Over the years I have collected many obituaries from many different resources.  I either received them from family members, emails, letters or websites.

Virginia Ruth LALUMONDIER
 

From the Wednesday, June 1, 2005 issue of The Sedalia Democrat

Virginia R. Lalumondier, 1928-2005, Knob Noster

Virginia R. "Kit" Lalumondier, 77, of Knob Noster, died Monday, May 30, 2005, at her home.

She was born on April 13, 1928, in Rivermines, a daughter of Jefferson N. and Clara M. McNeill Highley. On Feb. 19, 1949, in Pocahontas, Ark., she married Roland "Jim" Lalumondier Sr., who survives of the home.

Mrs. Lalumondier was a manager for the One Hour Optical in Denver for nine years. In 1992, she moved to Knob Noster, where she was a member of the First Christian Church.

Also surviving are a son, Roland "Jim" Lalumondier Jr., and his wife, Jennifer, of Greenwood; two daughters: Lynnette Rehkop, and her husband, John, of O'Fallon, Ill., and Kerrie Jordan, and her husband, Jay, of Mission, Kan.; six grandchildren, Laurin McWhorter, Kara Rehkop, Jenna Jordan, Christopher Lalumondier, Jake Lalumondier and Justin Lalumondier; and a great-granddaughter.

She was predeceased by seven brothers and three sisters.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church in Knob Noster, with the Rev. David Jordan officiating. Pallbearers will be Lester Lane, Dan Sevier, Larry Moore, Walter Mills, Paul Tracy and Kenneth Koyles.

Burial will be in Knob Noster Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the First Christian Church Building Fund or the Johnson County Hospice, in care of Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg.
 

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