Wilma Elfrink

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Wilma G. Elfrink, 77, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born May 25, 1925, at Leopold, Mo., daughter of Henry and Barbara Hinkebein Seesing.

She and Thomas R. Elfrink were married Feb. 26, 1946, at Leopold.

Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Glenda (Bill) Landewee and Nancy (Glen) Landewee of Leopold, Pamela (Ronnie) Wesbecher and Kimberly (Gary) Vandeven of Marble Hill; a brother, John Seesing of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Catherine Elfrink of Leopold; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Wilma was preceded in death by an infant son, Kenneth J. Elfrink, an infant daughter, Barbara Ann Elfrink, and a granddaughter, Juli Ann Vandeven.

She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church at Leopold and St. Ann's Sodality.

Mrs. Elfrink was a loving wife and mother who enjoyed babysitting all of her grandchildren.

Visitation will be at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday with parish prayers and Knights of Columbus rosary at 7 p.m.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. John's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Bill Huggins officiating. Interment will follow in the St. John's Church cemetery.