Thelma L. Bishop

THELMA L. BISHOP WAS BORN JULY 19TH, 1930 TO THE LATE CLAUDE AND LUCY (WHIPPLE) BAILEY. THELMA WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2014 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS OF AGE. SHE LEFT THIS EARTH PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME IN MACKS CREEK, MISSOURI SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY. THELMA WAS RAISED IN THE BAILEYTOWN COMMUNITY AND GRADUATED FROM WINDYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1948. ON MAY 8TH, 1952 SHE MARRIED DONALD W BISHOP AT CAMP McCoy, WISCONSIN. THEIR 61 YEARS OF MARRIAGE HAS TRULY TAUGHT US HOW BEAUTIFUL LOVE REALLY IS. SHE WAS BLESSED WITH 3 CHILDREN THAT THEY RAISED ON THE FARM AT URBANA, WHERE THEY DAIRY FARMED FOR 48 YEARS. THELMA LEFT NO DOUBT WHERE SHE WOULD SPEND ETERNITY AND WAS GRATEFUL FOR HER SALVATION, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF BAILEY CHAPEL AND ATTENDED THERE UNTIL HER HEALTH WOULDN'T ALLOW. SHE ENJOYED CROCHETING, EMBROIDERY WORK AND COLLECTING BUTTONS. SHE WAS A DEVOTED WIFE, MOM AND GRAMMY AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. THELMA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, 4 SISTERS: EUNICE, RUTH, HAZEL AND DOROTHY; 1 BROTHER: CLARENCE; ONE SON THAT SHE LONGED TO HOLD - CLAUDE ERIC; AND ONE GRANDSON, JOHN "CURTIS" HIX. SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER LOVING HUSBAND, DON OF THE HOME. TWO SONS, DONALD AND WIFE CAROL OF SANDY, OREGON AND KEVIN AND WIFE LILLI OF PORTLAND, OREGON; ONE DAUGHTER, NORA "RUTHIE" HIX AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF MACKS CREEK, MO. ONE SISTER, OPAL PIERCE AND HUSBAND FRANK OF URBANA, MO. GRANDCHILDREN: MICHAEL BISHOP AND WIFE EMMY, THOMAS BISHOP AND WIFE AMANDA, SAMUEL BISHOP AND WIFE JACKIE, JAMES BISHOP, JOSEPH BISHOP AND ALLIANA SILVINO ALL OF OREGON. JONI LANE AND HUSBAND JOSH OF MACKS CREEK, JULI HIX AND JACI HIX ALSO OF MACKS CREEK. 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MANY WONDERFUL NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND OTHER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS ONE COULD SAY ABOUT THE WOMAN THAT WAS LOVED BY SO MANY. SHE HAD A SPUNKY SIDE TO HER AND A TWINKLE IN HER EYE THAT MADE YOU SMILE. ALTHOUGH HER BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S WAS A LONG BATTLE, IN THE END GOD GRANTED HER GRACE. THELMA WAS ABLE TO BE AT HOME THE LAST 6 DAYS OF THIS LIFE, SHE RECOGNIZED AND SMILED AT THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED AND MISSED HER FOR SO LONG. THE MOMENTS AND MEMORIES THE FAMILY WAS GRANTED WERE TRULY A GIFT FROM GOD. SERVICES WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12TH AT TEN A.M. IN THE MONTGOMERY-VIETS CHAPEL WITH BRO. DENNIS SKINNER OFFICIATING. MUSIC CONSISTED OF A RECORDED SELECTION OF "FAR SIDE BANKS OF JORDAN," BY BOB LONG, "SWEET BEULAH LAND," BY JOY WILLEY AND "AMAZING GRACE," BY ARCHIE BISHOP AND QUINTEN BISHOP. CASKETBEARERS WERE: HUNTER LANE, DANNY PIERCE, KEITH WHIPPLE, STEVE OWNBY, MARTIN HOSINER AND STEVE CLEMMONS. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE PLAD CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MONTGOMERY-VIETS FUNERAL HOME OF BUFFALO. VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY EVENING FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION.

Thelma L. Bishop

July 19, 1930 - February 8, 2014