Thela N. Gaetz

	Thela N. (Toots) Gaetz, 79, of Cutler, passed away at 12:45 a.m. Saturday, August 19, 2000 at Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
	She was born July 20, 1921 at Percy, the daughter of Edward N. and Mary E. (Keigley) Rednour.  She married Earl O. Gaetz on August 6, 1939 at Perryville, MO and he preceded her in death on December 2, 1991.  
	Mrs. Gaetz was a member of Tri County Pentecostal Church in Cutler.  She had worked as a bookkeeper for C. G. Cowell Ford in Sparta.
	Surviving are daughter, Marcia (husband, Tom) Taylor of DuQuoin; son, Ronald (wife, Bonnie) Gaetz of Cutler; sister, Pat Fulford of Ava; step-brother, Phillip Harris of DuQuoin; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter and five nephews.
	She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; one son, Donald; one daughter, Linda; one great-grandchild and two brothers.
	Funeral services were Tuesday, August 22 at 11 a.m. at McDaniel Funeral Home in Percy with Brother Harry Blake officiating.  Interment was in Cutler Cemetery.
	Friends were able to call at the McDaniel Funeral Home in Percy from 6 until 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. until the hour of service.  Memorials may be made to Pinckneyville Community Hospital Auxiliary.
