IDELL SITZES

Idell Pridy Sitzes of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 13, 1996.

She was born to Thomas Jefferson and Alice Pridy at Castor.

She married Paul Sitzes on Dec. 22, 1934, at Fredericktown. He died Jan. 9, 1973.

Survivors include a sister, Thelma Pridy Bollinger of Cape Girardeau, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by six sisters and three brothers.

Sitzes was a member of the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. She also volunteered at Southeast Missouri Hospital between 1975 and 1978.

Sitzes received a bachelor's degree in education from Southeast Missouri State University and a master's degree in education from Peabody University in Nashville, Tenn.

She taught school at Vanduser, and the Franklin and Louis J. Schultz School in Cape Girardeau, retiring in 1974.

Friends may call at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel Monday from 4-8 p.m.

Funeral service will be at the funeral chapel Tuesday at 10 a.m., with the Rev. John Owen officiating.

Burial will be in Moore Chapel Cemetery near Marquand.