Loretta Brase

SIKESTON — Loretta Maxine Brase, age 87, passed away Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri.

She was born Feb. 29, 1932, in Moark, Arkansas, daughter of the late David and Lucille Pickett LaRue.

She was a member of Tanner Street Church of God since 1950 and enjoyed cooking, gardening and her family.

On April 5, 1949, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, she married James Brase, who survives of the home in Sikeston.

Other survivors include: four sons, Steven (Pam) Brase of Essex, Missouri, Terry (Sheila) Brase of Sikeston, Richard (Rhonda) Brase and Scott Brase all of Bloomfield, Missouri; one daughter, Deena (Douglas) Lucy of Albany, Indiana; eight grandchildren, Todd Lloyd, Joshua Brase, Benjamin Brase, Kathryn Carter, Tara Lucy, Blake Lucy, Allison Adams and Bennett Brase; and 18 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Patti Sue Brase; one brother, Elbert LaRue; and three grandchildren, Jacob Brase, Jordan Lucy and Griffin Brase.

Visitation will be held Sunday, Feb. 2, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, where funeral services will be held Monday, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m. The Rev. Douglas Lucy and Rev. George Karl will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

Pallbearers will be: Steven Brase, Terry Brase, Richard Brase, Scott Brase, Bennett Brase and Bill Bye.

Honorary pallbearers will be Rick Davis and Rick Wibbenmeyer.

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Memorial donations may be sent to St Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101.

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