William DeClue

WILLIAM ROBERT "FUZZY" DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1927 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE GOLDIE CHRISTINA (BRIM) AND HERMAN DECLUE. FUZZY DIED SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2001 AT HIS HOME AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-THREE YEARS AND THREE MONTHS.
FUZZY IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, JUDY ANN OWENS OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, JANET SUE RICHARDS AND HUSBAND TERRY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; FOUR SONS, ROBERT LEE DECLUE AND WIFE GEORGIA OF DESOTO, MISSOURI, WILLIAM DALE DECLUE AND WIFE JOYCE OF STEELVILLE, MISSOURI, JOHN RAYMOND DECLUE OF STEELVILLE, MISSOURI AND JAMES WAYNE DECLUE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FIFTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; TWO BROTHERS, OLIVER DECLUE AND WIFE BEULAH OF WAPPAPELLO, MISSOURI, EVERETT DECLUE AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF DESOTO, MISSOURI; TWO SISTERS, RUTH DEAN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, BESSIE NETTLES AND HUSBAND VERNON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; DEAR FRIENDS, BOB WARDEN AND DAUGHTER BOBBIE JEAN WARDEN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, FUZZY WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE GRACIE LUCILLE (BECK) DECLUE, THREE BROTHERS, MARVIN DECLUE, LEO DECLUE, ALVIN DECLUE; THREE SISTERS, MAY PRUITT, IDA BELL DECLUE AND GEORGIA HEDRICK.
FUZZY ENJOYED ALL TYPES OF SPORTS, THE ST. LOUIS CARDINAL'S WAS HIS FAVORITE AND HE WAS ALWAYS READY TO WATCH THE GAME. DURING HIS YOUNGER YEARS, FUZZY ENJOYED SPENDING TIME HUNTING, THE STORIES OF THE HUNT WERE ALWAYS REPEATED AND ENJOYED.
FUZZY HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY, EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HIS HEART. HE GREATLY LOVED HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND EACH OF THEM WERE ALWAYS IN HIS THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001 FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM AND TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2001 FROM 10 AM TO 2 PM AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2001 AT 2 PM WITH REVEREND BILL WARREN OFFICIATING. GRAVE SIDE SERVICES AND BURIAL WAS AT THE HOPEWELL CEMETERY, MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.