MORLEY -- Hulda Hudson DeKoster, 78, of Morley, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Oct. 25, 1914, in Corning, Ark., daughter of John and Effie Parrish Clark. She married Hubert R. Hudson Nov. 6, 1937, who died Sept. 30, 1982. She later married Charles DeKoster Feb. 25, 1984, in Nacogdoches, Texas.

DeKoster worked 24 years at Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee, and was a member of Morley Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; two stepdaughters, Christina Dale of Moline, Ill., Barbara Simmons of Oran; a brother, Jake Richardson of Corning, Ark., and four stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and sister.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Jim Matthews will officiate, with burial in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens at Morley.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.