Erma Sartin's Obituary
Erma Faye Sartin, daughter of Charles Basil and Odetta Mae (Franklin) Fox was born March 27, 1933 in Smackout, Missouri. She departed this life Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri at the age of seventy-six years, four months, and nineteen days.
On June 1, 1951, she was united in marriage to Wilbur Eugene Sartin and to this union a son, Danny was born.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wilbur, February 22, 2006; a sister, Mary Fox; a brother, Charles “Buster” Fox; and a nephew, Donald Fox II. Erma is survived by her son Dan, of Key West, Florida; two sisters, Aletta Hutchins and her husband Donald, and Susie Haynes and her husband Horace, all of Seymour, Missouri; two brothers, Donald Fox and his wife Pat, of Conroe, Texas, and Ronald Fox and his wife Tina, of Seymour, Missouri; her nieces and nephews, David Lee Hennigh and his wife Angie, Shelia Hoggatt and her husband Tommy, Sherri Hennigh, Dawn Hutchins, Bryan Fox, Tim Fox and his wife Crystal, Jennifer Jenkins, Dustin and Dylan Fox; great-nieces and great-nephews, Derek and Shannon Hennigh, Allison Hoggatt, Keegan Everroad, Sabrina, Chelsea, and Rianna Fox; her “Big Sister” Nellie West, of Seymour, Missouri; as well as a host of other relatives and many friends.
She graduated from the eighth grade at Skyline School and then attended and graduated from Seymour High School in the Class of 1949. She was working at the Skyline Café in Seymour at the time of her marriage to Wilbur. Following their marriage they lived on their farm near Seymour, and in addition to being a farm wife, she also worked for ten years at Speedy’s Café in Seymour. She lived her last few years at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour.
Erma had accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at Harmony Freewill Baptist Church and was baptized in Longwith’s swimming hole.
In her spare time she enjoyed reading, doing needlecrafts, listening to all kinds of music, and helping Wilbur with his woodworking projects for their booth at the Seymour Apple Festival. She and Wilbur loved square dancing and playing cards with Nellie West and friends.
She was a loving mother, sister, aunt, and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and accomplishments and will cherish the precious memories she created for her family and friends.
Funeral services for Mrs. Erma Sartin will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 20, 2009 in the Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Seymour, Missouri with burial in the Seymour Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening in the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Friends of the Seymour Community Library in care of the funeral home at P.O. Box 366, Seymour, Missouri 65746. Arrangements are under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Seymour.
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