Elena Peer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Elena M. Peer, 98, formerly of Chaffee, Mo., died at 10:10 p.m. Aug. 1, 2002, at Baptist Memphis Memorial Hospital.

Born Oct. 7, 1903, in Morehouse, Mo., daughter of the late Adolphus and Ollie Bratton Moseley, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Chaffee and former member of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 48 in Chaffee.

On Oct. 12, 1922, she married Armon L. Peer who preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 1982.

Survivors include: one son, Gene Peer of Jacksonville, Fla.; one daughter, Patricia Westland of Memphis; six grandchildren, Pat Fermier, Gene Peer, Stephanie Boyette and Debra Darby of Jacksonville, Fla., George Westland Jr. of Memphis and Stuart Westland of Chapel Hill, N.C.; nine great-grandchildren, Allen Westland of Columbia, Tenn., Taryn Randall of Memphis, Darcy Westland, Jessica Westland and Jeremy Westland of Chapel Hill, Katie Garcis, Jennifer Garcis and Charlotte Peer of Jacksonville and Marty Panitzke of Savannah, Ga.; and two great-great-grandchildren, Jeremy Peer and Bradley Peer of Savannah.

Four brothers and three sisters also preceded her in death.

Visitation begins at 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, where services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Cliff Day will officiate.

Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley.

Memorial contributions

may be sent to the

First Baptist Church

301 S. Third St.

Chaffee, Mo. 63740

or a charity of

the donor's choice

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