Obituary - Edna Van Vlack

Edna Van Vlack

Edna Van Vlack, 89 of Drexel, Missouri passed away December 24, 2014 at Adrian Manor, Adrian, Missouri. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Mullinax Funeral Home’s Drexel Chapel in Drexel, Missouri (660-679-0009). Visitation will be from 1-2 PM prior to the service. Burial will follow in Sharon Cemetery, Drexel, Missouri. Contributions are suggested to the Drexel Baptist Church. Messages of condolence may be left at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Edna Mae (Fink) Glaze Van Vlack was born November 1, 1925 in Bates County, Missouri, daughter of Bert Edward and Cecil Delia (Stitt) Fink.

She attended school in Drexel and graduated from Drexel High School. She worked for a time for Drexel veterinarian Dr. Lawrence Davidson, and was also an operator at the telephone company before telephones went to dial. Edna worked many years on the election board in Miami County, and had also worked for the Miami County collector/treasurer and the Miami County Historical Society’s museum. Later she very much enjoyed working on the Drexel Centennial publication as she loved genealogy and spent much time working on it alongside her friends.

Among her hobbies was quilting, and each grandchild received one of her quilts. Edna accepted the Lord and was baptized in Liberal, Missouri, and a longtime member of the Drexel Baptist Church. Her children remember and describe her as a dedicated, hardworking mother.

Edna was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Willard Glaze; and a daughter, Delva Kaye Champlin. She is survived by a daughter, Delia Russell and husband Gary of Drexel; son Lee Glaze and wife Ellen of Drexel; and daughter Joyce Payne and Vernon Hayley of Florida; grandchildren Shannon, Carrie, Candice, Susan, Shayla, Sara, David, and Ryan; 13 great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.