St. Clair County Obits

PEARL REIFSTICK

Appleton City Journal, 6 March 1980
Pearl Reifstick
Mrs. Pearl Reifstick, 84, formerly of Bolivar, Mo., passed away early Tuesday morning, Feb. 26, at the Sac-Osage Hospital in Osceola after a long illness.
Graveside services were held Friday, February 29, 1980 at 2:30 p.m. at the Waverly Cemetery in Waverly, Mo. Under the direction of the Goodrich Funeral Home of Osceola, Mo.
Pearly Ann Knoch was born September 15, 1894 in Benton County, Mo. to M. K. and Martha Wilson Knoch. Her early life was spent in the Benton County area.
In July of 1916 she was married to Phillip Ussery. To this union three children were born. She also had 5 step-children from this marriage. Phillip preceded her in death on November 28, 1951.
In February of 1953 she was united in marriage to Lall Reifstick. He preceded her in death in 1964.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clara Stahlschmidt of California, Mo., and Mrs. Jan Gentry of Osceola, Mo.; one son, Walter Ussery of Bolivar, Mo.; two step-daughters, Addie Tubbs of St. Louis, Mo., and Hazel Wilson of Southgate, Calif.; ten grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.