Mildred Ash

MILDRED M. ASH OF ST. GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI, FORMERLY OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1910 IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI. A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LYDIA RUTH (ADAMS) AND ALVA PORTER WISHON. MILDRED DEPARTED THIS LIFE THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002 AT THE JOLEENE'S BOARDING HOME IN ST. GENEVIEVE AT THE AGE OF NINETY-TWO YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND EIGHTEEN DAYS.
MILDRED WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE THOMAS LESLIE "LES" ASH IN COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS.
MILDRED IS SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER PAUL WISHON OF BERKLEY, MICHIGAN; ONE SISTER DOROTHY ESTELLE KLOTH OF BRANSON, MISSOURI; MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, MILDRED WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON KENNETH LARRY ASH; TWO BROTHERS, RAY AND JONATHAN WISHON.
MILDRED HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR MUSIC AND THE PIANO, SHE WOULD TAKE THE CHANCE TO PLAY ANYTIME ANYWHERE. HER MUSIC TALENTS WERE LOVED BY MANY. SHE ENJOYED SQUARE DANCING AND LOVED TO WATCH BASEBALL. MILDRED CHERISHED HER PETS, MUFFIN THE CAT AND TIPPY THE DOG BECAME HER BEST FRIENDS AND PROVIDED MANY HOURS OF COMFORT TO HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2002 FROM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AND MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2002 FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2002 AT 11:00 AM AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, IRONDALE, MISSOURI WITH REVEREND BRUCE TORRENCE OFFICIATING. MUSIC FOR THE FUNERAL WAS RECORDED MUSIC COMPOSED AND PLAYED BY MILDRED A FEW YEARS AGO. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY, IRONDALE, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE MORGAN COLLIER, SKIP WISHON, JOHN BARTON, LEO ASH AND EVERETT YOUNG. SERVICES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, IRONDALE, MISSOURI.