Ethel Stinson

Ethel Velvie Stinson, 96, of Keokuk, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 16, 2003, at Keokuk Area Hospital.

She was born April 6, 1907, at McGee, Mo., daughter of John Wilmer and Pearl Grace Woolard Robertson. She and Loren Stinson were married July 4, 1931, at Parma, Mo. He died March 4, 1975.

Stinson was formerly of Malden, Mo.

Survivors include a daughter, Shelby Gullick of Keokuk; three sons, Carl Stinson of Jackson, Wilmer Stinson of Hamel, Ill., Ronnie Stinson of Valmeyer, Ill.; 17 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, a son, five brothers, two sisters, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The Rev. Daniel Hale will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden.