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Phillip Elsey

January 21, 1941 — October 16, 2000

PHILLIP "PEDRO" ELSEY
PHILLIP "PEDRO" ELSEY OF CADET, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JANUARY 21, 1941, IN CADET, MISSOURI, A SON OF CLARANCE AND AUDREY (ECKHOFF) ELSEY. PEDRO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON OCTOBER 16, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-NINE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.
PEDRO WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO CAROL MAE BOURBON ON JUNE 20, 1959, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI. CAROL PRECEDED HER HUSBAND IN DEATH ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1999 AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-SIX YEARS.
PEDRO IS SURVIVED BY THREE SONS, PHILLIP W. ELSEY, JR. AND WIFE THERESA OF POTOSI, JOHN ELSEY AND ANITA BECK OF TIFF, ADAM ELSEY OF CADET, FIVE DAUGHTERS, CARLOTTA STEWARD AND HUSBAND MARK OF CADET, ROBIN STEGALL AND HUSBAND DAVID OF BONNE TERRE, AUDREY YARBROUGH AND HUSBAND JOE OF CADET, SHERRY HAHN AND HUSBAND JEFF OF CADET, JULIE ELSEY AND BILL GOVERO OF TIFF, FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD, TWO BROTHERS, JERRY "RED" ELSEY AND WIFE PAT OF KENTUCKY, STEVEN ELSEY AND WIFE JACKIE OF DESOTO, SEVEN SISTERS, JAY GOVERO AND HUSBAND PHILLIP OF TIFF, PEGGY WEST AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF IMPERIAL, JOYCE PORTELL AND HUSBAND BERNARD "BUNNY" OF GERALD, AVA PENNOCK AND HUSBAND MIKE OF DESOTO, DONNA GOVERO AND HUSBAND JEFF OF DESOTO, GINA KITE AND HUSBAND MARK OF DESOTO, LATTIE KATZ OF DESOTO AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. PEDRO WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, CLARANCE ELSEY, ONE BROTHER, NORMAN ELSEY AND ONE SISTER, DELLA BOURBON.
PEDRO HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYED PICKING ON HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE ENJOYED WORKING PUZZLES, TAKING TIME TO GO MUSHROOM HUNTING, LONG WALKS AND WAS VERY DEDICATED TO FARMING AND RANCHING. PEDRO ENJOYED SPENDING MUCH TIME WORKING WITH AND ENJOYING THE SPORT OF HORSE RACING AND A MEMBER OF THE HORSEMAN ASSOCIATION. PEDRO WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO PUT HIS CARPENTER SKILLS TO WORK AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CARPENTER UNION.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2000, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE CHAPEL WITH DON BOURBON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, BEAU GOVERO, SAM STEWARD, DAVID STEGALL, JEFF HAHN, STEVEN ELSEY, DANIEL YARBROUGH, BILL GOVERO AND CORY EMILY.
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