1908
Thelma
1999
Thelma Fenstermaker
October 9, 1908 — February 6, 1999
THELMA ISBELL (EYE) FENSTERMAKER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN OCTOBER 9, 1908, IN SHIRLEY, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ISAAC EDWARD AND HATTIE (COLE) EYE. THELMA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT POTOSI MANOR ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS.
THELMA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE FRANKLIN E. FENSTERMAKER ON JANUARY 3, 1941, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION TWO DAUGHTERS WERE BORN.
THELMA IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, THELMA ROBINSON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF CALEDONIA, FRANCES DECLUE AND HUSBAND DONALD M. OF POTOSI, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, SUZANNE FRANCES KAY AND HUSBAND MICHAEL W. OF FRESICO, TEXAS AND JOHN M. ROBINSON, III OF ST. LOUIS, TWO GREAT GRANDSONS, AARON MICHAEL KAY AND JOSHUA MCCLURE KAY OF FRESICO, TEXAS, TWO BROTHERS, ALVA EYE AND WIFE DOLLY OF ARNOLD, PAUL EYE AND WIFE LEONE OF FLORIDA, TWO SISTERS, BEULAH TRASK AND HUSBAND CORDELL OF POTOSI, MINNIE HILL OF SPANISH LAKE, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW, RUBY EYE OF POTOSI, GRACE (GENE) MCFADDEN OF FLORISSANT, ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW, GEORGE FENSTERMAKER OF POTOSI, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIVE BROTHERS, FRED, ORAL, HERBERT, JESS AND LAWRENCE EYE AND ONE SISTER, FLORENCE JENKINS.
THELMA ACCEPTED CHRIST EARLY IN HER LIFE AND WAS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE WHITE OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, SHIRLEY, MISSOURI. THELMA HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THE BROWN SHOE COMPANY FOR SOME TWENTY-TWO YEARS. HER LOVE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS GUIDED HER EVERYDAY WORKS TO FULFILL THE TEACHINGS OF HER SAVIOR.
A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AUNT AND CHERISHED FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1999, FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1999, AT 1:00 P.M. AT WHITE OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND MELVIN REED AND ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN WHITE OAK GROVE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PUG FRYMAN, RANDY FRYMAN, MIKE HEFLIN, JERRY KISSELL, DAVID FENSTERMAKER, LLOYD FENSTERMAKER, EDDIE JENKINS AND REGGIE JENKINS. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, AARON KAY AND JOSHUA KAY.
THELMA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE FRANKLIN E. FENSTERMAKER ON JANUARY 3, 1941, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION TWO DAUGHTERS WERE BORN.
THELMA IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, THELMA ROBINSON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF CALEDONIA, FRANCES DECLUE AND HUSBAND DONALD M. OF POTOSI, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, SUZANNE FRANCES KAY AND HUSBAND MICHAEL W. OF FRESICO, TEXAS AND JOHN M. ROBINSON, III OF ST. LOUIS, TWO GREAT GRANDSONS, AARON MICHAEL KAY AND JOSHUA MCCLURE KAY OF FRESICO, TEXAS, TWO BROTHERS, ALVA EYE AND WIFE DOLLY OF ARNOLD, PAUL EYE AND WIFE LEONE OF FLORIDA, TWO SISTERS, BEULAH TRASK AND HUSBAND CORDELL OF POTOSI, MINNIE HILL OF SPANISH LAKE, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW, RUBY EYE OF POTOSI, GRACE (GENE) MCFADDEN OF FLORISSANT, ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW, GEORGE FENSTERMAKER OF POTOSI, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIVE BROTHERS, FRED, ORAL, HERBERT, JESS AND LAWRENCE EYE AND ONE SISTER, FLORENCE JENKINS.
THELMA ACCEPTED CHRIST EARLY IN HER LIFE AND WAS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE WHITE OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, SHIRLEY, MISSOURI. THELMA HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THE BROWN SHOE COMPANY FOR SOME TWENTY-TWO YEARS. HER LOVE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS GUIDED HER EVERYDAY WORKS TO FULFILL THE TEACHINGS OF HER SAVIOR.
A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AUNT AND CHERISHED FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1999, FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1999, AT 1:00 P.M. AT WHITE OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND MELVIN REED AND ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN WHITE OAK GROVE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PUG FRYMAN, RANDY FRYMAN, MIKE HEFLIN, JERRY KISSELL, DAVID FENSTERMAKER, LLOYD FENSTERMAKER, EDDIE JENKINS AND REGGIE JENKINS. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, AARON KAY AND JOSHUA KAY.
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