EDWARD COMPAS

EAST PRAIRIE -- Edward Compas, 88, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1991, at the East Prairie Nursing Home after an extended illness.

He was born June 25, 1903, in Kelso, son of Henry and Regina Scherer Compas.

He was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie and was retired from the Sterling Aluminum Company in St. Louis.

He married Lorene Williams on May 8, 1972. She survives.

Other survivors are two sons, Elmer Compas of Alton, Ill. and William Compas of East Alton, Ill.; one daughter, Laura Holt of Sikeston; one step-daughter, Dorothy Manley of Arnold; one sister, Regina Dirnberger of New Hamburg; 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

One son, one daughter, two brothers, three sisters, one half-brother and one grandchild preceded him in death.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Service will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Larry Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Odd Fellows Cemetery near Charleston.