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June 2, 1920 - September 9, 2015
Okie Marie Lorenz
1920-2015
Rock Port, Missouri
Okie Marie Lorenz, the daughter of Guy L. and Okie B. (Wolf) Benedict, was born June 2, 1920, in Rock Port, Missouri. She attended Rock Port High School, graduating in 1937.
On September 14, 1945, Marie was united in marriage to Charles Lee Lorenz at the High Creek Baptist Church in Watson, Missouri. They became the parents of four children, Martha Marie, Celia Sue, Larry Charles and Roy Lee, and made their home in Rock Port their entire married life. Charles passed away January 15, 2000.
Marie stayed at home raising and caring for her four children. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, quilting and reading. Marie made sure each grandchild received a handquilted quilt. She enjoyed traveling to see her children and grandchildren and was an active member of the Rock Port Baptist Church. Marie passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Rock Port, at the age of 95.
Besides her parents and husband, Marie was preceded in death by brother, Cecil Guy Benedict; infant sister, Mildred Eva Benedict; son-in-law, Robert Lee Moore; and great-grandson, Henry Daniel Hopkins. Survivors include daughters, Martha Marie Moore, Fritch, Texas, and Celia Sue Dalrymple and husband, Richard, Rock Port; sons, Larry Charles Lorenz and wife, Kelly, Fritch, and Roy Lee Lorenz and wife, Beverly, Byron, Illinois; ten grandchildren, Deeanna Treadwell and husband, James, Canyon, Texas, Jennifer Czuczejko and husband, Kyle, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Stefanie Musser and husband, Jared, Indianola, Iowa, Marcy Hopkins and husband, Brandon, Fritch, Brandi Kulczycki and husband, Jesse, Grandbury, Texas, Neal Lorenz and wife, Kimberly, Olton, Texas, Michelle Butterfield, Byron, J.C. Lorenz and wife, Katie, Lisle, Illinois, Carla Kluck and husband, Lee, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Eric Lorenz and wife, Angela, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; ten great-grandsons, Zackary, Collin and Brayden Treadwell, Jack and Aaron Butterfield, Garrett Hopkins, Liam Musser, Casen and Colby Kulczycki and Wyatt Lorenz; two great-granddaughters, Jane Marie Lorenz and Hazel Jolee Hopkins; and sisters-in-law, Jean Lorenz, Butler, Missouri, and Uverna Lorenz, Reserve, Kansas.
Funeral Service: 10:00 A.M., Saturday, September 12, 2015, Rock Port Baptist Church.
Interment: Linden Cemetery, Rock Port.
The family will receive friends from 6:30-8:00 P.M., Friday, September 11, 2015, Minter Funeral Chapel.
Memorials: Rock Port Baptist Church
Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com
Services: Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port.