Andy Halter Sr.

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Andy L. Halter Sr., 85, of Chaffee died Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, at Chaffee Nursing Center.

He was born Nov. 30, 1919, in Scott County, son of Frank and Rose Glastetter Halter. He and Thresa Tucker were married May 17, 1941.

Mr. Halter was a retired foreman of the Little River Drainage District in Cape Girardeau County.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Andy Halter Jr. of Sikeston, Mo., Mike Halter of Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; a daughter, Judy Tankersley of Delta; two sisters, Cornela Jones of Cairo, Ill., Irene Baker of Mounds, Ill.; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and four great-stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, a sister and a great-grandchild.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, with the Rev. Patrick Tankersley officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley, Mo.