Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Winans, 97, of Louisiana , Mo. , were held at 11 am Tuesday, October 21 at the First Christian Church in Louisiana . The Rev. Jimmy Spear officiated. Visitation was held from 6 to 8 pm Monday, Oct. 23 at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana . Burial was in the West Cemetery in Pittsfield . Mrs. Winans died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006 at the Maple Grove Nursing Home, Louisiana , Mo. She was born Jan. 14, 1909 in Boynton , Oklahoma to Charles and May Waggoner Shonhart. Her mother died at childbirth. When she was three days old she was brought to Pittsfield by an Indian lady named, Nellie Robnett. She was raised by her maternal grandparents, the Thomas Waggoners of Martinsburg. She married Claude Winans Dec. 3, 1927 at Quincy , and he preceded her in death Nov. 27, 1988. They had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in December of 1977. She had lived on their farm at Summer Hill, for 70 years moving to Louisiana in 1975 to make their home. Marie is survived by a cousin, Robert Donald Waggoner of Jacksonville , Fla and many friends. She had been employed as a Nurses Aid for Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana until her retirement. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Summer Hill. Pallbearers were Glen Cottrell, Bob Lee, Jim Willsey, Bobby Lee, Carroll Schnitzer and Sony Stephens.
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