Obituary - Zella Mae (Fritts) Mager

 

Zella Mager

Funeral Services for Zella Mager will be 2:00 PM Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Mullinax Funeral Home in Butler, Missouri (660-679-0009) with Bro. Bill Read and Bro. Mark Harvey officiating. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 5 – 7 PM at the funeral home. Burial will follow services in Benjamin Cemetery, Amoret, Missouri. Memorial contributions in Zella’s name are suggested to Benjamin Cemetery Association. Messages of condolence for the family may be left at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.
 

Zella Mae (Fritts) Mager, 81, of Butler Missouri, passed away Sunday evening at home. She was the daughter of the late Chancey Fritts and Ruth McGraw Fritts, born January 29, 1933.

She attended grade school at Mt. Vernon country school and was a graduate of Butler High School. She married her one and only love, Herman Mager in October of 1951, celebrating over 62 years of marriage.

Zella was an avid quilter and cross stitcher, she gave of herself and her gifts to many. Zella accepted the Lord as her saviour in the early 1950’s. Zella loved to cook for her family and so enjoyed gardening and canning. She was a member of the Passiac Extension Club and the Bates County Star Squares. She loved children and taught Sunday school many years and Vacation Bible School.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Bessie Reedy and her brothers Floyd Fritts and Oren Fritts and her daughter, Julie Taylor, and sister-in-law Della Luckan and husband Raymond. She is survived and will be sorely missed by her husband of 62+ years, Herman Mager, Sons, Dennis Mager and wife Karen of Maryland, Doug Mager and wife Nancy of Butler, Son-in-law Stan Taylor of Texas, two brothers, Wright Fritts and Elmer Fritts, and sister-in-law Emma Meade and husband Bill, as well as 9 grandchildren, Bryan and Karen Mager, Michelle and Kip Copeland, Brent and Anne Mager, Andrea and Sean Fitzgerald, Kevin and Heather Mager, Ashley and Bret Keighley, Mallory Mager, Sam Mager and Jacob Mager and 9 great grandchildren.

She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family. She crafted many gifts for those she loved, adding her personality and love for all to remember.

Those remaining will cherish her memory and ask that all join to celebrate her life as she is reunited with those she loved in the glory of her Lord at the funeral services.