Dora Back

GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Dora Ruth Back, 80, of Glenallen died Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born March 12, 1925, in Lesterville, Mo., daughter of Nathaniel and Gertrude Maples Alcorn. She and Charles F. Back Jr. were married Aug. 30, 1946.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Karen Gallagher and Loretta Porter of St. Peters, Mo.; a brother, Ermon Alcorn of Branson, Mo.; two sisters, Helen Martin of Mindenmines, Mo., Eileen Riffey of Carlinville, Ill.; two grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by five brothers, a sister and two grandchildren.

Friends may call at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bobby Robbins and Darrell Back officiating. Burial will be in Grassy Friendship Cemetery at Grassy, Mo.