Statler Family Obituaries
Grindstaff, Emma Gertrude (nee Aslinger)
Emma Gertrude Grindstaff, 92, of Patton, MO , died Dec. 25, 2009 at the Claru Deville
Nursing Home in Fredericktown, MO.
She was born Dec. 31, 1916 at Patton, daughter of Henry Floyd and Minnie Moyers Aslinger.
She and Zack Billie Grindstaff were married Feb. 16, 1935 and he died Jan. 18, 1997.
Mrs. Grindstaff was retired from the shoe factory in Fredericktown, a member of the Post
Oak Congregational Methodist Church, the Busy Bee Extension Club, Chairperson for
Bollinger County Council on Aging, a board member of the SMTS bus transportation for the
elderly. She and Zack helped to collect funds from North Bollinger County to start the
Hickory Hills Apartments in Marble Hill where she served on the board for 15 years. She
was a member of the Happy Old People Senior Citizens Club of Patton-Sedgewickville and had
served on the Silver Haired Legislature for one year.
Survivors include; one brother Harold Aslinger of Patton.
She is preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and six sisters.
Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 PM, Sunday, December 27, 2009, at the Liley Funeral
Home in Patton.
Funeral service will be at 12:00 PM, at the funeral home chapel with Rev. Donald Sander
officiating. Burial will follow in the Post Oak Church Cemetery near Patton.
In lieu of flowers donations are requested to Post Oak Cemetery.
Obituary found at the Liley Funeral Home website.
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