Zelma J Craven

CRAVEN, FAIRCHILD

Posted By: Pat Frette (email)
Date: 6/4/2009 at 08:22:08

Zelma Jean Craven, age 79, of Boone, passed away April 27, 2009, at the Boone County Hospital. Funeral services are Saturday, May 2, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. at the Schroeder Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall with Rev. Dan Solomon officiating. Burial will be in the Boone Memorial Gardens.
Zelma was born January 10, 1930 in rural Boone to Clifford and Florence (Johnson) Fairchild. She graduated from Ogden High School in 1947. Zelma married Laverne Craven in Lancaster, Missouri, in August of 1948. She was a homemaker and retired cashier.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Laverne in 1994 and a son, Richard in 2008. Survivors are her children: a son, Randy Craven and wife Kathi and a daughter, Kathy Grabau and husband Karl, all of Boone. Also surviving are a number of grandchildren, step grandchildren; great grandchildren; and a sister, Maxine Hickman of Boone.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel on Friday from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. where the family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Visitation continues Saturday at the funeral chapel from 8:00 a.m. until the time of the service.
Online condolences and a guestbook are available at www.schroedermemorialchapel.com. Boone News Republican