MARY OF LOHMAN, MO.
AND KIM WHEELER AND HIS WIFE PAMELA FAY OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -----ONE
AUNT: HENRIETTA "CORK" COOK OF SHILOH CORNER, MO. -----NINE GRANDCHILDREN,
SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NINE NIECES AND
NEPHEWS, AND MANY COUSINS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27,
2004 IN THE FREEMAN CHAPEL WITH THE REVEREND DR. DOYLE SAGER AND THE
REVEREND DR. THOMAS W. NELSON OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE AT RIVERVIEW
CEMETERY. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE FREEMAN MORTUARY FROM 4:00 UNTIL 6:00 PM
TUESDAY. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to COMMUNITY HOSPICES
OF AMERICA OR THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FREEMAN MORTUARY.
MRS. MILDRED E. AUSTIN, AGE 91 YEARS, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO., DIED
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2004 AT THE CAPITAL REGION MEDICAL CENTER. MRS. AUSTIN WAS BORN NOVEMBER 10, 1913 AT ASHLAND, MO. THE DAUGHTER
OF WILLIAM E. AND EDITH BOND TAYLOR LICHTE, BOTH DECEASED. SHE WAS MARRIED
ON JUNE 17, 1935 AT JEFFERSON CITY, MO. TO JEWEL H. AUSTIN WHO PRECEDED HER
IN DEATH ON JUNE 27, 1985.
A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL MISSOURI AREA, MRS. AUSTIN
ATTENDED JEFFERSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL. A HOMEMAKER, MRS. AUSTIN WAS A MEMBER OF THE IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH. Survivors include: TWO SONS: HOWARD J. AUSTIN AND HIS WIFE
AUDRA OF LAKE OZARK, MO. AND RONALD L. AUSTIN AND HIS WIFE LINDA OF
JONESBURG, MO. -----ONE DAUGHTER: MARY S. FRITZ OF JEFFERSON CITY,
MO. -----TWO SISTERS: ELVENA WEHNER OF ST. LOUIS, MO. AND ELDA ROGERS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-----15 GRANDCHILDREN, 32 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 3
GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN-----SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER,
SHIRLEY BIRKHEAD IN 1987. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2:00 PM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1,
2004 IN THE FREEMAN CHAPEL WITH THE REVEREND SHANE CRUM, THE MINISTER OF
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE AT THE UNION
CEMETERY NEAR ELDON, MO. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE FREEMAN MORTUARY FROM 1:30 UNTIL 2:00 PM
WEDNESDAY. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to THE CHARITY OF
THEIR CHOICE. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FREEMAN MORTUARY.
MR. CHARLES E. "CHARLIE" OETTING, AGE 83 YEARS, OF JEFFERSON CITY,
MO., DIED WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 2005 AT HIS HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. MR. OETTING WAS BORN APRIL 15, 1921 AT WAINWRIGHT, MO. THE SON OF
LOUIS C. AND ELIZABETH KOELLING OETTING, BOTH DECEASED. HE WAS MARRIED ON
NOVEMBER 9, 1945 AT STOWMARKET, ENGLAND TO JOAN ROZIER WHO SURVIVES AT THE
HOME. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL MISSOURI AREA, MR. OETTING
ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WAINWRIGHT, MO. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II IN ENGLAND. CHARLIE WORKED FOR SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN THE JEFFERSON
CITY AREA, RETIRING FROM THE MISSOURI FARM BUREAU IN 1983. CHARLIE AND JOAN ENJOYED CAMPING AND FISHING. HE WAS ESPECIALLY PROUD
OF WHAT HE COULD GROW IN HIS GARDEN. HE LOVED HIS WIFE, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND THE GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. HIS FAVORITE PASTIME WAS SITTING ON HIS FRONT PORCH WAVING
AT FRIENDS AND WATCHING BIRDS. Other survivors include: THREE SONS: PETER E. OETTING AND HIS
COMPANION, JEANNE GORDON OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO., CLIFFORD L. OETTING OF
ELDON, MO., AND ALAN W. OETTING OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -----THREE DAUGHTERS:
BETTY A. OETTING OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO., FREIDA FISHER AND HER HUSBAND
JIMMIE OF RUSSELLVILLE, MO., CAROL J. OETTING AND HUSBAND DAVID MURPHY OF
CALIFORNIA, MO. -----ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND THIRTEEN GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. ------AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS-----HE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY HIS BROTHER, HERBERT OETTING, TWO SISTERS, MARGARET OETTING
McDANIEL AND ROSE LEE OETTING MADDENFUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM SATURDAY, JANUARY 29,
2005 IN THE FREEMAN CHAPEL WITH THE REVEREND MARION MITCHELL OFFICIATING.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND INTERMENT WITH MILITARY HONORS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT
RIVERVIEW CEMETERY. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE FREEMAN MORTUARY FROM 5:00 UNTIL 7:00 PM
FRIDAY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUGGESTED TO THE MUSCULAR
DYSTROPHY ASSN. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FREEMAN MORTUARY.
MR. RICHARD "DICK" GENE EVANS, AGE 56 YEARS, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO.,
DIED SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2004 AT THE CAPITAL REGION MEDICAL CENTER. MR. EVANS WAS BORN NOVEMBER 18, 1947 AT MACOMB, ILLINOIS THE SON OF
JAMES AND PHYLLIS EMORY EVANS. HIS MOTHER, PHYLLIS EVANS WHITTIER SURVIVES
IN BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS HE WAS MARRIED ON JULY 30, 1976 IN CARSON CITY,
NEVADA TO HELEN BUCHER WHO SURVIVES AT THE HOME. MR. EVANS GRADUATED FROM BUSHNELL-PRAIRIE CITY HIGH SCHOOL, BUSHNELL,
ILLINOIS PRIOR TO SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. HE LIVED IN MACOMB, ILLINOIS FOR MANY YEARS MOVING TO JEFFERSON CITY
IN 1985. Other survivors include: TWO DAUGHTERS: MEGAN MARIE EVANS AND JANEL
KAY EVANS, BOTH OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -----TWO BROTHERS: JIM EVANS AND HIS
WIFE KAREN OF LADY LAKE, FLORIDA AND KURT EVANS AND HIS WIFE JUDY OF
BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS-----TWO SISTERS: JANET WILLIAMS AND HER HUSBAND BOB OF
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. AND ANNE PERSHING OF RENO, NEVADA-----TWO AUNTS AND
UNCLES: LEO AND REBA EMORY OF AVON, ILLINOIS AND BOB AND ANN EMORY OF
PRAIRIE CITY, ILLINOIS-----AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS-----HE WAS PRECEDED
IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, JAMES EVANS, HIS STEP-FATHER, ED WHITTIER, AUNTS
AND UNCLES, MARY AND TOM SPRINGER AND MAXINE AND LONNIE PARKER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28,
2004 AT THE MARTIN-HOLLIS FUNERAL HOME, BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS. INTERMENT WILL
BE AT THE BUSHNELL Cemetery, BUSHNELL, ILLINOISFRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE MARTIN-HOLLIS FUNERAL HOME FROM 6:00 UNTIL
8:00 PM WEDNESDAY. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to THE AMERICAN LUNG
ASSN. OR THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PRAIRIE CITY, ILLINOIS.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FREEMAN MORTUARY.
MR. GEORGE G. FOX, AGE 86 YEARS, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MO., DIED SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 28, 2004 AT ST. MARYS HEALTH CENTER. MR. FOX WAS BORN DECEMBER 6, 1917 IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, MO. THE SON OF
JESSIE AND ELIZABETH PHIPPS FOX, BOTH DECEASED. HE WAS MARRIED ON AUGUST
13, 1938 AT MARSHFIELD, MO. TO GOLDIE M. SMITH WHO SURVIVES AT THE HOME. A RESIDENT OF THE JEFFERSON CITY AREA FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS, MR.
FOX GRADUATED FROM SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DRAUGHN BUSINESS
COLLEGE IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. THE LIFE WORK OF MR. FOX WAS IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPORTATION AND
REGULATION, FIRST WITH A MAJOR TRUCK LINE BEGINNING IN 1936, NEXT IN THE
DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND LATER EMPLOYED BY
THE MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THIRTY-THREE YEARS, RETIRING AS
ITS DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION IN 1980. MR. FOX ENJOYED A NATIONAL REPUTATION IN THE TRANSPORTATION FIELD. HE
WAS LICENSED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND
REPRESENTED THE STATE OF MISSOURI IN MANY CASES INVOLVING TRANSPORTATION
MATTERS IN THE RATHER TURBULENT TIME FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II WHEN
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES STRUGGLING TO CHANGE BACK TO PEACE TIME SERVICE. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE
TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS, SERVING AS PRESIDENT AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER
CAPACITIES. HE ALSO SERVED ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES OF THE NATIONAL ASSN. OF
RAILROAD AND UTILITY COMMISSIONS. HE WAS RECOGNIZED IN 1967 BY THE OFFICE
OF EMERENGY PLANNING, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, FOR HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSOURI STATE PLAN FOR THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES, DURING THE COLD WAR. Other survivors include: TWO SONS: MICHAEL FOX AND HIS WIFE JUDY OF
SANDPOINT, IDAHO AND RON FOX AND HIS WIFE MARY JO OF HENLEY, MO. -----TWO
DAUGHTERS: BARBARA DEXTER AND HER HUSBAND JOSEPH OF TUCSON, Arizona AND
DEBORAH GRETLEIN OF SPRINGFIELD, MO. -----13 GRANDCHILREN AND 18 GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN-----HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS, MR. FOX WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER AND PARTICIPANT IN
THE WORK OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE WAS A MEMBER,
PAST SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, AND DEACON AT THE PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
NEAR BRAZITO, MO. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 10:00 AM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4,
2004 AT THE PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR BRAZITO, MO. WITH THE
REVEREND JAMES HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE AT HAWTHORN MEMORIAL
GARDENS.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE FREEMAN MORTUARY FROM 4:00 UNTIL 7:00 PM
FRIDAY. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to THE PLEASANT HILL
BAPTIST CHURCH. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FREEMAN MORTUARY.
