MARY J. BOUSE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN FEBRUARY 16, 1919, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN AND ADA (DECLUE) BRAZIL. MARY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT GEORGIAN GARDENS NURSING HOME ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWELVE DAYS.
MARY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE CLIFFORD MARTIN BOUSE ON OCTOBER 19, 1935, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN.
MARY IS SURVIVED BY THREE SONS, RANDY BOUSE AND WIFE SHARON OF POTOSI, ED BOUSE AND WIFE BARB OF POTOSI, BARRY BOUSE OF SEDALIA, ONE DAUGHTER, JUNE PORTELL OF POTOSI, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN, CHERYL BRICKEY AND HUSBAND JON OF NASHVILLE, TN, SCOTT PORTELL AND WIFE APRIL BONE OF POTOSI, LISA AND HUSBAND KEVIN MOORE OF ROLLA, RANDY ALLEN BOUSE OF ST. LOUIS, KAREN GOMAS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF POTOSI, MARK BOUSE OF SPRINGFIELD, KELLY BOUSE AND WIFE CINDY OF POTOSI, ANDREA BELL AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF POTOSI, MICHAEL VANCE AND WIFE KIM OF FESTUS, MARTY PORTELL AND HUSBAND JARED OF CADET, ADAM BOUSE AND WIFE SHEENA OF FESTUS, MARISA BOUSE OF SEDALIA, ELEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ALYSSA BRICKEY, KELLY ECKHOFF, HUNTER MISSEY, ETHAN GOMAS, RACHEL JARRELL, CHELSEA, OLIVIA AND MADYSON BELL, MICHAELA AND ABIGAIL VANCE AND KYLEE BOUSE, A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND, DEBBIE KLINE, OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. MARY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, ADA AND JOHN BRAZIL, HER HUSBAND, CLIFFORD MARTIN BOUSE, ONE SON, JOHN MARTIN BOUSE AND ONE INFANT SON.
MARY HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. MARY LOVED TO SPEND TIME AND EXPRESS HER THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE AND LIFE IN HER POETRY. SHE ENJOYED RELAXING WORKING CROSSWORD PUZZLES. MARY LOOKED FORWARD TO HER DAILY TRIPS TO TOWN FOR SHOPPING.
MARY KIND AND GENTLE SOUL WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO KNEW HER. SHE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER, A CHERISHED FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL.
VISITATION WAS HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2000, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND CARL WILSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN SOULES CHAPEL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, SCOTT PORTELL, KELLY BOUSE, MICHAEL VANCE, ADAM BOUSE, RANDY ALLEN BOUSE AND MIKE GOMAS.