Individual Details

Muriel Ruth Chronister

(2 Mar 1914 - 14 Aug 1999)

Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Sunday, August 15, 1999: Muriel Ruth Steward, 85, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Aug. 14, 1999, at Cedargate. Mrs. Steward was born March 2, 1914, in the Hammtown community in Butler County. She was a homemaker and a charter member of Liberty Baptist Church. In her earlier years, she was an active youth leader in church and 4-H clubs. In 1934, she married Everett Steward. He died Aug. 13, 1989. Surviving are one daughter, Carolyn Lance of Poplar Bluff; two sons, Wayne Steward of Paradise, Texas, and Steven E. Steward of Poplar Bluff; one brother, Lee Chronister of Anchorage, Alaska; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be a 11 a.m. Monday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff. The funeral will follow at 11:30 a.m. with the Rev. Richard Hockersmith officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Events

Birth2 Mar 1914Hamtown, Butler Co., Missouri
Residence1920Age: 6Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Black River, Butler Co., Missouri
Marriage8 Dec 1934Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri - Everett Leo Steward
Residence1935Age: 21 - Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
Residence1 Apr 1940Age: 26Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Daughter-in-law - Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
Death14 Aug 1999Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
Alt nameMuriel Chronister
civilMissouri
BurialWoodlawn Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseEverett Leo Steward (1912 - 1989)
ChildWayne Steward ( - )
ChildCarolyn J Steward (1936 - )
ChildEddie Steven Steward (1940 - )
FatherStephen Anderson Chronister (1884 - 1955)
MotherLuttie Dunning (1891 - 1920)
SiblingLee Raymond Chronister (1911 - 2002)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. 1920 Census Butler Co., Missouri.

3. Obituary of Muriel Ruth Steward, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Sunday, August 15, 1999.

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Obituary of Everett L. Steward, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Monday, August 14, 1989.

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Obituary of Muriel Ruth Steward, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Sunday, August 15, 1999.

11. 1920 Census Butler Co., Missouri.

12. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

13. Obituary of Muriel Ruth Steward, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Sunday, August 15, 1999.