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Ethel Hardesty
04/06/1925 - 06/07/2019
Dexter, Missouri

Visitation:06/14/2019
Service:06/14/2019

Ethel Margaret Hardesty of Advance, MO passed away Friday, June 7th, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter MO. She was 94 years old. Known by her loved ones as "Miss Ethel", she was born in Hiram, MO on April 6th,1925 to George Wilfong and Ida Myrtle Wallace-Wilfong. Ethel Wilfong-Hardesty married Jasper Hardesty on July 10th, 1946. Miss Ethel was a homemaker and a loving mother who enjoyed working in her garden in the summer and hand sewing beautiful quilts all year long.

Surviving immediate family includes a brother, Albert "Dude" Wilfong of Campbell, MO, two sons, Roy Lee Hardesty of Dexter, MO and Craig A. Hardesty of Cape Girardeau MO, two daughters, Shirley Margaret Payne of Hillsboro, MO and Wilma Dean (Tim) Watkins of Lexington IN, 3 grandchildren, Scott (Gail) Payne, Connie (Dale) Gordon, and Amie (Doug) Duerstock, and 7 great grandchildren, Levi (Kaitlyn), Bailey, James, Lane, Mollie, Caitlyn and Colton.


She was preceded in death by her husband, Jasper Hardesty, her son, Stephen Hardesty, two brothers, Elza Wilfong and Lloyd Wilfong, and a sister, Myrtle Ruth (Ruthie) Wilfong.

Services will be held at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance, MO on Friday, June 14th. Visitation will start at 10AM and the funeral will follow at 1PM. The service will be led by Jerry Waggoner, Elder and Lifegroup leader from Hillsboro Christian Church, followed by prayers at Cowan Cemetary. Heaven has received a precious gift.


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