1915
Gertrude
2001
Gertrude Bourbon
October 13, 1915 — June 4, 2001
GERTRUDE MARY BOURBON OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT OLD MINES, MISSOURI ON OCTOBER 13, 1915. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE TIMON AND ROSIA (JULIETTE) COLEMAN. GERTRUDE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME IN CADET, MISSOURI ON JUNE 4, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY FIVE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS, AND TWENTY TWO DAYS.
GERTRUDE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HOWARD "RED" BOURBON ON NOVEMBER 21, 1937 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI. RED PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON MARCH 1, 1970.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY SIX DAUGHTERS; JEAN ECKHOFF OF POTOSI, MARTHA AUBUCHON AND HUSBAND LEON OF CADET, RUTH BOURBON OF SPRINGFIELD, CONNIE COURTWAY AND HUSBAND BUTCH OF POTOSI, DONNA EMILY AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF CADET AND NAN AUBUCHON AND HUSBAND ALAN OF CADET. SIX SONS; KENNETH BOURBON AND WIFE ANNA LEE OF GRAY, TENNESSEE, JIMMY BOURBON AND WIFE BETTY OF DESOTO, DONALD BOURBON AND WIFE MARY OF CADET, RONALD BOURBON AND WIFE PEGGY OF CADET, FRANK BOURBON AND WIFE KAREN OF POTOSI AND VERNON BOURBON AND WIFE BECKY OF POTOSI. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SIXTY- SIX GRANDCHILDREN, NINETY- NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS; DELORIS O'HANLON OF BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI AND ANNA ECHARDT OF FLORIDA. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER CAROL ELSEY, ONE SON HOWARD BOURBON, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; GARLAND AUBUCHON, BOBBY COURTWAY JR., JACOB EMILY, JANET BOURBON AND STEPHANIE BOURBON, TWO SISTERS, SISTER MARIE COLEMAN AND CECILIA COLEMAN, FIVE BROTHERS, LEO COLEMAN, LENNIS (SLICK) COLEMAN, THADDEUS LOU COLEMAN, VINCENT COLEMAN AND JOSEPH (BO-BO) COLEMAN AND BY ONE SON-IN-LAW; PHILLIP ELESEY.
GERTRUDE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE ST. JOSEPH AND ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
GERTRUDE ENJOYED CRAFTING AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER FLOWER BEDS. HER FONDEST MEMORIES SURROUNDED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2001, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2001, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, KEITH BOURBON, FRANK BOURBON, JR., DONALD BOURBON, JR., SCOTT COURTWAY, KEVIN AUBUCHON AND GARY ECKHOFF.
GERTRUDE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HOWARD "RED" BOURBON ON NOVEMBER 21, 1937 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI. RED PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON MARCH 1, 1970.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY SIX DAUGHTERS; JEAN ECKHOFF OF POTOSI, MARTHA AUBUCHON AND HUSBAND LEON OF CADET, RUTH BOURBON OF SPRINGFIELD, CONNIE COURTWAY AND HUSBAND BUTCH OF POTOSI, DONNA EMILY AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF CADET AND NAN AUBUCHON AND HUSBAND ALAN OF CADET. SIX SONS; KENNETH BOURBON AND WIFE ANNA LEE OF GRAY, TENNESSEE, JIMMY BOURBON AND WIFE BETTY OF DESOTO, DONALD BOURBON AND WIFE MARY OF CADET, RONALD BOURBON AND WIFE PEGGY OF CADET, FRANK BOURBON AND WIFE KAREN OF POTOSI AND VERNON BOURBON AND WIFE BECKY OF POTOSI. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SIXTY- SIX GRANDCHILDREN, NINETY- NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS; DELORIS O'HANLON OF BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI AND ANNA ECHARDT OF FLORIDA. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER CAROL ELSEY, ONE SON HOWARD BOURBON, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; GARLAND AUBUCHON, BOBBY COURTWAY JR., JACOB EMILY, JANET BOURBON AND STEPHANIE BOURBON, TWO SISTERS, SISTER MARIE COLEMAN AND CECILIA COLEMAN, FIVE BROTHERS, LEO COLEMAN, LENNIS (SLICK) COLEMAN, THADDEUS LOU COLEMAN, VINCENT COLEMAN AND JOSEPH (BO-BO) COLEMAN AND BY ONE SON-IN-LAW; PHILLIP ELESEY.
GERTRUDE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE ST. JOSEPH AND ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
GERTRUDE ENJOYED CRAFTING AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER FLOWER BEDS. HER FONDEST MEMORIES SURROUNDED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2001, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2001, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, KEITH BOURBON, FRANK BOURBON, JR., DONALD BOURBON, JR., SCOTT COURTWAY, KEVIN AUBUCHON AND GARY ECKHOFF.
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