Obituary : MEEK, Eva M ***** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and 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 presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the files submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ***** file submitted by: Kathy Gaines St Joe News-Press, St Joseph, Missouri Obituaries : April 15, 2001 Eva M. Meek 1904-2001 Eva M. Meek, 97, St. Joseph, died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at a St. Joseph hospital. Mrs. Meek and her husband owned and operated Meek Grocery Store, at 15th & Mitchell streets in St. Joseph, for several years. Following, she was a housekeeper at the St. Joseph State Hospital for several years, retiring in 1969. Born Feb. 29, 1904, in Worth, Mo., she was a resident of St. Joseph since 1945. Mrs. Meek was a member of Wyatt Park Christian Church. Mrs. Meek was preceded in death by her husband, L. "Gloe" Meek in 1978; her parents, John M. and Clara Belle Dannar; a son, Charles D.; a grandson, Shawn Tullis; five brothers, Marion, Charlie, Elvis, Dillard and Bud Dannar; and two sisters, Amma Gabriel and Lillie Redden. Surviving: two daughters, Helen Gregory and Mary Tullis, both of St. Joseph; a sister, Mary F. Trump, St. Joseph; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Service: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel, St. Joseph. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: after 10:30 a.m. Monday at the chapel, where the family will receive friends 6:30-9:00 p.m. Monday. Memorials may be made to Hands of Hope Hospice or to Wyatt Park Christian Church.