Sue Wade (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Mary Sue Wade, daughter of Farrell Douglas and Georgia Claudine Lane Stamper, was born July 21, 1937, near Passover, Missouri. She departed this life Monday, October 24, 2011, in St. John’s Hospital, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of seventy-four years, three months, and three days.
On August 9, 1959, she was united in marriage to James Clois Wade, and to this union two sons were born.
Her parents preceded her in death.
Sue is survived by her loving husband of fifty-two years, Clois, of the home; two sons, Doug Wade, and his wife, Lou Anne, and Mike Wade, and his wife, Stephanie, all of Lebanon, Missouri; five grandchildren, Dusty Wade, Erica Wade, Callie Tucker, Garett Wade, and Mikenon Wade; a brother, Farrell Stamper, and his wife, Georgia, of Stoutland, Missouri; a very special friend, Helen Breedlove, and her husband, Bob, of Lebanon, Missouri; as well as a host of other relatives and many friends.
She was raised in the Stoutland, Missouri area and was graduated from Stoutland High School in the Class of 1955. She then earned her Bachelors Degree in Education from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. After she and Clois were married, they made their home near Lebanon, and Sue began a career in teaching, starting her first year in Richland, Missouri. She taught two years at Fort Leonard Wood, before she and Clois moved to Rolla, Missouri from 1962 until 1966. Sue taught in Rolla for two years, and then the family returned to the Lebanon area. For the next thirty-two years, Sue taught at Mark Twain Elementary School, which later became Boswell Elementary School, where she worked mostly with fourth graders.
Sue was a longtime active member of Southern Heights Christian Church, where she was involved in the Wednesday evening youth program for several years.
She belonged to the Retired School Personnel Organization and had been a member of Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Teacher’s Sorority.
In her younger years, she enjoyed going horseback riding with Clois, and especially liked spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed decorating her home and fixing Sunday dinners for her family. She was an excellent teacher with a delightful, sweet disposition and treated her students with great kindness and affection.
Sue was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and know that she will be fondly remembered by her family, her former students, her fellow teachers, her friends, and all those whose lives she touched throughout the years.
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