February 4, 1998

DOROTHEA WEISBROD

JACKSON -- Dorothea M. Weisbrod, 91, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 2, 1998, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 4, 1906, in Jackson, daughter of James Henderson and Octavia Kinder Weisbrod. Her family moved to St. Louis when she was a child. She attended St. Louis University and Washington University. She was a regular contributor to Capper's Weekly magazine, and won numerous honors and prizes for her writing and artwork. She wrote her first article for Capper's in 1932...

JACKSON -- Dorothea M. Weisbrod, 91, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 2, 1998, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

She was born July 4, 1906, in Jackson, daughter of James Henderson and Octavia Kinder Weisbrod.

Her family moved to St. Louis when she was a child. She attended St. Louis University and Washington University. She was a regular contributor to Capper's Weekly magazine, and won numerous honors and prizes for her writing and artwork. She wrote her first article for Capper's in 1932.

Weisbrod taught Sunday School many years in St. Louis and at First Baptist Church in Jackson. She was a member of a missions group many years. She moved back to Jackson in 1962.

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Survivors include cousins.

There is no visitation or service.

A memorial prayer will be said Sunday at First Baptist Church.

McCombs Funeral Home at Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

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