Jennifer Marie Counts, 19, of Napoleon, Ohio, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2004, in Napoleon, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
She was born April 22, 1985, in St. Charles, Mo., daughter of Charles David and Karen Alice Humphrey Counts.
Jennifer had worked the past 18 months at Alex Products Inc. in Ridgeville Corners, Ohio.
Survivors include a friend, Mike Thompson of Napoleon; her father, Charles Counts and wife Cheryl of Cape Girardeau; her mother, Karen Gainor and friend Kent Nicely of Jefferson City, Mo.; eight brothers, Justin Gainor of Napoleon, Ryan Gainor of Jefferson City, Dustan Westrich of San Diego, Calif., Sean and Landry Westrich of Cape Girardeau, Jarrod, Dalton and Dylan Nicely, all of Waseon, Ohio; a sister, Brianna Westrich of Cape Girardeau; maternal grandparents, Earl and Marie Humphrey of Wright City, Mo., Carol and Larry Bollinger of St. Charles; paternal grandmother, Elsie Counts of St. Peters, Mo.; and maternal great-grandmother, Lena Moon of Russellville, Mo.
Visitation will be today from 11 a.m. to service time at Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia, Mo.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Rader Cemetery near Vienna, Mo.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Jennifer Counts Memorial Fund.
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