FUNERAL HOME OBIT
Esther L Devenport, 88, formerly of Burfordville, passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Lutheran Home In Cape Girardeau. She was born February 3, 1926 in Whitewater, to Hugo H. and Amanda Fluegge Sebastian. She and Hubert Devenport were married April 15, 1945, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. They had been married 39 years when he passed away May 23, 1984,
Esther was a 1943 graduate of Jackson High School. She and Hubert raised their five children on the family farm at Burfordville. She instilled love of reading and a strong work ethic in them. They remember her for her strong faith in God and a deep love for her family.
Esther was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville and a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. She was also an avid gardener, an accomplished seamstress and loyal supporter of local Republican politics. Upon moving to Saxony Village, she enjoyed the company of many new friends and retained her matriarchal status in the family.
Loving survivors include five children: Ron Devenport and wife Wanda of St. Charles, MO, Jerry Devenport and wife Jill of Renton, WA., Vicki Devenport and husband Ed Nelson of Webster Groves, MO. Kathryn Rabold and husband Dennis, Dixon, MO., Carolyn Whitener and her husband Dewayne of Jackson. 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, four siblings Freeman and wife Shirley of Jackson, Elmer of Ferguson, MO., Nelson and his wife Elvira of Jackson and Jean Eftink and husband Mike of Wappapello, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and two brothers,Norman and Walter.
Friends may call Sunday, August 24, 2014 from 5 to 8 pm at the chapel of McComb Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and Monday, August 25, 2014 from noon to service time at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville.
The funeral will be Monday at 1:00 pm at the church with Rev. Gary Hoffstetter officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Memorials may take form of contributions to Christ Lutheran
Church or cemetery, or the American Cancer Society. Church
Esther L Devenport, 88, formerly of Burfordville, passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Lutheran Home In Cape Girardeau. She was born February 3, 1926 in Whitewater, to Hugo H. and Amanda Fluegge Sebastian. She and Hubert Devenport were married April 15, 1945, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. They had been married 39 years when he passed away May 23, 1984,
Esther was a 1943 graduate of Jackson High School. She and Hubert raised their five children on the family farm at Burfordville. She instilled love of reading and a strong work ethic in them. They remember her for her strong faith in God and a deep love for her family.
Esther was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville and a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. She was also an avid gardener, an accomplished seamstress and loyal supporter of local Republican politics. Upon moving to Saxony Village, she enjoyed the company of many new friends and retained her matriarchal status in the family.
Loving survivors include five children: Ron Devenport and wife Wanda of St. Charles, MO, Jerry Devenport and wife Jill of Renton, WA., Vicki Devenport and husband Ed Nelson of Webster Groves, MO. Kathryn Rabold and husband Dennis, Dixon, MO., Carolyn Whitener and her husband Dewayne of Jackson. 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, four siblings Freeman and wife Shirley of Jackson, Elmer of Ferguson, MO., Nelson and his wife Elvira of Jackson and Jean Eftink and husband Mike of Wappapello, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and two brothers,Norman and Walter.
Friends may call Sunday, August 24, 2014 from 5 to 8 pm at the chapel of McComb Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and Monday, August 25, 2014 from noon to service time at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville.
The funeral will be Monday at 1:00 pm at the church with Rev. Gary Hoffstetter officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Memorials may take form of contributions to Christ Lutheran
Church or cemetery, or the American Cancer Society. Church
FUNERAL HOME OBIT
Esther L Devenport, 88, formerly of Burfordville, passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Lutheran Home In Cape Girardeau. She was born February 3, 1926 in Whitewater, to Hugo H. and Amanda Fluegge Sebastian. She and Hubert Devenport were married April 15, 1945, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. They had been married 39 years when he passed away May 23, 1984,
Esther was a 1943 graduate of Jackson High School. She and Hubert raised their five children on the family farm at Burfordville. She instilled love of reading and a strong work ethic in them. They remember her for her strong faith in God and a deep love for her family.
Esther was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville and a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. She was also an avid gardener, an accomplished seamstress and loyal supporter of local Republican politics. Upon moving to Saxony Village, she enjoyed the company of many new friends and retained her matriarchal status in the family.
Loving survivors include five children: Ron Devenport and wife Wanda of St. Charles, MO, Jerry Devenport and wife Jill of Renton, WA., Vicki Devenport and husband Ed Nelson of Webster Groves, MO. Kathryn Rabold and husband Dennis, Dixon, MO., Carolyn Whitener and her husband Dewayne of Jackson. 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, four siblings Freeman and wife Shirley of Jackson, Elmer of Ferguson, MO., Nelson and his wife Elvira of Jackson and Jean Eftink and husband Mike of Wappapello, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and two brothers,Norman and Walter.
Friends may call Sunday, August 24, 2014 from 5 to 8 pm at the chapel of McComb Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and Monday, August 25, 2014 from noon to service time at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville.
The funeral will be Monday at 1:00 pm at the church with Rev. Gary Hoffstetter officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Memorials may take form of contributions to Christ Lutheran
Church or cemetery, or the American Cancer Society. Church
Esther L Devenport, 88, formerly of Burfordville, passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Lutheran Home In Cape Girardeau. She was born February 3, 1926 in Whitewater, to Hugo H. and Amanda Fluegge Sebastian. She and Hubert Devenport were married April 15, 1945, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. They had been married 39 years when he passed away May 23, 1984,
Esther was a 1943 graduate of Jackson High School. She and Hubert raised their five children on the family farm at Burfordville. She instilled love of reading and a strong work ethic in them. They remember her for her strong faith in God and a deep love for her family.
Esther was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville and a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. She was also an avid gardener, an accomplished seamstress and loyal supporter of local Republican politics. Upon moving to Saxony Village, she enjoyed the company of many new friends and retained her matriarchal status in the family.
Loving survivors include five children: Ron Devenport and wife Wanda of St. Charles, MO, Jerry Devenport and wife Jill of Renton, WA., Vicki Devenport and husband Ed Nelson of Webster Groves, MO. Kathryn Rabold and husband Dennis, Dixon, MO., Carolyn Whitener and her husband Dewayne of Jackson. 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, four siblings Freeman and wife Shirley of Jackson, Elmer of Ferguson, MO., Nelson and his wife Elvira of Jackson and Jean Eftink and husband Mike of Wappapello, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and two brothers,Norman and Walter.
Friends may call Sunday, August 24, 2014 from 5 to 8 pm at the chapel of McComb Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and Monday, August 25, 2014 from noon to service time at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville.
The funeral will be Monday at 1:00 pm at the church with Rev. Gary Hoffstetter officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Memorials may take form of contributions to Christ Lutheran
Church or cemetery, or the American Cancer Society. Church
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