January 28, 2007

Florence Meppelink

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Florence E. Meppelink, 85, of Springfield died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. She was born Aug. 11, 1921, at Muskegon, Mich. She was a 1942 graduate of Central Bible Institute, where she met her husband, Herb. They began ministry with Assembles of God in 1943 and pastored in Kentucky and Michigan. Later she served with her husband when he became a director of Teen Challenge in Michigan and later in Cape Girardeau...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Florence E. Meppelink, 85, of Springfield died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007.

She was born Aug. 11, 1921, at Muskegon, Mich.

She was a 1942 graduate of Central Bible Institute, where she met her husband, Herb. They began ministry with Assembles of God in 1943 and pastored in Kentucky and Michigan. Later she served with her husband when he became a director of Teen Challenge in Michigan and later in Cape Girardeau.

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Survivors include her husband, son Charles, adopted daughter Kathy, two sisters, two stepsisters, a brother, three granddaughters and six great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home, 5234 W. Route EE, Springfield.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Billy Burris officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens.

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