ALBERTA RUTH CORDIA
ALBERTA RUTH CORDIA OF OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 11, 1911. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES AND BLANCH (HIGHLEY) CHAZELLE. ALBERTA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME IN OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI ON MARCH 20, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY- ONE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS.
ALBERTA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO DAVE CORDIA ON DECEMBER 31, 1932 AT THE ST. STEPHENS CHURCH AND TO THIS UNION NINE CHILDREN WERE BORN. DAVE PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON AUGUST 25, 1995.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS; VIRGINIA GIST OF OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI, JEAN GOODMAN AND HUSBAND JACK OF CAMDENTON, MISSOURI, CORLISS BUTLER AND HUSBAND DON OF SULLIVAN, MISSOURI AND HELEN WALTON AND HUSBAND BOB OF OAKVILLE, MISSOURI, TWO SONS; CHARLES "BUD" CORDIA AND WIFE PAT OF HOUSE SPRINGS, MISSOURI AND DOUGLAS "DOUG" CORDIA AND WIFE JONI OF O'FALLON, MISSOURI. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY ONE SISTER; GENEVIEVE BOHLE OF WASHINGTON, MISSOURI AND TWENTY- TWO GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY-SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO DAUGHTERS; MARY LEWIS AND PHYLLIS DEAN, ONE SON; MICHAEL CORDIA, SIX SISTERS; IRENE SUITER, REMA SANSOUCIE, MARIE CALDWELL, MARTHA BURKMEYER, GERELDIN WHITE AND MARY LEACH AND THREE BROTHERS; CHARLES CHAZELLE, ANNAS CHAZELLE AND BILL CHAZELLE.
ALBERTA LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND ENJOYED COOKING MEALS TO BE SAVORED BY ALL. SHE ENJOYED THE JOB OF HOUSEWIFE AND ALL OF ITS DUTIES. ALBERTA WOULD RELAX WITH A GOOD TELEVISION SHOW OR A GOOD GAME OF CARDS.
A KIND AND LOVING WOMAN WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002 FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2002 FROM 9:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. AT THE ST. STEPHENS CATHOLIC CHURCH, RICHWOODS, MISSOURI.
THE FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE ST. STEPHENS CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER ROBERT LISS CELEBRATING. MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE CHURCH CHOIR. BURIAL WAS IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE MICHAEL WALTON, BRIAN WALTON, CHARLES CORDIA, RYAN CORDIA, MATTHEW NEUDECKER, BRAD DEAN, DAN FRIEDMAN AND MARK MEYER.