Mildred Aldean Demaree

Mildred Aldean Demaree, 92, of Dillsboro passed away Thursday, April 5, 2007 at the Waters at Dillsboro. She was born near Cross Plains on October 7, 1912 the daughter of Vaughn and Anna Kinett Hallgarth. Survivors include three daughters, Jean Sneed and her husband Louis of Dillsboro, Joyce Marshall of Frankfort, Illinois, and Wanda Fuller and her husband John of St. Clair, Missouri; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one sister Hattie Andrews of Salk City, Wisconsin; three half-brothers, Jackie Gene Hallgarth and David Hallgarth both of Lovett, Texas, and Durwin Hallgarth of Hanover. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughters Martha and Carolyn, sisters Helen Webster and Evelyn Huntington, brothers Robert, Clayton, and Lloyd Hallgarth, and half-sisters Margaret Clayton, Virginia Prickett, and Elizabeth Ann Hallgarth. Mrs. Demaree was a homemaker and was formerly employed at the Odd Fellows Home in Greensburg. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 7 at 11am at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles with Randy Thieman officiating. Burial will be in the Benham Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 10am until time of services. Memorials may be given to the Benham Cemetery in care of the funeral home.