This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DECLUE, BOYER, POLITTE, PRATT, BROWN, PORTELL, PINSON, BEQUETTE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/3892 Message Board Post: Mary Catherine Politte of Cadet, Missouri was born April 15, 1922 in Racola City, Missouri. Mary is the daughter of the late John and Mary Elizabeth (DeClue) Boyer. Mary departed this life April 28, 2005 at Potosi Manor in Potosi, Missouri, having reached the age of eighty-three years and thirteen days. Mary Catherine was united in marraige to Edwin W. Politte on April 8, 1940 at St. Joachim Catholic Church in Old Mines, Missouri. To this union they were blessed with sixteen children. Mary Catherine is survived by eleven sons; Glennon Politte and wife Carol of Barnhart, Missouri, Edwin Politte and wife Nancy of Cadet, Missouri, Deacon Jerry Politte and wife Valeria of Arnold, Missouri, William Politte and wife Diana of Arnold, Missouri, Russell Politte and wife Sandy of Barnhart, Missouri, James Politte and wife Carolyn of Cadet, Missouri, Deacon Stephen Politte and wife Joyce of Cadet, Missouri, Joseph Politte and wife DeeAnn of Festus, Missouri, Dennis Politte and wife Vicki of Herculaneum, Missouri, David Politte and wife Kathy of Cadet, Missouri, Rick Politte and wife Marcia of Cadet, Missouri; three daughters, Mary Ann Pratt and husband Dale of Cadet, Missouri, Jeanie Brown of Potosi, MIssouri, Monica Pratt and husband David of Cadet, Missouri. Also sixty-nine grandchildren; ninety-six great grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren, and one sister, Sister Miriam Valerine Boyer of St. Louis, Missouri. Mary was preceded in death by her husband E! dwin W. Politte, her parents, and two daughters; Catherine "Kitty" Portell, Judith Ann Politte, two sisters; Marie Pinson, Lourdes Bequette, five brothers, Leo G. Boyer, Peter Boyer, Roy J. Boyer, Claude Boyer, Fabian (Rip) Boyer, two grandchildren; Kathryn, and Karen Politte, and one great-grandson, Kevin Politte. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, May 5, 2005