Alta Laster

COMMERCE, Mo. -- Alta Marie Laster, 87, of Commerce died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, at her home.

She was born Feb. 16, 1931, in Newark, New Jersey, to Corbett and Maude Tuttle Fears. She married Hayes Winford Laster on Nov. 12, 1949. They shared 67 years together before his death Feb. 18, 2015.

Alta was a member and elder in the Community of Christ Church in Sikeston, Missouri, and was a member of the Commerce Community Betterment Club. She was involved each year with the music for Bible school at the Baptist and Methodist churches in Commerce.

Alta was always very involved with her husband and son's farming operation, bringing them lunches and parts. She loved her Lord, her family and her friends. Her love of music was shared through teaching piano to local children, as well as teaching guitar to her only grandson. She had such a kindness in her eyes that everyone who knew her, loved her.

Loving survivors include a son, Conley (Dee) Laster of Commerce; a daughter, Tia (Robert) Wardron of Cape Girardeau; four grandchildren, Stuart Matthews, Stephanie Matthews, Beth (Branden) McCullough and Amber (Robert) Gill; three great-grandchildren, John Thomas Kimball, Colin McCullough and Owen Gill; a brother, Floyd Fears of Independence, Missouri; and three sisters, Melva Darling of San Antonio, Alma Reed of Houston and Mary Ann Parks of Ruston, Louisiana.

She was also preceded in death by a brother, Lowell Fears.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of service Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

The memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. Bill Embry officiating. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery in Commerce.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Online condolences may be shared at www.amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.