Muriel M. St. John

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

July 10, 1922-Dec. 18, 2006

Muriel M. St. John, 84, Greencastle, died Monday at Mill Pond Health Campus.

Born in Morgan County, she was the daughter of Ara and Bernice (Woodward) Pearcy.

A 1940 graduate of Martinsville High School, she had been a cook at Martinsville High School and later at DePauw University. She was a member of extension homemaker clubs in Martinsville and Putnam County.

She married Dale V. St. John on July 27, 1940. He died Aug. 30, 2005.

Surviving are a daughter, Marilyn K. Parker and husband Larry, Greencastle; three sons, Jerry V. St. John and wife Gaydean, Carlisle, Pa., Phillip L. St. John and wife Sharon, Bainbridge, and Danny D. St. John and wife Sue, Union, Ky.; sister Pauline Fogleman, Martinsville; five granddaughters and one grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Sarah Pearcy and a granddaughter.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Costin Funeral Chapel, Martinsville, with Rev. Hallie Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Centennial Cemetery, Martinsville.

Visitation is 10-11 a.m. Thursday.