Della Mae Damron

July 5, 1929 July 12, 2016 Della Mae Damron, 87, of Olathe, Kan., formerly of Stark City, Mo., died Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Olathe after a recent decline in health.

She entered this life on July 5, 1929, in Jane, Mo., daughter of the late Henry and Etta Belle Johnson. Her formative years were spent in Treece, Kan., and Picher, Okla.

She was united in marriage to Charles Graten Damron Jr. Dec. 9, 1946, and they had eight children. She was a devoted homemaker throughout her life. They resided 20 years in Johnson County, Kan., before moving to Stark City in 1998. She enjoyed researching genealogy, reading, sewing, gardening and spending time with her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Damron, on Oct. 5, 2004; four brothers, Clyde, Jack, Joe and R.C. Johnson; and two half-sisters, Mamie George and Ida Lawrence.

Della is survived by two sons, Gary Damron and wife Barbara of Hugoton, Kan., and Grant Damron and wife Jennie of Burlingame, Kan; six daughters, Brenda Smith and husband Eldon of Anderson, Mo., Charla Doerry and husband Armin of Albuquerque, N.M., Gina Damron of Berwick, La., Greta Weaver and husband Al of Spring Hill, Kan., Clarisa Damron of Ashland, Mo., and Trisha Damron of Osawatomie, Kan.; 24 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends.

Funeral services were Saturday, July 16, 2016, in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Home. The Rev. Dennis Bergen officiated.

Burial followed in the Union Cemetery near Stella. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers were Neal Smith, Drew Weaver, Greg Damron, Chris Smith, Jacob Blackmon, Brooks Damron, Bart Damron, Alex Doerry, Garrett Damron and Austin Weiterman.

The family received friends Saturday morning in the funeral home chapel.

Memorials are being directed to the Union Cemetery Care Fund, and contributions may be left at the funeral home.