ALEXANDER OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== ALEXANDER, Bessie Irene SEVIER 1904 - 1996 Bessie Irene Alexander, 92, Butler, died Sunday, July 21, 1996, at the Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. - Bessie Irene Sevier, youngest child of James W. and Louella (Patt) Sevier, was born June 13, 1904, in Henry County, near Urich. Her early years were spent in Henry County on the farm and then moving with her parents to LaDue (Henry County) as a young woman. She later lived in Warrensburg for a number of years. She was a Baptist. She was united in marriage to Charles S. Alexander on October 24, 1942. During her married life she lived in the Gardner, Ks., community and in Kansas City. Her husband preceded her in death in 1960. After her retirement from Crane's Cafeteria in Kansas City and for health reasons, she moved to Urich to live with her sister. After her sister's death in 1983, she remained in Urich until her failing health required her to move to a nursing home in 1988. She suffered a heart attack on July 18, 1996, which required hospitalization at Bates County memorial Hospital, Butler, where she died on July 21. Survivors include her nephew and wife, Charles and Jo Goodman and her niece and Husband, Sandra and Ron Nadler, all of Urich; great-niece and great-nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, at the Consalus Chapel in Urich. Rev. Marshall Dark officiated. One Day At A Time and How Great Thou Art were played by organist Nettie Mouse. Pallbearers were Bill Kelsay, Burford Vogt, William Smith, Kenny Vogt, Corky Graef and Butch Miller. Burial was in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Henry County under the direction of the Consalus Funeral Home, Urich. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================