Velma Aldridge

Velma Corrine
Aldridge

December 23, 1918 – August 8, 2013

Velma Corrine Aldridge, a long-time resident
of Brashear, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, in the Loch Haven Nursing Home in
Macon. She was 94.

Velma was born December 23, 1918, in northwest
Knox County, the daughter of Claude Ernest and Maude Edith (McAnulty) Dunn. On
April 18, 1946, she married Olen Ray Aldridge, who preceded her in death on
March 18, 1989. Velma was also preceded in death by her parents and one sister,
Verlee Delaney.

She was raised in rural Baring, graduating
from Bible Grove High School in 1937. She graduated from Northeast Missouri
State University in 1969. Velma taught five years in a one-room rural school,
three years as a sixth-grade teacher in the Edina Public Schools, and 21 years
in the Adair County R II Public Schools in Brashear before her retirement in
1990.

Velma was a member of the Missouri State
Teachers Association, Missouri Retired Teachers Association, and a lifetime
member of the National Parents-Teachers Association. She was a member of the
Pleasant Ridge Christian Church and attended the United Methodist Church after
moving to Brashear. Velma taught the Junior High Sunday School Class in
Brashear for 16 years.

Surviving
Velma are three children, Lois (Jerry) Scranton of Springfield, IL, Ray (Sue)
Aldridge of Apache Junction, AZ and Randy (Debbie) Aldridge of Atlanta; 6  grandchildren, Lori (Tom) Fulhorst of Lake St.
Louis, MO, Jeff (Tina) Creason of Lee’s Summit, MO, Steven (Jennifer) Aldridge
of Marshfield, MO, Tracy (Mike) Dailey of Pleasant Hill, IA,  Tisha (Rick) Grigsby of Elmer, MO, and Travis
Aldridge of Kirksville; 15 great-grandchildren, Erika, Anna and Kate Fulhorst;
Rachel, Sean and Samantha Creason; Tyler, Lauren, Emily and Quinn Aldridge; Jaxon
and Brooklin Dailey; and Justin, Ashtin and Blake Grigsby; three sisters, Joyce
(Bill) Holdren of Baring, Joan (Jack) Hurley of Willowbrook, IL and Doris
Whalen of Queen City, MO.

Funeral service will be held Sunday (August
11, 2013) at 2:00 p.m. at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home. Musical
selections will be “In the Garden” and “Amazing Grace”. Interment will be at
the Park View Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers
will be Jeff Creason, Steven Aldridge, Travis Aldridge, Justin Grigsby, Tyler
Aldridge and Mike Dailey.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 to
2:00 p.m. Sunday at the

Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home

2100 E. Shepherd Ave.

Kirksville, MO 63501
660-665-2233