BENTON, Mo. -- Anna Marie Wiedefeld, 84, of Benton died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at her home.

She was born Nov. 2, 1921, at Charleston, Mo., daughter of Henry and Rosella Layton Scheffer. She and Elmer Charles "Johnny" Wiedefeld were married July 29, 1948, in Piggott, Ark. He died Nov. 26, 2004.

Mrs. Wiedefeld retired in 1983 as an assembly technician at Florsheim Shoe Co. in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton.

Survivors include a son, J.W. Wiedefeld of Benton; three grandsons, Mark and Scott Gibbar of Overland Park, Kan., Zachary Gibbar of Fort Collins, Colo.; three sisters, Mildred Abernathy of Benton, Aline Scherer and Christine Lape of Cape Girardeau; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Gibbar; three sisters, Rose Boitnott, Cecelia Gier, Mary Ann Scheffer; seven brothers, Frank, Tony, Benny, Paul, Henry, Vincent and Thomas Scheffer.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Parish prayers will be at 6.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Denis Catholic Church, with the Rev. Normand Varone officiating. Burial will be in St. Denis Cemetery.