ILA KINDER

SIKESTON -- Ila Kinder, 76, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, in the Emergency Room at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born July 1, 1918, in Dardanelle, Ark., daughter of George M. and Lucinda Mills Beck. She and Earl M. Underhill were married in September 1938. He died Feb. 25, 1965. She later married Elwood A. Kinder Sr. Dec. 24, 1973. He died May 18, 1994.

Kinder was a salesclerk at J. C. Penny Co. 24 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church and Order of Eastern Star in Sikeston.

Survivors include two sons, Earl Underhill of St. Louis, Mike Underhill of Sikeston; a stepson, Elwood Kinder Jr. of Morehouse; three brothers, Lester Beck of Dardanelle, Bill Beck of Pensacola, Fla., Gaines Beck of Sikeston; a sister, Jewell Hundley of Dardanelle; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a stepgrandson, and two great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel after 5 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel, with the Rev. Tom Geers officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.