RUKES OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== RUKES, Evalena LILE 1894 - 1980 Mrs. Evalena Rukes (Lile) of 1426 Grandview Drive, died May 17, 1980 at Johnson County Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov 3, 1894 in Clinton, the daughter of Charles M. and Emily Jane Lile. She was the youngest of 13 children, all of whom preceded her in death except one sister, Rosa Ogg of Sterling Colorado. Mrs. Rukes attended school in Clinton and married Jesse R. Rukes on Sept. 30, 1918 in Clinton, Henry Co., Missouri. They lived on a farm east of Clinton for several years and for 25 years had owned and operated the Clinton Transfer Co., until the death of Mr. Rukes on December 3, 1966. Mrs. Rukes also was preceded in death by a son, Charles Raymond Lile, who died in 1959. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Harry (Maxine)Turney, 1426 Grandview Drive; seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Consalus Funeral Home in Clinton at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in the Englewood Cemetery in Clinton. ==================================================================== 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. ====================================================================