Maxine Lee
1903 - 1984 (80 years)-
Name Maxine Lee [3] Birth 23 Dec 1903 Benton, Scott County, Missouri 
[3] Gender Female Occupation school teacher, county superintendent of schools [2] Death 7 Jun 1984 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri [2, 3] Burial Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [2, 3] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137390287/maxine-stephens
Maxine was the d/o Virgil and Maude Adams Lee.
She married Orvyle H Helms in 1926. He died in 1937.
She married John Morris Stephens on Dec 12, 1957.
Person ID I5325 Hedges Last Modified 16 Jan 2024
Family Orvyle Hanning Helms, b. 5 Jul 1900, Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri d. 18 Jan 1937, Linneus, Linn County, Missouri (Age 36 years) Marriage 18 Apr 1926 Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri [4] Family ID F2303 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Feb 2023
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Birth - 23 Dec 1903 - Benton, Scott County, Missouri 
Marriage - 18 Apr 1926 - Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri 
Death - 7 Jun 1984 - Columbia, Boone County, Missouri 
Burial - - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Memorial services for Mrs. Maxine Stephens, 80, a former Linneus resident, were held at 2 p.m. June 9 in the Linneus United Methodist church with the Rev. Gary Hancock, officiating. Burial in the Purdin cemetery.
Mrs. Stephens died June 7 in Columbia.
She was born December 27, 1903, in Purdin, daughter of Virgil and Maude Adams Lee. She was married to Orvyle H. Helms in 1926. He died in 1937.
On December 12, 1957 she was married to Morris Stephens who survives.
Other survivors include a son, Orvyle H. Helms, Columbia; two grandsons, Shawn and Dennis Dey, Columbia; a brother, Jimmie Lee, Purdin; a sister, Mary Swenson, Kansas City; two half-brothers, Richard Lee, Columbia and Bill Lee, Clovis, N.M.; and a half-sister, Helen Schmidt, Ottumwa, Ia. She was preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Lee.
Mrs. Stephens taught school in rural Linn county for several years. She taught in Linneus from 1937 until 1968, and later taught in Brookfield. She also service as county superintendent of schools.
She was a member of the Linneus United Methodist Church and its Women's Society, and belonged to the Laurel Club. Visitation was held at the Wright Funeral home the evening of June 8.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri. Thursday, 14 June 1984.
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- Memorial services for Mrs. Maxine Stephens, 80, a former Linneus resident, were held at 2 p.m. June 9 in the Linneus United Methodist church with the Rev. Gary Hancock, officiating. Burial in the Purdin cemetery.
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