St. Clair County Obits

FRED ALEXANDER ELLIOTT

St. Clair County Courier
July 1995
Fred A. Elliott was born August 17, 1907, near Collins to Scott E. and Fannie Margaret (Lytton) Elliott. He
passed away July 18, 1995, at the Sac-Osage Hospital in Osceola, Missouri.

Fred grew up in St. Clair County. On October 5, 1932, he was united in married to Minnie Elizabeth Keller.
This began a 59 year faithful and loving marriage. They moved to a farm near Vista, Missouri, where they
lived until moving into Osceola, Missouri, in 1978. This union was blessed with three children, all of
whom survive.

Fred was a farmer all his life. He lived from the land and he held the land in great respect. He took care in
leaving the earth he borrowed for a while in good condition. He loved to hunt in earlier years. Fred
maintained an honesty that is rarely seen in our troubled world. His word was his bond. A lock would be
of no value in this world if everyone followed Fred's example. He respected his neighbors. He served his God
and his community well. He worked on election boards and school boards.

Fred loved young people and always helped and encouraged them in school and church, he loved his
children, grandchildren and his family and they returned that love. Fred saw many changes in the
world; some good, and some bad, but he knew that someday he would see the greatest change of all, the transformation to a new life, and that he would see God. Fred will be greatly missed by all of us.

Fred was preceded in death by his wife, Minnie, on May 28, 1992, his parents, and eight brothers and sisters.

He is survived by his children, Roy Francis, Helen Lois, and Jean Carol; Sons-in-law, Jack Martin Shelby,
and John Wesley Hail; daughter-in-law, Gladys Lorene Elliott; grand-children, Rory Jay Shelby, Martin Clell
Shelby, Garret Lee Elliott, Linda Ladona Basore, Kimberly Ann Nelson, Vicki Bogart, Dennis Looney and
Gary Hail; Great Grandchildren, Audra and Andrew Shelby, Travis and Nikki Elliott, Melissa and Mindy
Short, Tyson and Travis Basore, Brian, Brett and Brooke Bogart, Deanna, Danielle, and D. J. Looney, and
John, Stephanie, Amanda and Sean Hail, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held on Friday, July 21, at 10 a.m. at the Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel with the Rev.
Durward Scott officiating. Burial was in Osceola Cemetery, Osceola, Missouri. Music was provided by Richard Powell, Soloist and Mary Lu Hildebrand, Organist. Casketbearers were Garret Elliott, Martin Shelby, Rory Shelby, Jack Shelby, Roy Elliott and John Hail.