Thanks Betty for the directions to the cemetery. All your work is greatly appreciated. Patty ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Obituary: Walter William Bequette > Patty, > If you go south from Farmington on OO Highway (Old 67) a > mile or so, you'll come to junction for Highway F (where > Friendly Motel was located), turn right. The road will > curve around and Hillview Cemetery is on top of the hill > probably a half mile or so down road. You might want to > check telephone directory to see if there is a phone > number for this cemetery. All the stones are flat. You'll > save yourself alot of walking if you can find out ahead of > time the general location of the grave. > Bettye > > > > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:59:43 -0500 > "Vandergriff" <pasqually@ccilink.net> wrote: >> Thank you Betty, >> This is my dad's first cousin. >> Can any one tell me where Hillview Gardens is located, >>so I can take a >> picture of the tombstone? >> Thanks for any information you can give. >> Patty Vandergriff >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> >> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 7:20 PM >> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Obituary: Walter William Bequette >> >> >>> THE DAILY JOURNAL, Flat River, Missouri. >>> >>> Walter Wm. Bequette passed away suddenly May 13, 1978 at >>> DePaul Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 86. >>> >>> He was a son of the late William Brown and Katheryn >>> Poggermiller [sic Poggemoeller] Bequette and was born >>>July >>> 5, 1891 in Ste. Genevieve. >>> >>> He was united in marriage on June 28, 1916 to Katheryn >>> Myrtle Byington who preceded him in death February 8, >>> 1969. >>> >>> To this union fourteen children were born: Russell >>> Bequette, St. Louis; Katheryn Doggett, Defiance, Mo.; >>> William Bequette, Robert Bequette, Esther Eaton, Helen >>> Nunn, Richard Bequette and Mary Cunningham, St. Louis; >>>and >>> Dorothy Messerly, TX; five children preceded him in >>>death: >>> Edward, John, Brownie, Petie, and Myrtle Bequette. >>> >>> Also surviving are two sisters: Carrie Carrow, Bonne >>> Terre; Irene Doggett, French Village; one brother: >>>Raymond >>> S. Bequette, Bay, Mo.; 57 grandchildren, 65 >>> great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. >>> >>> Mr. Bequette was a builder by trade, a carpenter, >>> bricklayer and concrete mason. He was an employee of >>> several lumber companies and the State Hospital #4. He >>> retired in 1957, but remained active for 20 years. >>> >>> A ho-down, a waltz, the old Missouri ballads or any >>>other >>> request was the pleasure of Mr. Bequette and his beloved >>> fiddle. He entertained many people for many hours. He >>> last took up his bow on Wednesday morning. >>> >>> Rosary was recited at Cozean's Chapel at 7:30 p.m. >>>Monday >>> night. >>> >>> Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, May 16, 1978, >>>at >>> 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. >>> >>> Interment was in Hillview Gardens. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>>'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >