Hallie Pautler

Perryville, MO. -- HALLIE B. PAUTLER, 73, OF PERRYVILLE, DIED SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2003, AT MISSOURI BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS. SHE HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

SHE WAS BORN MAY 27, 1930, AT LESTERVILLE, MO., DAUGHTER OF BOBBYE MCHENRY AND THE LATE G.R. MCHENRY. SHE MARRIED PAUL F. PAUTLER ON DEC. 14, 1962, IN HOGAN, MO.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND; HER MOTHER; THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. STEPHEN (CHERYL) ROGERS OF AURORA, COLO., JO MUELLER OF WARRENSBURG, MO., AND MRS. TIM (JENNIFER) COAD OF CAPE GIRARDEAU; A SON, PAUL F. PAUTLER JR. OF KANSAS CITY; A SISTER, MARIAN LOYD OF ST. LOUIS; A BROTHER, ROGER MCHENRY OF IRONTON, MO.; EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT-GRANDCHILD.

PAUTLER WORKED AS SECRETARY-TREASURER OF PERRY PUBLISHING CO. IN PERRYVILLE, CASHIER AT BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IN FREDERICKTOWN, MO., AND TELLER AT THE ARCADIA VALLEY BANK IN ARCADIA VALLEY, MO.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND PURCHASED THE MONITOR NEWSPAPER IN PERRYVILLE ON APRIL 1, 1964, AND THEY LATER ACQUIRED THE COMPETING PERRY COUNTY REPUBLIC PUBLICATION. THEY ALSO BRIEFLY OWNED MINERAL AREA PUBLISHERS IN FARMINGTON, MO., THE STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD AND THE ST. MARY'S WEEKLY REVIEW.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PERRYVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PAST WORTHY MATRON AND 55-YEAR MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERAN STAR, LESTERVILLE CHAPTER 273, A FORMER MEMBER AND OFFICER OF THE PERRYVILLE PARK BOARD AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PERRYVILLE LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION.

FRIENDS MAY CALL FRIDAY FROM 4 TO 8 P.M. AT YOUNG AND SONS CHAPEL IN PERRYVILLE AND SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 3 P.M. AT PERRYVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, JULY 12 AT 3 P.M. AT THE PERRYVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH THE REV. THOMAS BASS OFFICIATING.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BUILDING FUND, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY OR A CHARITY OF CHOICE.