Vera Dell Petree

Vera D. Petree, age 98, a resident of Braymer, Missouri, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the Golden Age Nursing Home, Braymer, Missouri. Mrs. Petree was born to John and Hattie Swindler. She married Joe Petree on November 1, 1936. She and Joe lived most of their life on their farm north of Braymer. She worked at the Braymer Locker and at Murrain's Grocery Store. Mrs. Petree was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, brothers John, Kenneth, Clayton, Loomis, Vernon Swindler and sisters Leah Shouse, Norine Michael and twin sister Veva Birch. Servivors are her daughter Joetta and son-in-law Steve Dempsey, Maryville, Missouri; grandson's Chad Dempsey and wife Sonia, Edinburg, Texas, Tyler Dempsey and wife Nina, Austin Texas; great-grandchildren Sophia and Oliver Dempsey; Nieces and nephews.