St Louis Post Dispatch; St Louis MO; 2001-10-7

LAKER, Menette C (nee Jaggie), Oct 6, 2001, Lonedell MO; beloved wife of
Richard V. Laker, Sr.; mother of Diane (Gary) Moore and the late Richard V.
Laker, Jr.; mother-in-law of Norma Laker; dear grandmother, sister-in-law,
aunt, cousin and friend.
Visitation after 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2001 with parish prayer service at
7:30 p.m. at the RUSSELL COLONIAL Funeral home in St Clair, MO, Funeral Mass
at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001 at the St. Francis of Assisi Church in
Luebbering, MO.  Burial in the church cemetery.  Masses or memorials to the
St. Vincent DePaul Society may be made.



The Missourian, Washington, MO, October 10, 2001, edition, page 5AA

Menette Laker

    Menette Catherine Laker, 77, Lonedell, died on Saturday, October
6, 2001.

    She was born in St. Louis on March 10, 1924, daughter of Edward J.
Jaggie Sr. and Myrtle Jaggie, nee Walters.  On November 25, 1944, she
married Richard Vincent Laker Sr. and had two children.

    Mrs. Laker is survived by her husband, Richard V. Laker Sr., Lonedell;
her daughter, Diane Moore and husband Gary, Lonedell; her daughter-in-law,
Norma Laker, Lonedell; four grandchildren, Gary Moore Jr. and wife Dawn,
Lonedell, Jason Moore, Lonedell, Richard Vincent "Trey" Laker III, St.
Clair, and Jennifer Sohn and husband Matt, Lonedell; one brother-in-law,
Edward B. Laker, California; nieces; nephews; great-nieces and -nephews;
cousins; other relatives and many friends.

    She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Myrtle Jaggie;
her son, Richard V. Laker Jr.; one brother, Edward J. Jaggie Jr.; and
by one sister, Lavern Oswald.

    Mrs. Laker was a devoted Catholic and member of the St. Francis of
Assisi Catholic Church in Luebbering.  She was also a member of the St.
Ann's Sodality and in past years was active in the St. Vincent de Paul
Society of Luebbering.  During her working years she was employed as a
cafeteria supervisor for the Normandy Public School District.

    Visitation was held after 2 p.m. Monday, October 8, at Russell
Colonial Funeral Home in St. Clair with parish prayer services held
at 7:30 p.m.  Funeral Mass was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 9, at
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church near Luebbering.  Burial was in
the church cemetery.  Masses or memorials to the St. Vincent de Paul
Society may be made.