Published: May 09, 2008 10:41 am            

Mildred Lager Gass

Mildred Lager Gass, 86, of McLeansboro, passed away at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at her residence.

She was born in Logan on Dec. 16, 1921, a daughter of Roma and Jethrey (Jones) Neunlist. She married Philip Lager on Jan. 18, 1941, at Jackson, Mo., and he preceded her in death on June 30, 1990. She then married Cletus Gass on May 7, 1994, at the New Salem Baptist Church in Dale. She was a homemaker.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro with the Revs. Ernie Essary and Harl Cockrum officiating. Interment will follow at Digby Hill Cemetery in Dale.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

Mildred is survived by her husband, Cletus Gass of McLeansboro; one daughter, Jeanette Sue Lager of Muddy; one son, Philip E. Lager and wife Donna of McLeansboro; grandchildren, Debra Voelz and husband Ed of Muddy and Rodney Ritchason of Muddy; great-grandchildren, Rachel Russell and husband Nick of Shawsburg, Va., Lynsi Seets of Muddy and Rodney Bryant Ritchason II, USAF, Grand Forks, N.D.; several nieces and nephews; stepchildren, Charles Gass, Val Gass and wife Jeanette, Becky Barr and husband Keith, all of McLeansboro, and Lanora Nichols and husband Randy of Calvert City, Ky.; and five step-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 49 years, two sisters, and one brother.

Mildred was a member of New Salem Baptist Church in Dale, and loved being involved in church-related activities.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois and will be accepted at Harre Funeral Home, which is in charge of all arrangements.

        

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