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Mary Veach

March 22, 1923 — December 6, 2000

MARY AVA VEACH OF CADET, MO, WAS BORN AT FERTILE, MO, ON MARCH 22, 1923. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ARTHUR AND JOSEPHINE (COLEMAN) PRICE. MARY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE MISSOURI BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS, MO, ON DECEMBER 6, 2000 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY SEVEN YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS, AND FOURTEEN DAYS.
MRS. VEACH WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO CHARLES VEACH AND ELEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THIS UNION. CHARLES PRECEDED MARY IN DEATH ON FEBRUARY 14, 1992.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY FIVE SONS; CHARLES VEACH AND WIFE KAREN OF CADET, JOHN VEACH AND WIFE GEORGIA OF CADET, AL VEACH AND WIFE IMA OF CADET, GERALD "JERRY" VEACH OF HILLSBORO, MARK VEACH OF CADET, THREE DAUGHTERS; MARILYN MOCCA OF POTOSI, JUDY COLEMAN AND HUSBAND JOHN OF CADET, MARY ALICE HINZE AND HUSBAND SHANNON OF POTOSI, AND ONE BROTHER JOHN PRICE AND WIFE FAYE OF BLACKWELL, NINETEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND SIXTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER, CAROL DIANE VEACH, TWO SONS, BILL AND JOE VEACH, ONE SISTER, EDNA CECILA COLEMAN, THREE BROTHERS, LOUIS, JAMES AND MARION "SHELBY" PRICE, TWO DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW SHEILA VEACH AN SUSAN VEACH.
MARY AVA WAS A STRANGER TO NO ONE AND A FRIEND TO ALL, WHICH EARNED HER MUCH RESPECT AND THE RECOGNITION OF BEING A MOM TO EVERYONE. THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT BEING RELATED TO MARY AVA VEACH IS THAT NO MATTER WHICH MEMBER OF HER FAMILY SHE WAS SPEAKING TO, SHE ALWAYS MADE THEM FEEL LIKE HE OR SHE WAS HER FAVORITE. SHE HAD MANY INTERESTS INCLUDING, QUILTING, CROCHETING, GARDENING AND FAMILY GATHERINGS ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME. SHE LOVED TO LAUGH AND MEASURED HER DAYS BY THE SMILES SHE BROUGHT TO OTHERS. THOUGHTS OF MARY AVA ARE THOUGHTS OF WARMTH, LOVE AND LAUGHTER. SHE WILL BE MISSED, BUT HER LEGACY WAS DEEPLY SEWN INTO EACH WHO WERE PRIVILEGED TO BE TOUCHED BY HER WONDROUS SPIRIT.
VISITATION WAS HELD FROM 3:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT MOORE FUNERAL HOMES IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 10:00 AM AT ST. JOACHIM CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE DAVID VEACH, AL VEACH, JOHN COLEMAN, PAUL COLEMAN, CHRISTOPHER VEACH, BILL VEACH, KEN COLEMAN, BOB VEACH, DAN VEACH, AND BRANDON HINZE
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