Obituary for Marie Allene Stalon Marie Allene Hitt Stalon, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, December 14, 2018, at Chateau Gardens in Cape Girardeau. She was born on her parents farm in Cape Girardeau county on a warm Christmas morning in 1928, the daughter of Grover Benjamin Leander and Esther Ellen Snider Hitt. She attended Commerce Grade School and graduated from Benton (Missouri) High School.
She worked as a payroll clerk in the office of the International Shoe Company in Cape Girardeau for four and one-half years prior to her marriage. She married Charles Gary Stalon at the United Methodist Parsonage in Benton on March 15, 1952. Marie was a devoted housewife, mother and grandmother.
She supported her husband’s career as it took them to far parts of the country, always making a warm and comforting home for her family. She was active in her church and local organizations in all the cities in which her and Charles lived. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Gary; two daughters, Connie Lucille (Eric) Estopinal of Houston, Texas and Donna Jean Williams of Carbondale, Illinois; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, Jason Charles (Michelle) Babbitt (Leah and Claire), Kriste Elizabeth (Brian) Del Castillo (Benjamin, Eli and Brian Jr.) and Dane Marcus (Laura) Babbitt (Clara and Emily) all of Houston, Texas; and two sisters-in-law, Peggy Hitt and Mary Jean Hitt of Cape Girardeau. Marie was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Earnest, Eugene, Herschel (Mary), Leon (Thelma), Cecil (Leona), Herman, Paul and Roby (Vernetta “Babe”) Hitt; and sisters, Leatha (Ebert) Rister and Myrtle (Ed) Reed. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 19, 2018 from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm at Ford & Sons Mt.
Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 12:00 pm Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Dave Conley officiating, with a reception to follow at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau.
A private burial will be held at a later date at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Centenary United Methodist Church, The Chateau Girardeau Foundation, Southeast Hospice or a charity of choice. Online condolences may be made at www.
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