St. Clair County Obits

St. Clair County Obits

Flo Emeline Ridgway

Funeral Notice

Flo E. Ridgway
May 4, 1895 - January 8, 1978
Age: 82 Years, 8 Months, 4 Days
Services: First Baptist Church, Appleton City
Tuesday, January 10, 1978, 1:30 P.M.
Minister: Rev. Paul Midgett
Music: Mrs. David Huff, Organist
Mrs. Harold Compton, Soloist
"Good Night and Good Morning"
"Blessed Assurance"
Interment: Appleton City Cemetery

Funeral Card

Flo Ridgway
Flo Emeline Paul, daughter of John Longacre Paul and Sarah Dicey Short, was born May 4, 1895 in Monegaw Springs, Missouri, and died January 8, 1978 at the age of 82 years, 8 months, and 4 days.
On December 30, 1917, she was united in marriage to Elva Wirth Ridgway and to this union eight children were born. An infant son and daughter died at birth. Also, a stepson, Elva, was killed in an accident on the farm at the age of 15.
After receiving her elementary education she attended the Academy in Appleton City and also college in Boliver, Mo. She then taught school previous to her marriage.
Early in life she united with the Baptist Church where she remained a faithful member. She served as a Sunday School teacher for the small children and was beginning her 50th year at the time of her death.
When in Henry County, she helped in Sunday School at a school house and then moved to St. Clair County where she and her family helped to start a Sunday School at Spring Grove.
Surviving are four sons, Joe of Holly Springs, Miss.; Gene of Calhoun, Mo.; James Lee of Harrisonville, MO.; Eddie of Palmetto, Fla.; and two daughters, Elaine Noble of Appleton City, and Floee Lynch of Grand Bay, Ala.; one sister, Mildred Campbell of Gravois Mills, Mo.; 14 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. Preceding her in death were her husband, two brothers, three sisters, and one grandson.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Midgett officiating. Mrs. Harold Compton, soloist, sang "Good Night and Good Morning" and "Blessed Assurance" accompanied by Mrs. David Huff, organist. Pallbearers were Jim Bock, Marion Bock, Claude D. Bock, Lynn Reasoner, Clyde Thomas and Bob Parks. Interment was in the Appleton City Cemetery under the direction of the Eckhoff --Hill Funeral Home.