Blanche DeClue

BLANCHE LUCILLE DECLUE OF RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, WAS BORN AUGUST 20, 1926, IN RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH (COURTWAY) DECLUE. BLANCHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN ST. LOUIS ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-TWO YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND FOURTEEN DAYS.
BLANCHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE SONS, FRED DECLUE AND WIFE JAN OF DITTMER, JOSEPH MESSEX OF SULLIVAN, ERNEST MESSEX AND WIFE BARBARA OF BOURBON, ONE DAUGHTER, LINDA COURTWAY AND HUSBAND PAUL OF SULLIVAN, FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS, FRANKIE DECLUE AND WIFE PATSY OF RICHWOODS, ARTHUR DECLUE AND WIFE MADONNA OF RICHWOODS, ONE SISTER, LUCINDA MCCRARY AND HUSBAND LEROY "DICK" OF RICHWOODS, A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND VERNAL SINGER OF RICHWOODS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON RICKIE MESSEX AND BY SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
BLANCHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. BLANCHE ENJOYED MANY ACTIVITIES IN THE OUTDOORS INCLUDING FISHING AND MUSHROOM HUNTING WHILE STROLLING ON THE FARM. BLANCHE HAD A GREAT GIFT FOR QUILTING AND LOVED COOKING LARGE MEALS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING GREAT GATHERINGS.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1999, AT 12:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH BROTHER JOHNNY EMILY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN HORINE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PAUL COURTWAY, ERNEST MESSEX, BRADEN DECLUE, BOB OWENS, JOHN LAIRD AND JEFF RODENBERG.