Oma Lurk

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Oma M. Lurk, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at Perry County Nursing Home.

She was born May 15, 1918, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of Earl and Trula Griffaw Warren. She first married Lee Ernst, who died in 1961. She later married John Lurk. He died Nov. 13, 1997.

Lurk had been a clerk at Rozier's Mercantile. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville.

Survivors include two daughters, Donna Ballman and Carol Schulte of Perryville; three sisters, Fern Delay of Fenton, Mo., Bonnie Werner of Edwardsville, Ill., Betty House of St. Peters, Mo.; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time today at St. Vincent de Paul Church.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. today at the church, with the Rev. Kevin Fausz officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Miller Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.