Ada Stueve

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Ada Alma Lydia Stueve, 85, of Altenburg died Thursday, March 25, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born April 16, 1918, at Farrar, Mo., daughter of Henry J. and Anna Meier Lohmann. She and Edwin H. Stueve Sr. were married Oct. 18, 1942. He died July 30, 1983.

Stueve retired in 1983 from Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church at Farrar.

Survivors include two sons, Edwin Stueve Jr. and Dale Stueve of Farrar; a daughter, Mary Ann Sticht of Altenburg; a brother, Erwin Lohmann of Perryville, Mo.; a sister, Erna Stueve of Uniontown, Mo.; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville from 4 to 8 p.m. today, and Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Salem Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Michael Meraz officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.