May God bless you and your...
Bill and Family,
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Thomas and Sherre Wiedemann
April 23, 2019 | St. Louis, MO
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Cora May Beggs
Sep 23, 1921 - Apr 14, 2019 (Age 97)
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SO VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS BILL - YOUR MOM & DAD WERE OUR MOM & DADS BEST FRIENDS FROM GRADE SCHOOL DAYS IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD - HOPE THEY ARE SITTING AROUND TALKING ABOUT GOOD TIMES .. BEST WISHES FROM ALL THE CHUCHIAN FAMILY ..
ART CHUCHIAN
April 23, 2019 | OCALA, FL
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On behalf of the family of the late Anthony & Eileen Slay, neighbors & friends from as far back as the days of Flora Place, we extend our most heartfelt sympathy for your family's loss. Please know that we share in your sorrow and we too grieve for her passing. Mrs. Beggs was a kind and generous person, as is the entire family. So many fond memories of growing up on Flora Place where everyone's doors were always open to the "kids-in-the-neighborhood" and we were welcomed by moms as one of...
Danny Slay
April 22, 2019 | South St. Louis, MO | Neighbor
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Cora was a wonderful person. She will be missed.
Jacqueline Durphy
April 18, 2019 | Bourbon, MO | Friend
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Obituaries
Cora May's Obituaries
Cora May Beggs, (nee McNeill), age 97, of St. Louis, MO passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019.
Cora was born on September 23, 1921 in St. Louis, MO, a daughter to George and Flora (Kern) McNeill. She married a neighborhood boy, William S. Beggs, Jr. in 1944 at Lindell St. Louis Cathedral, St. Louis, MO during World War II. Cora was the oldest of the popular “McNeill – Sisters’ living on the McPherson Avenue in the Cathedral Parish. She had worked for Westinghouse Claims department as a secretary and managed the office after her boss got drafted until his return. Cora became a homemaker after her daughter, Pam was born on December 9, 1945 shortly after World War II ended. Four years later, on December 2, 1949 her son, Bill was born and Thomas was born on August 30, 1955. As a family benefit package from Pam’s job at TWA, Cora and Bill traveled around the world many times and enjoyed traveling European countries, especially Istanbul, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bombay, Bangkok and Taiwan. Cora was a lifetime member for Clan McNeill-America and served as Genealogist. She was also a lifetime member of Alliance De Française, St. Louis, MO, Daughters of the American Revolution, and National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons. Cora was a lifelong competitive bridge- player and had completed the daily crossword puzzle in the St. Louis Post Dispatch through the age of 97.
Survivors include one son, William Stewart (Denise) Beggs III of St. Louis, MO; one son-in-law, Gilbert Chuck Johnston of St. Louis, MO; two grandchildren, Brian Churchill (Christine) Johnston of High Ridge, MO, Brittany (Kevin) Beggs-Bohnert of Chattanooga, TN. and one great grandson Beau Bohnert of Chattanooga, TN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, William Beggs, Jr; one daughter, Pam Johnston; one son, Tom Beggs; four sisters Dorothy, Brownie, Mille, and Margie, one brother,Tom.
Funeral services will be held at Pyatt Funeral Home in Coulterville, IL at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, April 19, 2019 with Brother Jeff Downard officiating. Interment will be Coulterville City Cemetery, Coulterville, IL.
Visitation will be at Pyatt Funeral Home in Coulterville, IL on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
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