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Mary Maupin

[December 20, 2010]  CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Mary Bell Maupin, 87, of Cape Girardeau, Mo, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, at Auburn Creek Assisted Living in Cape Girardeau.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Her funeral will be at the funeral chapel at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Drew Dietz officiating.

Burial will follow at Fairmont Cemetery, Cape Girardeau.

She worked for the Lowenbaum Dress Factory in Cape Girardeau and later for Florsheim Shoe Co. from 1969 to 1983.

She was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Shasta, Ill. Her parents were James Young and Ella Mulee Burns Johnson. She married Wood Maupin on Jan. 22, 1960, at Cape Girardeau. He died March 28, 2003.

She is survived by one daughter, Darla J. (and Robert) Franklin of Lincoln, Ill.; three sons, Timothy R. (and Patricia) Yow of Charleston, Ill., Mark A. (and Christy) Yow of Chatham, Ill., and Jack K. (and Debra) Maupin of Cape Girardeau; a sister-in-law, Bessie Johnson of Cape Girardeau; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Virgie O. Warren, Deloris I. Barrett and Mabel Jones; and one brother, Samuel B. Johnson.

She was a member of Sovereign Grace Church in Jackson.

Memorial contributions may be given to Sovereign Grace Church, 120 N. Oklahoma St., Jackson, MO 63755.

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.