Mrs. Lyndall Bittiker, age 102, of formerly of Carrollton, Missouri, passed away Saturday, July 3, 1999, at the Lincoln Nursing Home.
Lyndall was born April 18, 1897, in DeWitt, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas B. and Della M. Carson Owings. She attended grade school and graduated from DeWitt High School.
Lyndall was married to James B. Bittiker, Sr. on September 24, 1916, in DeWitt. He preceded her in death on August 12, 1956.
She was a homemaker and owned farmground between Carrollton and Brunswick. She also assisted with the operation of Heisel-Koch Funeral Home in Brunswick, which was owned and operated by her daughter and son-in-law, Irma and Bill Koch. Lyndall had also served a City Collector of Carrollton.
She was a member of the Carrollton First Baptist Church, the Forum Club, and the V & S Extension Club. Lyndall was a 50-year member and Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Carrollton. She had also served as an advisor for the Rainbow Girls.
Mrs. Bittiker raised two grandsons, Steven and Jim, after their parents and sister died in an automobile accident in 1952.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Irma L. Koch, Sedalia, Missouri; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Louise Bittiker, Sedalia; seven grandchildren, Jim and Cindy Bittiker, Pleasant Hill, Missouri, Steve and Caren Bittiker, Carrollton, Lynda and Bill Eades, Beckley, West Virginia, Michelle and Dana Thompson, Columbia, Missouri, Amy and Adam Fauss, Independence, Missouri, Mike and Joanne Koch, Waverly, Missouri, Jim and Sue Koch, Jefferson City, Missouri; 15 great-grand- children, Chad, Derek, & Melanie Stirling, Steven and Carissa Bittiker, Daniel and Erin Eades, Matt and Kelley Thompson, Abigail Fauss, Philip, Andrew, and Cammie Koch, and Jason and Ryan Koch; one great-great-granddaughter, Lauren Brooke Bittiker, and several nieces and nephews.
Lyndall was preceded in death by two sons, James B. Bittiker, Jr. and H. G. (Gene) Bittiker; one daughter in law, Helen Moritz Bittiker, one granddaughter, Barbara Jeanne Bittiker, one brother, Stuart Owings, and one great-grandson, Jacob Koch.
Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, July 7, at the Gibson Funeral Home in Carrollton, with Reverend Ron Marsh and Reverend Lanny Lybarger officiating.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:00 P.M., on Tuesday evening at the Gibson funeral Home in Carrollton.
The family suggests contributions to the Lions Eye Tissue Bank or the First Baptist Church in memory of Mrs. Bittiker. |