Nov. 29, 1999
Iva Comer services held
Funral services for Iva Collins Cromer, 75, West Plains, wre 10 a.m. today, Monday, Nov. 29, 1999, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel in West Plains, with Pastor Gene Marritt officiating.
Mrs. Comer died 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 26, 1999, at her home. She was born March 4, 1924, in Howell County, the daughter of Jesse and Janie Collins.
In 1939, she was married in Howell County to Gabriel Collins, who preceded her in death in 1966. On April 11, 1969, she was married in Howell County to William David Cromer, who preceded her in death Dec. 5, 1998.
Survivors include six children and six stepchildren, Etta Collins and husband, Jerry, West Plains, Chris Simpson, Wenatchee, Wash., Raymond Collins and special friend, Cheryl Sayre-Johnson, St. Charles, Steve Collins, state of Oregon, Jackie Biesen and husband, Marshall, and Doug Collins and wife, Bobbie, all of West Plains, David Cromer, Steve Cromer and wife, Debbie, Gayle Dismang and husband, George, Joy Marcum and husband, Randy, and Kim Cromer, all of Lebanon, and Carolyn Schwandt and husband, David, state of Iowa; four sisters-in-law, Leona Turner, Willow Springs, Lorraine Eilenstein, Gewn Blackburn and Wilma Caudle, all of Lebanon; 19 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; and one half-sister, Caza Pittman.
Burial was in Collins Cemetery in Howell County under the direction of Carter Funeral Home Inc. of West Plains.