BEATRICE MARY BROCK

Beatrice Mary Brock, age 86, of Blue Mound, died Friday, March 30, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born September 6, 1920 in Blue Mound, the daughter of Henry Melborn and Mary Agnes Irsik Davis. She graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1939.

She was married to L.M. Brock and to this union four children were born. Beatrice was a member of the Blue Mound Federated Church, Blue Mound, Rebekah Lodge and the Shanghai Card Players Club. She worked as a secretary at Blue Mound School, kept books at Blue Mound Elevator and most recently was manager for Blue Mound Housing. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Walter, Albert and Robert Davis; two sisters, Mabel Hixson and Agnes Boyd and a great granddaughter, Nicole Jaeger. Survivors include two sons, Ron Brock and Denise and Don Brock and Sharon, all of Derby; two daughters, Sharon Herrmann and Howard, and Janice Sprague and Dale, all of Blue Mound; 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; a niece, Barbara Stewart; a sister-in-law, Pauline Davis and other extended family.

Services were held at 11a.m., Monday, April 2, 2007 at the Federated Church, Blue Mound. Contributions are suggested to the Blue Mound Federated Church. Interment will be in Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound.

Arrangements: Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.coffelschneider.com.