ELVAREE JOAN KOONTZ
Elvaree Joan Koontz, 89, of the Stet, MO, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at the Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond, MO.
Elvaree was born on July 12, 1924 in the Mandeville, MO area to Charles and Helen (Brock) Stouffer. She was married to Earl Thomas Koontz, Sr. of Norborne, MO on March 13, 1944; he preceded her in death on April 12, 1997.
Survivors include two sons and two daughters-in-law, J.C. and Sue Koontz of Stet, MO and Tom and Julie Koontz also of Stet; three daughters and three sons-in-law, Cora and Larry Hall of Stet, MO, Barb and Kenny Vance of Blue Springs, MO and Erlene and Gary Duncan of Norborne, MO; 13 grandchildren and 27 grandchildren also survive.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Bobby Ray Stouffer; one sister, Exalee Jones; and one great-granddaughter, Angel Huffman.
Elvaree was a 1942 graduate of the Norborne High School. She and her husband lived most of their life in the Stet area. She attended the Bethany Church of the Brethren. Elvaree was a housewife and homemaker.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to either the Juvenile Diabetes Association or the Juvenile Cancer Association.


Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond. A formal visitation with family present will be held one hour prior to services on Friday, January 3, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to service time. Elvaree will also lie in state from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at the Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond. Interment will be in Fairhaven Cemetery in Norborne, MO. Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond is charge of the arrangements. On line condolences may be left on our website at www.thurmanfuneralhome.com.