Lena Walters (Camdenton)'s Obituary
Lena Pearl Walters, daughter of Floyd Laverne and Fay Lena Daniels Dodd, was born, March 28, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri. She departed this life, Sunday, August 24, 2014, in Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, Bolivar, Missouri at the age of eighty-five years, four months and twenty-seven days.
She was united in marriage to John F. Smith and to this union four children were born. She was later married to Donald D. Walters and they had two children. She was preceded in death by her patents; a daughter, Vickie Cline; two grandsons, Isaac Duncan and James Smith; a brother, Guy “Bubby” Dodd and two sisters, Rosemary Stanley and Martha Anderson.
Survivors include her children, John Smith and wife Linda of Climax Springs, Missouri, Ronnie Smith and wife Diana of Avery, Missouri, Dixie Moppin and husband Larry of Climax Springs, Missouri, Davy Walters and wife Barbara of Bolivar, Missouri and Angie Duncan and husband John of Climax Springs, Missouri; a son-in-law, Frances Cline of Edwards, Missouri; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Gale "Tuffy" Dodd and wife Karole of Warsaw, Missouri; three sisters, Sharon Smith and husband Joe of Kansas City, Kansas, Donna Rhodes and husband Howard of Climax Springs, Missouri and Beverly Carter and husband Roy of Kansas City, Kansas and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Cupie was raised in Kansas City and moved to Climax Springs when she was sixteen. In her early twenties, she owned and operated Climax Springs Hotel and Restaurant. She later ran a restaurant out of her home with only an order window and a pick-up window. Two fall season when her four children were small, she worked The American Royal for Christmas money. She worked briefly at Dawson’s in Camdenton. She volunteered for many years at the Southern Missouri Pentecostal Church of God Campground on the kitchen staff.
Lena Pearl made a profession of faith and had been a member of Pearson Branch Pentecostal Church of God where she was song leader for many years. She later joined Ozark Bethel Chapel Assembly of God and was a member of Climax Springs Assembly at the time of her death.
In her spare time she enjoyed cooking, sewing crocheting and making floral arrangements for Decoration Day. She had a heart for those in the nursing home and helped with the nursing home ministry.
She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt and a caring neighbor and friend. She touched many lives with her unique personality and we know that her memory will linger on in the hearts of those who knew and loved her.
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