CHAFFEE -- Dorothy Louise Curry, 83, of Chaffee, died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lake St. Louis.
She was born Oct. 21, 1915, at Commerce, daughter of Mack Watson Sanders and Amelia Sophia Sander.
She and Audie Ray Curry were married Dec. 16, 1933, at Scott City. He died May 7, 1984.
Curry had worked as a machine operator from 1933 to 1969 at Ely-Walker in Scott City.
She had lived in Scott City since 1963 and was a member of the General Baptist Church at Randles.
Survivors include a son, Gary Curry of Lake St. Louis; a daughter, Sandy Griffin of Brighton, Ill.; two brothers, Adam Sanders of Anderson, Ind., and Raymond Sanders of Fort Myers, Fla.; a sister, Viola Tessman of Sullivan, Ill.; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother and a sister.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Joe Payne officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Memorial Cemetery.
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