April 15, 2009

Della Arbuckle

LILBOURN, Mo. -- Della F. Arbuckle, 77, of Lilbourn died Friday, April 10, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Lutesville, Mo., daughter of Lowell and Della Goldie Liley Fish. She and Willis Arbuckle were married Feb. 6, 1962, in St. Louis. He died March 28, 1994...

LILBOURN, Mo. -- Della F. Arbuckle, 77, of Lilbourn died Friday, April 10, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Lutesville, Mo., daughter of Lowell and Della Goldie Liley Fish. She and Willis Arbuckle were married Feb. 6, 1962, in St. Louis. He died March 28, 1994.

Arbuckle was a self-employed seamstress. She was a member of the Church of Christ in New Madrid, Mo.

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Survivors include a daughter, Karen Little of Cape Girardeau; two sons, Lowell Arbuckle of Chicago, Dana Arbuckle of Arkansas; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter and a sister.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Burial will be Friday in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights, Ill.

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