"Victoria Verdel Heller, 93, of Columbia went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at Parker Funeral Service. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Oakland Christian Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Victoria was born in Mundell, Benton County, Ark., on Nov. 23, 1915, to Thomas and Caroline Schnitzer McDougal. She attended John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., and then obtained her nursing degree at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. There she met native Boone County resident James Heller, and they married on Nov. 3, 1943.
In 1950 they moved back to Boone County to become a farming family.
Victoria worked at Boone County Hospital as an RN and later became a full-time housewife, where there was always work to be done. She was a member of Oakland Christian Church, where she remained active within the church and outreach programs, including membership on the Board of Regents of Jerry Falwell University. Throughout her life Victoria enjoyed writing poetry, creating oil and watercolor paintings, and quilting.
Victoria was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many and always found the best in everyone. She will be missed.
Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Daly and husband Clark of Richmond, Va., and Caroline Heller of Columbia; a son, Phillip Heller and wife Charlene of Columbia; a sister, Zevelyn Cosby of Fayetteville, Ark.; seven grandchildren, Nancy, Skip, Jimmy, Abby, Trista, Tori and Tyler; and four great-grandchildren, Kathryn, Alex, Hunter and Julianne.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and a brother.
Memorials may be given to the Mid-Missouri Alzheimer's Association.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.parkerfuneralservice.com."
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at Parker Funeral Service. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Oakland Christian Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Victoria was born in Mundell, Benton County, Ark., on Nov. 23, 1915, to Thomas and Caroline Schnitzer McDougal. She attended John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., and then obtained her nursing degree at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. There she met native Boone County resident James Heller, and they married on Nov. 3, 1943.
In 1950 they moved back to Boone County to become a farming family.
Victoria worked at Boone County Hospital as an RN and later became a full-time housewife, where there was always work to be done. She was a member of Oakland Christian Church, where she remained active within the church and outreach programs, including membership on the Board of Regents of Jerry Falwell University. Throughout her life Victoria enjoyed writing poetry, creating oil and watercolor paintings, and quilting.
Victoria was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many and always found the best in everyone. She will be missed.
Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Daly and husband Clark of Richmond, Va., and Caroline Heller of Columbia; a son, Phillip Heller and wife Charlene of Columbia; a sister, Zevelyn Cosby of Fayetteville, Ark.; seven grandchildren, Nancy, Skip, Jimmy, Abby, Trista, Tori and Tyler; and four great-grandchildren, Kathryn, Alex, Hunter and Julianne.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and a brother.
Memorials may be given to the Mid-Missouri Alzheimer's Association.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.parkerfuneralservice.com."
"Victoria Verdel Heller, 93, of Columbia went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at Parker Funeral Service. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Oakland Christian Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Victoria was born in Mundell, Benton County, Ark., on Nov. 23, 1915, to Thomas and Caroline Schnitzer McDougal. She attended John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., and then obtained her nursing degree at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. There she met native Boone County resident James Heller, and they married on Nov. 3, 1943.
In 1950 they moved back to Boone County to become a farming family.
Victoria worked at Boone County Hospital as an RN and later became a full-time housewife, where there was always work to be done. She was a member of Oakland Christian Church, where she remained active within the church and outreach programs, including membership on the Board of Regents of Jerry Falwell University. Throughout her life Victoria enjoyed writing poetry, creating oil and watercolor paintings, and quilting.
Victoria was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many and always found the best in everyone. She will be missed.
Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Daly and husband Clark of Richmond, Va., and Caroline Heller of Columbia; a son, Phillip Heller and wife Charlene of Columbia; a sister, Zevelyn Cosby of Fayetteville, Ark.; seven grandchildren, Nancy, Skip, Jimmy, Abby, Trista, Tori and Tyler; and four great-grandchildren, Kathryn, Alex, Hunter and Julianne.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and a brother.
Memorials may be given to the Mid-Missouri Alzheimer's Association.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.parkerfuneralservice.com."
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at Parker Funeral Service. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Oakland Christian Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Victoria was born in Mundell, Benton County, Ark., on Nov. 23, 1915, to Thomas and Caroline Schnitzer McDougal. She attended John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., and then obtained her nursing degree at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. There she met native Boone County resident James Heller, and they married on Nov. 3, 1943.
In 1950 they moved back to Boone County to become a farming family.
Victoria worked at Boone County Hospital as an RN and later became a full-time housewife, where there was always work to be done. She was a member of Oakland Christian Church, where she remained active within the church and outreach programs, including membership on the Board of Regents of Jerry Falwell University. Throughout her life Victoria enjoyed writing poetry, creating oil and watercolor paintings, and quilting.
Victoria was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many and always found the best in everyone. She will be missed.
Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Daly and husband Clark of Richmond, Va., and Caroline Heller of Columbia; a son, Phillip Heller and wife Charlene of Columbia; a sister, Zevelyn Cosby of Fayetteville, Ark.; seven grandchildren, Nancy, Skip, Jimmy, Abby, Trista, Tori and Tyler; and four great-grandchildren, Kathryn, Alex, Hunter and Julianne.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and a brother.
Memorials may be given to the Mid-Missouri Alzheimer's Association.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.parkerfuneralservice.com."
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