Cleo Cleary

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Cleo Alberta Cleary, 89, of Chaffee died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at the Chaffee Nursing Center.

She was born April 4, 1918, in Caruthersville, Mo., daughter of Joe and Eurice Shrum Green. She married Robert E. Cleary, and he preceded her in death.

She was a retired secretary for Calvary Baptist Church in St. Louis, where she was also a church member.

She is survived by a sister, Betty Haynes of Houston.

She was also preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee, with the Rev. Vyron Yount officiating.