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Vinyard, Hester Louise (nee Koehler)

Vinyard, Hester Louise (nee Koehler) Friday, October 12, 2001
JACKSON, Mo. -- Hester Louise Vinyard, 91, of Jackson died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born Nov. 16, 1909, in Jackson, the daughter of Henry C. and Mary Belle Baugh Koehler. She married George W. Vinyard on June 30, 1930. He died Oct. 5, 1991.

She was a lifelong member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She also was a member of St. Ann's Sodality and Immaculate Conception Quilting Ladies.

She worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone and for the former International Shoe Co. in Jackson.

She is survived by a son, James Vinyard of Vienna, Mo.; two sisters, Lorene Horrell and Opal Scherer, both of Jackson; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by two sons, five brothers and three sisters.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson and from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Parish prayers will be said at 7 p.m. today at the church.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, with Msgr. Edward Eftink officiating.

Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

 

Printed in the Friday, October 12, 2001 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO.
Obituary photo was found at the Find A Grave website.

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