Merna Elizabeth Smittle

Graveside services for Merna Elizabeth Smittle, 78, Eudora, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Eudora Cemetery.Mrs. Smittle died Friday, April 7, 2006, at her home.She was born May 7, 1927, in Hartville, Mo., the daughter of David and Mable Fisher St. John.Mrs. Smittle was a homemaker and worked at Lily Tulip Cup Factory in Springfield, Mo.She married Chester Smittle on April 29, 1945, in Branson, Mo. He survives, of the home.Other survivors include her mother, of Golden City, Mo.; a daughter, Caren Rowland, Eudora; two sons, Carlin Smittle, Springfield, Mo., and Carlos Smittle, Dayton, Ohio; a brother, Harlin St. John, Golden City; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary Eudora Chapel.The family suggests memorials to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Assn., sent in care of the mortuary.E-mail condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Smittle.