Eva DeClue

EVA MAE DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 24, 1911. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN F. AND JOSIE A. (HUDSON) BAYS. EVA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME ON JANUARY 10, 2003 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY-ONE YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND SEVENTEEN DAYS.
EVA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MICHAEL ABRAHAM DECLUE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1927 AND TO THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, DOROTHY YARBROUGH AND HUSBAND ALEX OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SONS, LOUIS DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, PAUL DECLUE AND WIFE MARGARET OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, MICHAEL DECLUE AND WIFE ELKE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DONALD DECLUE AND WIFE DEBBIE OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, RONALD DECLUE AND WIFE BONNIE OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI AND PATRICK DECLUE AND WIFE JILL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SISTERS, JEAN O'CELLO OF COCOA, FLORIDA, BETTY LEFAIVRE AND HUSBAND CLINT OF ARIZONA AND MOLLIE WORRELL OF WASHINGTON, TWENTY GRANDCHILDREN AND TWENTY EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SPECIAL CAREGIVER, LINDA DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND THE HOME HEALTH STAFF MEMBERS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE GRANDCHILD.
EVA ENJOYED QUILTING AND COOKING AND WAS KNOWN AS AN EXPERT SEAMSTRESS. SHE WAS A GOOD MOTHER TAKING WONDERFUL CARE OF HER CHILDREN. EVA ENJOYED CANNING AND GROWING VEGETABLES. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2003 AND 8:30 AM TO 9:45 AM MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED 10:00 AM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2003 AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE MARK YARBROUGH, MIKE DECLUE, PHILLIP DECLUE, DAVID DECLUE, TINA BRADLEY AND RICK DECLUE.