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Lilly Yount II
SIKESTON — Lilly Heyde Yount II, age 76, passed away on Dec. 11, 2023, at her home in Sikeston.
She was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on April 15, 1947, at Saint Francis Hospital to the late John Henry Yount Jr. and Lilly Elizabeth Heyde Yount. She graduated from Sikeston High School in 1965. She graduated from Stephens College with a bachelor of science degree in secondary education. She earned her master’s degree in English from Southeast Missouri State University. She taught at Sikeston Public Schools for 20 years mostly as a high school English teacher.
She was a member of Chapter HB of the PEO Sisterhood and a member of the Sikeston Elks Lodge. She was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston.
She is survived by one sister, Jane Ella Yount Potashnick of Cape Girardeau; one niece, Heyde Elizabeth Potashnick Rendleman and her husband, Todd David Rendleman of Oran, Missouri; one nephew, John Douglas Potashnick and his wife, Virginia Grace Estelle Goodin Potashnick of St. Louis, Missouri.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one nephew, Nicholas Marshall Potashnick.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 from noon until the time of the funeral service at 2 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston with Jennifer Moxley, pastor of the First United Methodist in Sikeston, officiating.
Entombment will be in the Sikeston City Mausoleum.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy for the Yount family may be shared at www.nunneleefuneralchapel.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to:
First United Methodist Church
1307 North Main St.
Sikeston, MO 63801