DEWEY STATLER

LIXVILLE, Mo. -- Dewey E. Statler, 81, of Lixville died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 4, 1920, at Lixville, son of Samuel and Effie Statler. He and Helen G. Propst were married March 16, 1940. She died July 22, 1998.

Statler had been a farmer, and was an automobile mechanic at Lawrence and Moore. He was a member of Sedgewickville Lutheran Church and the church council, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Survivors include a daughter, Phyllis LeGrand of Jackson, Mo.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 4-9 p.m. today, and from 6:30-8:30 a.m. Saturday. The VFW wake will be at 7 tonight.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sedgewickville Lutheran Church. The Rev. Albert S. Nyland will officiate. Burial will be in Lixville Cemetery, with military graveside rites by American Legion Post 133.