PAUL JACO

DELTA, Mo. -- Paul D. Jaco, 63, of Delta died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Nov. 2, 1937, at Delta, son of John Fred Curtis and Suddy Biri Jaco. He and Janet Jaco were married Feb. 14, 1969. She died July 23, 1996.

Jaco retired as a machine operator at Baldor Electric in St. Louis.

He served in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include four sons, James Lankford of California, Allen Lankford of Bloomfield, Mo., Dean Lankford of Pacific, Mo., David Lankford of Delta; three sisters, Blanch Foster of San Diego, Calif., Stella Brown of Scopus, Mo., Hettie McClard of Marble Hill, Mo.; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo., after 4 p.m. Saturday.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel, with the Rev. Lee Roy Quinn officiating. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.