Edna E. "Bess" Creibaum Nagel, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at the Lutheran Home.
She was born June 1, 1914, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Leona Scherf Creibaum. She married Alvin H. Nagel. He died July 30, 1990.
Nagel was a cafeteria manager at Trinity Lutheran School and Campus University School. She belonged to St. Andrew Lutheran Church and Lutheran Women's Missionary League, where she was a bereavement lunch member and kitchen member.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Schultz of Detroit, Shirley Coomer of Jackson; a brother, Don Newman of Baltimore; a sister, Dorothy Otten of Sedalia, Mo.; two half-brothers, Paul Ringwald of Jackson, Danny Ringwald of Iowa; a half-sister, Marie Ruebel of Cape Girardeau; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Andrew Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Short will officiate, with burial in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.
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