Jerry LaFave
1940-2013
Jerry LaFave, 72, St. Joseph, Missouri died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at his home.
He was born September 6, 1940 to Jule and Leona (Jackson) LaFave.
Mr. LaFave served in the United States Marines during Vietnam. He also owned Choices Residential Care and was an administrator of Phil Lawrence Group Home.
He was in the VFW in New Mexico and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Agnes Frakes, Victoria Wilson, Darlene Miller, and Phyllis Dowlen; seven brothers, Noah, Junior, Floyd, Richard, Rex, Clarence, and Allen.
Survivors: brother, Jimmie LaFave, St. Joseph, Missouri; sister, Alline Major, St. Joseph, Missouri; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services: 1:00 P.M. Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Sunday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Flowers are appreciated and for those wishing to make a contribution, the family requests they be made to American Diabetes Association. Online guest book and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com.
Ellen Elizabeth (Ferguson) Robertson, 92, Parker CO, formerly of Maryville,
Mo, died on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at Victorian House Hospice, Parker, CO
.
Ellen was born April 11, 1920, the daughter of the late John Allyn and
Sadie Elizabeth (Hardy) Ferguson. She married Oliver Robertson October 6,
1937 in Maryville who died March 16, 1991. She then married Dale Lewellen
November 10, 1993 in Hot Springs, AK. He preceded her in death March 9,
2011.
She retired from John Coultis Interiors, Wichita,KS, as a seamstress and was
a member of the First United Methodist Church, Maryville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, son Joe Robertson
(1-20-1999), brother Forrest Ferguson, sister Vonceile Ferguson, half sister
Catherine Swinford, step mother Mable Lisle Nowe, and half brother Phillip
Ferguson.
Survivors include grandson Chris Robertson, Parker, Co, sister in laws Norma
Ferguson, Rockledge, FL., Donna Robertson, Grant City, MO, and Helen Dredge,
Witchita, KS., brother in law Bill Swinford, Franklin Park, Il, and half
brother Eugene (Shirley) Ferguson, Melbourne, FL., nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Price Funeral
Home Maryville, Missouri with burial following at Miller Cemetery,
Denver, MO.
The visitation will be 6-7:00 PM, Monday, April 8, 2013 at the Price Funeral
Home.
Online condolences may be made to the family at
www.pricefuneralhomemaryville.