Eunice Pearl Harvey

Eunice Pearl Harvey, age 85, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, went home to meet her Lord at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Missouri, on Friday, March 16, 2012. She was born the daughter of Rudolf and Carolina Hannah (Straub) Listrom on August 19, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. On August 10, 1946, she was united in marriage to Gerald Scott Harvey in St. Louis, Missouri. She attained a Masters of Religious Education at the Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Chillicothe, Missouri. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Sedalia, Missouri. Gerald and Eunice were career missionaries in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) for 24 years. They traveled all over the world visiting family, missionary families, and seeing new places. All of her life she was active in her home church and the Women's Missionary Union. Survivors include her husband Gerald Harvey of the home; five daughters, Judy Miller and husband Gary of Chillicothe, Missouri, Janet Graves and husband Dudley of Rome, Italy, Jill Owens and husband Tim of Bangkok, Thailand, Joy Simpson and husband Kendall of Olathe, Kansas, and Jennifer Wright and husband Bobby of Sedalia, Missouri; sisters Violet Crowder and Phyllis Preuett; 27 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother Don Listrom; and two brothers-in-law Raymond Crowder and Tom Preuett. Funeral services will be held at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. A family visitation will be held at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Sunday, March 18, 2012, from 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Friends may call at Lindley Funeral Home on Sunday, March 18, 2012, from 12 noon until 9:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sedalia, Missouri, on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the International Mission Board-Southern Baptist Convention and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, PO Box 47, Chillicothe, MO 64601. Online condolences can be made at www.lindleyfuneralhome.com Services are under the direction of Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri.