ALLYNE BODENSTEIN

JACKSON, Mo. -- Allyne C. Bodenstein, 74, of Jackson died Thursday, June 15, 2000, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis.

She was born March 10, 1926, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Clarence L. and Sarah Anna Smith Crites. She and Louis H. Bodenstein were married July 16, 1954. He died Feb. 8, 1975.

Bodenstein was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau. She was a former member of St. Paul School PTA, Concordia Council, St. Paul College Guild, Joy Group, choir, and former 4-H leader.

Survivors include three sons, Homer Oberbeck of Elkhart, Ind., Alan Oberbeck of Jackson, Clarence Bodenstein of Cape Girardeau; six daughters, Melody Hagans and Linda Bock of Jackson, Anita Lansmon of Dallas, Texas, Edith Neal of Cape Girardeau, Sarah Guebert of Great Mills, Md., Suzanne Bodenstein of St. Louis; a brother, Dewey Crites of Victoria, Texas; a sister, Audrey Riehn of Hemet, Calif.; 19 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and sister.

Friends may call at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Church, with the Rev. Robert Henrichs officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.