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OVID VERMILLION (10/14/82)

Graveside services for Ovid U. Vermillion, 89, of 907 Central, Monett, longtime Monett resident and retired Frisco employee who died at 1:55 a.m. yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Monett IOOF Cemetery with Rev. charles Shoults officiating.
Military rites will be conducted by Monett Hobbs-Anderson Post 91 of the American Legion with services and burial under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at Buchanan Chapel and will be at the Cecil Hinkle home, 501 Dairy, at other times.
A memorial has been established to the Diabetes Foundation.
Mr. Vermillion was born December 22, 1892, in Monett, and had resided here most of his lifetime. He was married to Rosa M. Owens on January 19, 1925, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and she survives. He was employed by the Frisco Railroad as a switchman for a number of years until his retirement in 1958.
He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U.S. Army, and was a member of Monett Hobbs-Anderson Post 91 of the American Legion. He was also a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Dorothea Staffeld of Royal Oak, Michigan, and Mrs. Ruth Walker of Provo, Utah; two sisters, Mrs. Fern McCracken of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mrs. Mae Smith of Brazil, Indiana; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
One son, Kenneth, preceded him in death on September 7, 1981.

OVID married OWENS ROSA MAE on 18 Jan 1925 in dom may be January 19, 1925.. ROSA (daughter of OWENS WILEY CATHOLIC GREEN SHELBY and MOUDY OSA ARTELIA PERMELIA PALESTINE) was born on 23 Feb 1901 in Monett, Barry County, Missouri.; died on 23 Feb 1983 in Monett, Barry County, Missouri.; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Monett, Barry County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

1. VERMILLION KENNETH URIAH was born on 2 Feb 1926 in Monett, Barry County, Missouri.; died on 7 Sep 1981 in Monett, Barry County, Missouri.; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Monett, Barry County, Missouri.
2. Living