MARJEAN MCLANE

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Marjean Weissenborn McLane, 71, of Advance died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, at her home.

She was born April 14, 1929, in Hickory Ridge, Mo., daughter of F.E. and Anna Murphy Weissenborn. Her early childhood years were spent in Dongola, Mo.

She and Don McLane were married Aug. 8, 1948, after graduating from Advance High School, and a year at Southeast Missouri State University. He died in a tractor accident on May 18, 1963.

She then married George Ray Hitt on June 26, 1971. He died Aug. 26, 1993.

McLane retired in 1989 from the Department of Agriculture after 23 years of service at the Stoddard and Bollinger County ASCS offices. Prior to that, she was a rural mail carrier and an Inland Shoe Co. employee.

She attended First Baptist Church in Advance where she was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the WMU and the church board.

She was secretary of the Lone Oak Village Board and Ladies Auxiliary Post 7750. For many years she attended Wednesday Study Club meetings associated with the Federated Women's Club of Missouri.

Survivors include a son, Ray McLane of Advance; a daughter, Gloria McLane Hottes of Du Quoin, Ill.; a grandson; two stepgrandchildren; and four great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Advance. The Rev. Stan Gibson will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park.