Ona Marie [Sims] Giggy, Springfield, died at 12:43 p.m. Friday, September 2, 1994, in St. John's Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Giggy was born August 1, 1915 in Iola, Kansas to Thomas and Mary Olive (Smith) Sims. Mrs. Giggy, a homemaker, was a member of St. Luke Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Esper John Ryals and Bill Giggy; two sisters, Pearl Decker and Doris Feezell; and one great granddaughter.
Ona was a member of Green Thumb Rebekah Lodge #239 until moving to Springfield. She was president of Rebekah State Assembly of Missouri in 1963. She also transferred to Julia #72 Rebekah Lodge in Springfield. She was a member of Greenfield Garden Club for many years, even after moving to Springfield.
She was a former publisher of the Dade County Advocate which was owned by the Ryals family.
She is survived by a son, Fred Ryals, Springfield; a step-son, Larry Giggy, Ash Grove; three daughters, Laura East and Mary Duffy, both of Mount Vernon, and Beverly Sexton, Madras, Oregon; two step-daughters, Norma Dene Vinyard, Sedalia; Ruth Ann Owens, Foose; a brother, Albert Sims, and two sisters, Gladys Way and Hazel Fallwell, all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 21 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, September 5, 1994, in St. Luke Methodist Church with the Rev. McFarland and Amy Beth Turner officiating. Graveside services followed in Greenfield Cemetery under direction of Thieme, a Heritage Funeral Home.
Visitation and tribute was held of 3 to 4 p.m. in the funeral home.
Published in the Vedette newspaper, Greenfield, Missouri, September 8, 1994.
Mrs. Giggy was born August 1, 1915 in Iola, Kansas to Thomas and Mary Olive (Smith) Sims. Mrs. Giggy, a homemaker, was a member of St. Luke Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Esper John Ryals and Bill Giggy; two sisters, Pearl Decker and Doris Feezell; and one great granddaughter.
Ona was a member of Green Thumb Rebekah Lodge #239 until moving to Springfield. She was president of Rebekah State Assembly of Missouri in 1963. She also transferred to Julia #72 Rebekah Lodge in Springfield. She was a member of Greenfield Garden Club for many years, even after moving to Springfield.
She was a former publisher of the Dade County Advocate which was owned by the Ryals family.
She is survived by a son, Fred Ryals, Springfield; a step-son, Larry Giggy, Ash Grove; three daughters, Laura East and Mary Duffy, both of Mount Vernon, and Beverly Sexton, Madras, Oregon; two step-daughters, Norma Dene Vinyard, Sedalia; Ruth Ann Owens, Foose; a brother, Albert Sims, and two sisters, Gladys Way and Hazel Fallwell, all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 21 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, September 5, 1994, in St. Luke Methodist Church with the Rev. McFarland and Amy Beth Turner officiating. Graveside services followed in Greenfield Cemetery under direction of Thieme, a Heritage Funeral Home.
Visitation and tribute was held of 3 to 4 p.m. in the funeral home.
Published in the Vedette newspaper, Greenfield, Missouri, September 8, 1994.
Ona Marie [Sims] Giggy, Springfield, died at 12:43 p.m. Friday, September 2, 1994, in St. John's Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Giggy was born August 1, 1915 in Iola, Kansas to Thomas and Mary Olive (Smith) Sims. Mrs. Giggy, a homemaker, was a member of St. Luke Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Esper John Ryals and Bill Giggy; two sisters, Pearl Decker and Doris Feezell; and one great granddaughter.
Ona was a member of Green Thumb Rebekah Lodge #239 until moving to Springfield. She was president of Rebekah State Assembly of Missouri in 1963. She also transferred to Julia #72 Rebekah Lodge in Springfield. She was a member of Greenfield Garden Club for many years, even after moving to Springfield.
She was a former publisher of the Dade County Advocate which was owned by the Ryals family.
She is survived by a son, Fred Ryals, Springfield; a step-son, Larry Giggy, Ash Grove; three daughters, Laura East and Mary Duffy, both of Mount Vernon, and Beverly Sexton, Madras, Oregon; two step-daughters, Norma Dene Vinyard, Sedalia; Ruth Ann Owens, Foose; a brother, Albert Sims, and two sisters, Gladys Way and Hazel Fallwell, all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 21 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, September 5, 1994, in St. Luke Methodist Church with the Rev. McFarland and Amy Beth Turner officiating. Graveside services followed in Greenfield Cemetery under direction of Thieme, a Heritage Funeral Home.
Visitation and tribute was held of 3 to 4 p.m. in the funeral home.
Published in the Vedette newspaper, Greenfield, Missouri, September 8, 1994.
Mrs. Giggy was born August 1, 1915 in Iola, Kansas to Thomas and Mary Olive (Smith) Sims. Mrs. Giggy, a homemaker, was a member of St. Luke Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Esper John Ryals and Bill Giggy; two sisters, Pearl Decker and Doris Feezell; and one great granddaughter.
Ona was a member of Green Thumb Rebekah Lodge #239 until moving to Springfield. She was president of Rebekah State Assembly of Missouri in 1963. She also transferred to Julia #72 Rebekah Lodge in Springfield. She was a member of Greenfield Garden Club for many years, even after moving to Springfield.
She was a former publisher of the Dade County Advocate which was owned by the Ryals family.
She is survived by a son, Fred Ryals, Springfield; a step-son, Larry Giggy, Ash Grove; three daughters, Laura East and Mary Duffy, both of Mount Vernon, and Beverly Sexton, Madras, Oregon; two step-daughters, Norma Dene Vinyard, Sedalia; Ruth Ann Owens, Foose; a brother, Albert Sims, and two sisters, Gladys Way and Hazel Fallwell, all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 21 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, September 5, 1994, in St. Luke Methodist Church with the Rev. McFarland and Amy Beth Turner officiating. Graveside services followed in Greenfield Cemetery under direction of Thieme, a Heritage Funeral Home.
Visitation and tribute was held of 3 to 4 p.m. in the funeral home.
Published in the Vedette newspaper, Greenfield, Missouri, September 8, 1994.
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