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Submitted: 12/4/15 • Approved: 12/7/15 • Last Updated: 4/17/18 • R779613-G779613-S3
December 31, 1918 - March 4, 2004
*Obituary
Funeral Home Memorial Folder
Hill & Son Funeral Home, Appleton City, Missouri
Yvonne (Evon) Gladys Medearis Reed, a life-long resident of Appleton City, Missouri was born December 31, 1918 in Diamond, Missouri. She passed away on Thursday morning March 4, 2004 in Paola, Kansas at North Point Skilled Nursing Center at the age of 85 years. She was the daughter of Joseph Cross Medearis and Gladys Matilda Keifer Medearis.
She married Earnest Loyd Reed on January 3, 1937 in Osceola, Missouri. To this union four children were born: Bessie Marie, Earnest LeRoy, Joe Jimmy and Donna Lee. She was a devoted mother, always placing the needs of her family first. She was known as a person with diverse talents such as quilting, sewing, painting, gardening and many more. In 1956, she and Earnest started Reed's Dari Burg which they operated for 17 years. For years, the Dari Burg served as a local teen hangout. Yvonne was baptized and became a member of the First Baptist Church of Appleton City in 1953.
Mrs. Reed was preceded in death by her husband, her daughter Bessie Marie, her parents , stepmother and two brothers, Ray and Ralph Medearis. Survivors include her brother Wilbur Medearis and sister Wanda Williams; children: Earnest LeRoy, Joe Jimmy and Donna Lee; her twelve grandchildren: Randy, Ron, Joe, Rick, Russ, Kimberly, Melanie, Liza, Scott, Christina, Matthew and Gari Dawn; her 13 great-grandchildren: Dustin, Heather, Jody Schell, Kasey, Brittany, Courtney, Bryan, Madeline, Derek, Audrey, Alyssa, Valerie and Ashley; two great--grandchildren, Xavier and Esabelle, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and many nieces and nephews.
NOTE: There is a stone placed, however I was there for her funeral and have not been back for photo.
Contributed on 12/4/15 by wfields55
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