June DeLay

SIKESTON, Mo. -- June Workman DeLay, 90, of Sikeston passed away at her home Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019.

A former resident of Bell City and Charleston, Missouri, she had lived in Sikeston for the past 19 years. The DeLay family moved to Charleston from Bell City in 1958, when the family-owned business, DeLay Brothers Implement Co., expanded to a second location. The family moved to Sikeston in 1998.

A homemaker her entire adult life, June was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. An excellent cook, she was well known for her large family meals, which many times included friends of her children and grandchildren. She was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Charleston.

Born June 22, 1929, in Bell City, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Lynn Jones Workman. She married Hubert DeLay Sr. in April 1946, and he preceded her in death April 3, 2009.

They were the parents of three children, all of whom survive, Sherri (Gary) Noisworthy of Sikeston, and Keith (Vonna) DeLay and Hubert (Mollie) DeLay Jr. of Charleston. Also surviving are grandchildren, Trevor (Kelly) Noisworthy of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Tiffany (Don) Seth of Moscow Mills, Missouri, Brian DeLay of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Tyler (J.J.) Black of Bonita Springs, Florida, Rebecca (Ben) Arbeiter of Old Monroe, Missouri, Tyson DeLay and Whitney (Brad) Alexander of Sikeston and Annie-Mollie (Nick) DeLay-Revelle of Charleston; 13 great-grandchildren; brother, Eddie Workman of Scott City; and many very special cousins, nephews and nieces.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters and a brother.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Revs. Gerald Penn and Stan Hargis officiating. Interment will follow at Morgan Memorial Park Cemetery in Advance, Missouri, under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be grandsons Trevor Noisworthy, Brian DeLay, Tyson DeLay, J.J. Black, Ben Arbeiter and Brad Alexander

Online condolences may be shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com.