In Memory of my Grandmother... Mildred Weatherman Mildred Weatherman, age 92, of Lexington, Missouri, formerly of Rich Hill died Monday, September 04, 2000, at the Sante Fe Trail Health Care Center in Lexington. Mildred Cornelia Randen was born on December 12, 1907 in Randen, Minnesota (near current day Gatzke) in Marshall County, on the farm her father homesteaded. The Post Office of this area was started by her father and so named Randen. Her parents were Hans Hanson Randen and Martha Christina Norberg, both born in Sweden and immigrated to this country with their parents. Mildred and her family farmed in Minnesota for many years and then at age 14 her family moved to Forsythe in Taney County, Missouri. She married James Earnest Weatherman on September 5, 1928 in Galena, Stone County, Missouri. Jim and Mildred also lived in St. Louis and Webster, Iowa before settling in Rich Hill. To this union was born three sons, Gary Dean, Larry Gene, and Jimmie Lee. For most of her life Mildred was a mother and housewife, but for some years she worked at the Rich Hill High School. She was a devoted Christian and a dedicated member of the Rich Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed her family, reading her bible, rides in the country, gardening, and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hans and Martha Randen; her husband, Jim Weatherman; three brothers, Harry, Lloyd, and Willard Randen; two sisters Adelen and Gladys Randen; one son Larry Weatherman; and one granddaughter, Gail Weatherman. She is survived by her sons; Gary Weatherman and wife Alice Faye of Dover and Jim Weatherman and wife Ruth of Grandview; one daughter-in-law, Cathy Weatherman, Kansas City, MO; 8 grandchildren; Tim Weatherman of Moberly, Lisa Lawson of Independence, Denise Canida of Belton, Lee Anne King of Raytown, Cindy Merryfield of Grandview, Julie Blanton of Orlando, Florida, Gary Weatherman, II of Kearney, Barbara Call of Belton, and 12 great-grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday, September 6 at 2 p.m. at the Sheldon-Booth Chapel. Internment will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Sheldon-Booth Funeral Home of Rich Hill, MO. Source: Rich Hill Mining Review, Thursday, September 7, 2000, Volume 120 No. 50 Researching the Surnames ALMS, BOEHNER, CANIDA, KEITHLEY, MARTIN, MATHEWS, PETERS, PHENIX, RANDEN, STOCKSTILL, STOUT, THORNTON, and WEATHERMAN. Our Families Homepage: http://home.swbell.net/audiec Taney County, Missouri Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~motaney/taney.htm Johnson County, Missouri Home Page: http://homepages.infoseek.com/~snowrose1/index.html