FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Juanita Sells, 73, of Fredericktown passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born May 17, 1941, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, a daughter of Vard and Lula Cobb Phelps. She and Harold Sells were married Nov. 18, 1962, in Poplar Bluff.
Juanita loved cooking, flower gardening, taking care of her family and her neighbors.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Tanya (Chuck) Holbrook and Mary Beth Sells of Jackson; two brothers, Coy Phelps and Racil (Nancy) Phelps of Poplar Bluff; three sisters, Margaret LeFrink, Rita (Danny) Jolliff and Joan (Randy) Bayssinger of Poplar Bluff; and a granddaughter, Sara Holbrook.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and three sisters.
The funeral was April 4 at Wilson Funeral Home in Fredericktown, with Randy Sawyer officiating. Interment was in Oddfellows Cemetery in Fredericktown.
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