Jean Marie Hammack, 91, of Gerald, passed away Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at her residence after a lingering illness.
She was born July 25, 1932, to Melvin Ira and Dorothy May (Moller) Murray in Centaur Station.
She was united in marriage to Joseph Mahlon Hammack, May 9, 1950, in Pocahontas, Ark.
Jean was a member of Edinburg Easter Star. She worked many years as a school bus driver, a school librarian and artist as a portrait painter for Rembrandt in St. Louis to help support her family.
She was preceded in death by parents, Melvin and Dorothy; husband, Joseph; son, Mahlon Ira Hammack; and sister, Deloris Murray.
She is survived by daughters, Sonia Marie Hammack and Deborah Evonne Wilken and husband Larry Ray all of Gerald and Yvonne Reina Hammack-Buck and husband Brian Gene of Ruston, La.; sisters, Shirley Ann (Murray) Eckenfels of St. Clair and Carol May Murray of Maumelle, Ark.; brothers, Charles Melvin Murray of Greenwood, Ind. and Ronald Larry Murray Sr. and wife Jane of Gray Summit; grandchildren, Anita Marie Bower, Paul Marvin Stuckhoff, Larry Randall Wilken, Rachael Jean Wilken and 1Lt Alexandre Harrison Buck; and 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and many other cherished family and friends.
A graveside service will be held Wednesday (today), August 23 at 11 a.m. at Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens in St. Louis with Rev. Tim Weiser officiating.
Memorials requested for Shriners Children’s Hospital in Shreveport, La. and/or St. Louis.
Arrangements entrusted to Gottenstroeter Funeral Home in Gerald.
