Mary Frances (Day) Zumwalt, 92, daughter of Esta May (Bibb) and Clarence Gordon Day, was born Oct. 6, 1922, in Clarksville, Mo. She passed away Sept. 2, 2015, at Cox South in Springfield, Mo., with family by her side.
Mary attended grade school and graduated high school at Clarksville in 1941. She and her husband, Lyndle Lewis Zumwalt, were united in marriage on June 1, 1942, and to this union three children were born. Mary and Lyndle worked on several different dairy farms in the Vichy area, before buying their own dairy farm in Yukon, Mo., in 1956. They enjoyed fishing together and with family and friends, as long as their health permitted. Mary also enjoyed quilting, watching television, reading her Bible, playing bingo, visiting her sister and going to the casino together. It was a blessing that she was able to care for herself and live in her own home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lyndle, her husband of 54 years; one brother, Harold Day; one sister, Helen Laird; her daughter, LaVena Lou Mitchell; three grandchildren, Robert and Tim Zumwalt and Amy Leggett; and two great-grandchildren.
Mary is survived by a sister, Opal McDonald of Bowling Green, Mo.; a daughter, Mary Ann Cooper and husband, Jack, of Houston, Mo.; a son, Gary Lynn Zumwalt and wife, Peggy, of Holden, Mo.; six grandchildren, Jackie Cooper, Mike Zumwalt, Rhonda Kendall, Tammy Stell, Cindy Campbell and Dewey Barton; 21 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services were 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at Evans Funeral Home with Jackie Cooper officiating. Burial was in Pine Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Evans Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Mike Zumwalt, Randy Kendall, Josh Cooper, Bradley Ceplina, Dakota Stigall, Forrest Kendall, Brent Campbell and Joe Stell.
Memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society. Online condolences may be made at www.evansfh.com.
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