EDNA LAPE

CHAFFEE -- Edna Marie Lape, 74, of Chaffee died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at Cape Girardeau Residential Care Center.

She was born July 11, 1925, at Chaffee, daughter of Frank Lawrence and Olivia Rose DuMay Graser. She and Ralph Lee Lape Sr. were married April 24, 1946. He died Aug. 17, 1998.

She was a member of the St. Ambrose Catholic Church at Chaffee and belonged to the Daughters of St. Ambrose, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Ladies Auxiliary of Chaffee V.F.W. Post and the Ladies Auxiliary of Chaffee American Legion Post. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include two sons, Ralph L. Lape Jr. of Jackson and Stephen Lape of St. Louis; a daughter, Mrs. Mitch (Diane) Miller of Cape Girdeau; two sisters, Mabel Shy of Chaffee and Doris Kester of Cape Girardeau; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The Rev. Ralph Duffner will officiate, with burial to follow at St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery.