STELLA MARY BOEHM

SIKESTON -- Stella Mary Boehm, 85, of Sikeston died Saturday, Nov. 1, 1997, at the Sells Rest Home in Matthews.

She was born June 17, 1912, in Old Mines, the daughter of Joseph "Boss" and Nealia Dean Courtois. On Feb. 12. 1939, she married Andrew "Pat" Boehm in St. Louis. He died July 27, 1994.

She worked as a housekeeper for St. David's Parish in Arnold. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston.

She is survived by a son, Andy Boehm of Brentwood; two daughters, Dorothy Turner of Sikeston and Pat Lewis of Bloomfield; two brothers, Bernard and Harold Courtois, both of Potosi; four sisters, Lucille Evans, Alberta Maxwell and Louise Bone, all of Potosi, and Roberta Cooper of Flat River; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Visitation will be today from 5 p.m. to 8 at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Parish prayers will begin at 7. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, with Msgr. William Stanton officiating. Burial will follow at Garden of Memories in Sikeston.