CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Kathryn Joan Surface, daughter of the late William Crader and Lenora Drennan Crader was born June 2, 1936, in Allenville, Missouri, and departed her life Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee at the age of 87.
Kathryn was a former employee of Florsheim Shoe Co. until retirement and a member of The Church of God in Jackson.
On Oct. 30, 1955, she was united in marriage to the Rev. Alvie Lee Surface in Mississippi. He preceded her in death Oct. 30, 2019.
Survivors include two daughters, Barbara (Dennis) Cook and Sarah Abernathy, both of Chaffee; two brothers, David Crader and Joe Crader, both of Delta; two sisters, Linda Hale of Jackson and Peggy Miles of Cape Girardeau; two grandchildren, Christina Cook of Chaffee and Rebecca (Jason) Ramos of Fruitland; and three great-grandchildren, Jordyn Obermann of Chaffee and Willow Ramos and Autumn Ramos, both of Fruitland.
Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Don and Jack Crader, and one sister, Kay Uhrhan.
Visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.
Funeral will then be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Online Condolences amy be sent at amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.
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