St. Clair County Obits

OPAL HANNAH SHOUSE

Rich Hill Mining Review
Rich Hill, Bates Co., MO
Jan. 25, 2001
Page 3, column 1-2
Deaths - Opal H. Shouse. Opal Hannah Shouse, 91, of Prescott, Kan., formerly of this area, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 10, 2001, at Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan., following a lengthy illness. She was born July 16, 1909, in Helena, Okla., to Samuel Wayne Hill and Bessie Ethridge Hill. She married Raymond Chester Shouse on Aug. 3, 1929, in Nevada. He preceded her in death on March 22, 1996.
Opal was born in Oklahoma and moved to the Taberville area as a child and resided in this area the rest of her life. She was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and an avid floral gardener.
Survivors include two sons, Cecil and Eddie Shouse, of Rich Hill; one daughter, Kay Henley, Nevada; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Lorene Davis, Humansville. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Bonnie May Shouse.
Funeral services were Saturday, Jan. 13, at 11 a.m., at Ferry Funeral Home with Rev. Jay Borders officiating.
Interment was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.
Memorials are suggested to Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan., in care of Ferry Funeral Home.

Submitted by Karen Foreman.