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Obit For Gabriele (Hoppfer) Meister
Headline OLD TIME AND HONORABLE CITIZEN DIES AT AGE OF 78
Text Mrs. Gabriele Meister, aged 87, died at her home five and one-half miles northwest of Purdy, Tuesday. Funeral services were conducted Friday with a short service at the Stone Prairie Lutheran church at 2:30 in the afternoon. Services were conducted by Reverend Strassen, pastor of the church. Interment was in the church cemetery under the direction of Blankenship funeral services.

Mrs. Meister had lived on the farm where she died for 42 years. She was born in Perry County, Missouri. Her husband passed away about ten years ago. Mrs. Meister is survived by eight sons, Theodore and Walter of the home neighborhood, Harold of San Antonio, Tex., Ben and Tony of McAllen, Tex., and Will of Muskogee, Okla. and three daughters. Mrs. Amelia Kopp of Tacoma, Wash., Mrs. Alma Speaker of Ft. Smith, Ark., and Mrs. Martha Selvedge of Purdy. She is survived also by 28 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Meister was one of the county’s very best citizens and was loved by all who knew her. She reared an excellent family of children, all of who attended her during her closing days. The Democrat joins the many friends of the bereaved family in extending sympathy in their sad hour.
Research Note: Missouri Death Cert. # 7723
Name: Gabriele Meister
Born: Oct. 20, 1847, Perry Co., MO
Parents: Michael Hoppfer
Died: March 20, 1934 in Capps Creek Twp., Barry Co., MO
Husband: Anton Meister
Buried: Stone Prairie Cemetery
Newspaper or Funeral Home Cassville Democrat
Date March 22, 1934
Death Cert Death Certificate
Resource Democrat Office
Submitted by Barbara Erwin