MAE BATTREAL
MAE ALMARINE BATTREAL OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN MONDAY, MAY 11, 1914 IN TIFF, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELZIE (MERCILLE) AND PATRICK JOSEPH BOYER. MAE DEPARTED THIS LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2001 AT THE GEORGIAN GARDEN NURSING CENTER AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
MAE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO CLARENCE FRANK "ROSCOE" BATTREAL ON MAY 16, 1934 IN TIFF, MISSOURI. ROSCOE PRECEDED MAE IN DEATH ON AUGUST 23, 1998.
MAE IS SURVIVED BY NINE DAUGHTERS, MARY FARNER AND HUSBAND PAUL OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, LOUISE RIDDLE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, RUTH GARLAND AND HUSBAND GENE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ANN GRAVES AND HUSBAND ROSS OF ST. PETERS, MISSOURI, DORIS WALKER AND HUSBAND LARRY OF KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI, RITA LEE OF ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA, LINDA LATTIMORE OF ST. ANN, MISSOURI, DIANE SEXTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, DARLENE WILLIAMS OF CADET, MISSOURI; ONE SON JEFFREY BATTREAL OF BARNHART, MISSOURI; ONE BROTHER, HOWARD BOYER AND WIFE EVELYN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, NINETEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND MAE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY BATTREAL, FOUR SISTERS, CLARA ROBART, MARY BOYER, FROZINE SANSOUCIE AND MARGARET COURTAWAY; FOUR BROTHERS, JOSEPH BOYER, MICHAEL BOYER, BILL BOYER AND CLARENCE BOYER.
MAE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH, OLD, MINES MISSOURI.
MAE ENJOYED GARDENING, PLAYING CARDS, SQUARE DANCING AND COOKING. SHE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE TIME SHE COULD SPEND WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION FOR MAE WAS HELD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2001 FROM 5 TO 9 PM AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI. PRAYER SERVICES WERE HELD FRIDAY EVENING AT 7 PM WITH FATHER TED PIEPER.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2001 AT 10 AM AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER CELEBRATING. MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE CHURCH CHOIR. SERVING AS PALL BEARERS WERE HOLLIS LEE, KEN FRESHLEY, LANCE ERVIN, RAY OSIA, RICHARD GRAVES AND ROSS GRAVES. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CEMETERY, OLD MINES, MISSOURI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.