1922
Vernelle
2000
Vernelle French
March 22, 1922 — January 31, 2000
VERNELLE MARIE FRENCH OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN MARCH 22, 1922, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FRED AND RUBY (SCOTT) SOMA. VERNELLE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT MINERAL AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ON MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SEVEN YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.
VERNELLE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE EDMOND FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 6, 1940, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, TO THIS UNION FOUR DAUGHTERS WERE BORN.
VERNELLE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS, JANICE FRENCH OF VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA, JUDITH BOYER FITZGERALD, OF PARK HILLS, JULIA COFFMAN OF JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS, MARY COLEMAN AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF IRONDALE, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, EDITHE HALL OF MARAPOSA, CALIFORNIA AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE SISTERS, HILDRED HELM, HARRIET TOWE, HELEN PETTY, TWO BROTHERS, ROBERT SOMA AND JOHN SOMA.
VERNELLE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE IRONDALE METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS AN AVID SPORTS FAN AND ENJOYED RELAXING WATCHING A GOOD BASEBALL OR BASKETBALL GAME. VERNELLE WAS KNOWN FOR HER GREEN THUMB AND LOVED SPENDING TIME GARDENING. CROCHETING WAS A TALENT SHE HAD AND SHARED HER MANY CROCHETED ITEMS WITH BOTH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VERNELLE WAS A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SISTER AND SPECIAL FRIEND. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2000, FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2000, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE IRONDALE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND MICHAEL LOCKHART OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JAMIE TURNER, STAN BOYSTER, DEE LAPLANT, JOHN FRENCH, DENNIS FRENCH AND CORY FRENCH.
VERNELLE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE EDMOND FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 6, 1940, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, TO THIS UNION FOUR DAUGHTERS WERE BORN.
VERNELLE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS, JANICE FRENCH OF VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA, JUDITH BOYER FITZGERALD, OF PARK HILLS, JULIA COFFMAN OF JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS, MARY COLEMAN AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF IRONDALE, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, EDITHE HALL OF MARAPOSA, CALIFORNIA AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE SISTERS, HILDRED HELM, HARRIET TOWE, HELEN PETTY, TWO BROTHERS, ROBERT SOMA AND JOHN SOMA.
VERNELLE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE IRONDALE METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS AN AVID SPORTS FAN AND ENJOYED RELAXING WATCHING A GOOD BASEBALL OR BASKETBALL GAME. VERNELLE WAS KNOWN FOR HER GREEN THUMB AND LOVED SPENDING TIME GARDENING. CROCHETING WAS A TALENT SHE HAD AND SHARED HER MANY CROCHETED ITEMS WITH BOTH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VERNELLE WAS A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SISTER AND SPECIAL FRIEND. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2000, FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2000, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE IRONDALE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND MICHAEL LOCKHART OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JAMIE TURNER, STAN BOYSTER, DEE LAPLANT, JOHN FRENCH, DENNIS FRENCH AND CORY FRENCH.
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