Private memorial service was held for Kate Edmundson of Cape Girardeau.
Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Edmundson, 96, died Sunday, March 29, 1998, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center.
She was born Nov. 9, 1901, in Rutherford, Tenn., daughter of Benjamin F. and Mollie Tinkle Edmundson.
Edmundson was a graduate of Memphis State University in Memphis, Tenn. She taught first grade in Rutherford, moving to Cape Girardeau in 1970. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Rutherford.
Survivors include a sister, Elizabeth Tilghman of Cape Girardeau.
She was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.
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