MARY WELKER

PERRYVILLE -- Mary Bee Welker, 89, formerly of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999, at St. Clements Hospital at Red Bud, Ill.

She was born May 5, 1910, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Henry and Mary Ann Hahs Wilson. She and Rudy A. Welker were married Nov. 7, 1930. He died March 8, 1994.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Eastern Star Oak Ridge Chapter 310 and the Home Extension in both Missouri and Illinois.

She is survived by a son, Richard Lee Welker of Millersville; a daughter, Betty Baudendistel of Fults, Ill.; a brother, Juluis Wilson of Waynesville; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, grandson, three brothers, a sister, four half brothers and two half sisters.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home at Perryville. Eastern Star service will be at 7 tonight.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel.

The Rev. Ed Hankinson will officiate, with burial to follow at the Home Cemetery at Perryville.