Verna Cruse

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Verna May Cruse, 89, of Bloomfield died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born March 19, 1912, in Rockview, Mo., daughter of Tom and Florence Wills Miller. She and Charles A. Cruse were married July 7, 1927, at Benton, Mo. He died Nov. 20, 1973.

Cruse lived at Essex, Mo., and Gray Ridge, Mo., most of her life. She moved to Dexter, Mo., in 1993 and to Bloomfield in 2000. She was a member of a Baptist church.

Survivors include a son, Norman Cruse of Bloomfield; two brothers, Dallas Miller of Cape Girardeau, J.D. Schatz of Springfield, Mo.; a sister, Dorothy Burns of Evansville, Ind.; nine grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by three sons.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter after 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The Rev. Doyle Corlew will officiate. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery.