St. Clair County Obits

CHARLENE BLANCHE ELLIFRITS

St. Clair County Courier
22 June 2007
Services were held June 9, at the Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel, and will be officiated by Rev. Alan Anzalone.
Music will include: "One Day At A Time", "In The Sweet By And By" and specials by Kelly Elmer, Soloist, and Ruth Schmidli, Accompanist.
Casketbearers will be: Brad Elmer, Bill Chiles, Dewayne Hehner, Change Nichols, Jodi Brown, Scott Elmer, J.P. Nichols, Bobby Lyon, Larry Brown & Mike Cox.
Interment will be at the Lowry City Cemetery, with arrangements made by the Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home of Osceola, Mo.
Charlene Blanche Ellifrits was born July 24, 1933 in Brownington, Mo., the first child of Charley Guy and Eva Blanche (Chiles) Nichols and gently passed from this world on Wednesday, June 6, 2007.
Charlene graduated from Deepwater High School. She loved to read and visit with family, and she would make each birthday a celebration of joy. She enjoyed listening to blue grass and gospel music and she was a member of the Brownington Baptist Church. For years, Charlene faithfully made the rolls for the Plantation restaurant. Charlene and Harold loved to travel. Charlene was a resident of Truman Lake Manor, recently moving to Lowry City to be near her loved ones.
Charlene was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Harold Ellifrits, her parents, Chrles Guy and Eva Blanche Nichols, one daughter-in-law, Lucille Blanche Witherspoon Hehner, two grandchildren, Kevin Michael and Angie Renee Hehner, and one nephew, Chad Nichols.
Charlene is survived by her three sons, Edward Hehner of Iberia, Mo., Ricky Hehner of LaDue, Mo., and Mark Hehner and wife Sandy of Lowry City, Mo., two brothers, William (Bill) Nichols and wife Jackie and Jerry Nichols and wife Sis, one sister, Sharon Brown, all of Lowry City, Mo. Six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.