Obituary of Delores Carolyn Gnade

A Mass of Christian Burial for Delores Carolyn Gnade of Moscow Mills, MO will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church near Old Monroe, MO. Fr. Richard Rath, church pastor, will officiate with burial in Immaculate Conception Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Rocky Payne, Andrew Gnade, Luke Ross, Aaron Brooks, Lawson Murphree, Jackson Murphree, Greg Nanney, Seth Gnade and Joe Nanney. Mrs. Gnade, 86, passed away Sunday evening, December 18, 2022 at Mercy Hospital Lincoln in Troy, MO. Born January 25, 1936 in St. Paul, MO, she was the daughter of Frank and Caroline “Lena” Hakenewerth Griesbauer. Delores was united in marriage on December 29, 1954 in St. Paul to William Christian Gnade. This union was blessed with eight children: Steve, George, Robert, Mark, Diane, Brian, Karen and Kevin. She was a devoted homemaker. Delores was a member of St. Theodore Catholic Church in Flint Hill, MO where she was a member of the Ladies Sodality and Quilters, contributing to her enjoyment of hand quilting, embroidery, sewing and crochet. Delores loved to bake and was famous for her coffee cake. She painted ceramics, crafts and woodworking. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Lena Griesbauer; three brothers: Frances Griesbauer and his wife, Rita, Arthur “Butch” Griesbauer, and Vernon “Preacher” Griesbauer; one sister, Dorothy Lohman and her husband, Gene; and her beloved husband of 62 years, Bill Gnade, who died on February 20, 2017. Survivors include her children: Steve Gnade of Bowling Green, MO, George Gnade and his wife, Marie, of Hawk Point, MO, Robert Gnade of Moscow Mills, MO, Mark Gnade and his wife, Sally, of Elsberry, MO, Diane Murphree of Lake St. Louis, MO, Brian Gnade of Elsberry, Karen Coke and her companion, Mike Towery, of Mineola, MO and Kevin Gnade and his wife, Susan, of Williamsburg, MO; twenty-three grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and one great, great-grandchild. Delores also leaves one brother, Marvin Griesbauer and his wife, Lucille, of Blue Springs, MO; two sisters-in-law: Liz Griesbauer of Mexico, MO and Celine Griesbauer of Troy, MO; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until the time of Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Memorials may be made to Masses in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 3838 East Highway 47, P.O. Box 253, Winfield, MO 63389.