This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COLEMAN, THEBEAU, MISSEY, REID, KING, SAMPSON, ANSELMAN, KAMPER, PRUITT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/3887 Message Board Post: Louise M. Missey of Old Mines, was born April 8, 1920 in Old Mines, Missouri, the daughter of the late Joseph Adrian and Mary Frances (Coleman) Thebeau. She departed this life Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at Potosi Manor, having reached the age of eighty-five years and five days. Louise was united in marriage on February 25, 1941 to Henry Missey in Cadet, Missouri. They were blessed with eleven children. Louise is survived by four daughters; Ruth Ann Missey and her husband Mike of Potosi; Debbie Missey of Cadet; Linda Reid and husband Joel of Blackwell ,and Barb King and husband Rodney of Farmington, Missouri; six sons; Donald "Bud" Missey and wife Betty of Cadet; Michael Missey and wife Bessie of Potosi; Ken Missey and wife Carol of Cadet; David Missey of Blackwell; Mark Missey and wife Lisa of Cadet and Jerry Missey of Cadet; three sisters; Theresa Sampson, Geraldine Anselman and husband Robert and Rita Kamper and husband Carl, all of Cadet; six brothers, Irvin Thebeau and wife Dorothy of Festus, Missouri; James Stanley Thebeau and wife Vera of Festus; Leonard"Jiggs" Thebeau and wife Theresa, and Clifford "Benny" Thebeau and wife Ellen, all of Cadet, and Charles Thebeau and wife Blanche of St. Clair, Missouri; twenty-one grandchildren; thirty-eight great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Louise was preceded in death by her husband Henry Missey, a son, Henry Missey Jr., two brothers, Nicholas E. and Ralph Thebeau, and one sister, Margaret Pruitt. Louise Missey will long be remembered for the love she had for her family, especially her grandchildren. She was a member of the St. Joachim Catholic Church, Old Mines, and loved helping the Rural Parish Workers. she enjoyed taking walks and going anywhere she could with the people she loved. She liked to go dancing, listening to music and bowling. Louise Missey was a very kind and generous woman who enjoyed life. Visitation was 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2005 and Saturday, April 16, 2005 from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Saturday ad Moore Funeral Home, Potosi. A funeral mass was celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 16 at the St. Joachim Church, Old Mines. Burial took palce at the St. Joachim Cemetery Saturday, April 16, 2005 in Cadet, Missouri. Services were entrusted to the care and direction of the Moore Funeral Home, 105 Clark Street, Potosi, Missouri. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, May 5, 2005