DeSPIEGELAERE, Marjorie

DESPIEGELAERE, HILL, PARK, PETERS, WISKIRCHEN, WEGNER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/4/2009 at 15:47:16

"The Fairfield Ledger", Thursday, January 29, 2009, Page 10

DeSPIEGELAERE, Marjorie -- Marjorie DeSPIEGELAERE, 80, of Kirksville, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at Kirksville Manor Care Center in Kirksville, Mo.

A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Kirksville, Mo., with the Rev. Dave Ream officiating. Burial, with full military rites, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Batavia Cemetery in Batavia.

Family visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Northeast Missouri and may be left at or sent to the funeral home at 2100 E. Shepherd Ave., Kirksville, MO 63501.

Mrs. DeSPIEGELAERE was born April 29, 1928, in Douds, the daughter of John and Herma HILL PARK. She married James Robert "Bob" DeSPIEGELAERE Feb. 14, 1953, in Eldon. He preceded her in death.

Mrs. DeSPIEGELAERE lived in the Douds and Batavia areas and graduated from Batavia High School in 1945. She and her husband owned and operated Batavia Gardens until her retirement. In 2002, she moved to Kirksville to be near family.

Mrs. DeSPIEGELAERE served in the United States Air Force from 1949-1952.

She was a lifetime member of the American Legion and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Fairfield.

She enjoyed sports and the outdoors, especially fishing.

Survivors include four children, Pat PETERS and husband Tony of Cedar Falls, Tom DeSPIEGELAERE and wife Holly of Omaha, Neb., Marie WISKIRCHEN and husband Larry of Kirksville, Mo., and Jane DeSPIEGELAERE-WEGNER and husband Bob of Osage Beach, Mo.; and nine grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one infant daughter, Mary Ellen DeSPIEGELAERE; one granddaughter; and five brothers, Don, Van, Brian, Alvin and Larry PARK.

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