St. Clair County Obits

LELIA L. LEDBETTER TEAGUE

Clinton Daily Democrat
13 August 2004
Lelia L. Ledbetter Teague was born November 7, 1908, the daughter of Robert McHenry and Olive Florence (Boots) Ledbetter. She completed her elementary education at Lewellen School in the Ohio community and graduated from Appleton City High School in 1927. She continued her education at the University of Missouri at Columbia, with the distinction of being only the second female student thus far to attend the university from St. Clair County. After gaining 30 credit hours, she taught three years in elementary schools while continuing correspondence and summer school classes. She returned to Columbia and gained her Bachelor of Science degree in 1932 earning membership in Pi Lamda Theta, an honorary education organization. She was awarded the S.H. Ford Scholarship. She then taught elementary school one year in Marshall and joined the United Methodist Church. In the following years she was a teacher and counselor in the Clayton Schools in St. Louis County. She received her Master's degree from Missouri State University in Columbia. In that time she worked at the Missouri State Department of Education in Jefferson City and also became a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, and a lifetime member of NEA and Ph.T. She taught one summer at S.W. Baptist University. At mid-life, she married Fred L. Teague, an accountant. He died in 1970. After her retirement in 1973 she moved to Osceola to be near her sisters and enjoyed working with the senior center and Grace United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Fred Teague; two sisters Sylvia Hunt and Edna Fenwick, and a brother who died in childhood. She is survived by the V.J. Teague family, Russel and Barbara and John Teague and two sisters, Maude Long and Julia Carpenter, both of Osceola, several cousins, nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Graveside services will be Monday, August 16, 11:30 a.m. at Harmony Cemetery, Lowry City, under the direction of Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.

Kansas City Star
13 August 2004
Lelia L. Teague, 95, Osceola, MO, passed away August 12, 2004. Family will receive friends 10-11 a.m. Mon., August 16, Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, (417-646-8135). Graveside services 11:30 a.m. Mon. at Harmony Cemetery, Lowry City. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Grace U.M. Church.