Martha Stause

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

DEXTER -- Martha A. Stause, 66, died June 10, 2012, at her home.

Born July 13, 1945, in Dexter, daughter of the late Marcus and Margaret Stuever Bader, she was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter, a former employee of Purolator Product in Dexter and was employed at Gregory's Creations in Dexter.

On April 24, 1965, in Dexter, she married Norman Stause who survives of the home.

Survivors include: one son, Bradley Stause of Dexter; three daughters, Antoinette Weaver of Hermann, Alana Click of New Haven, and Heidi Stone of Jackson; one brother, Richard Bader of Overland; four sisters, Louise Glover of Sandwich, Ill., Helen Moore of St. Charles, Marcella Poelker of Overland and Barbara Mainer of McClure, Ill.; and 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one brother, John Bader, and one granddaughter, Mkenna Stone.

Visitation is scheduled from 5-8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., Tuesday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Monsignor David Dohogne officiating.

Burial will follow in Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Dexter.