Psalm 121

 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord,
which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved;
he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper;
the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day,
nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil;
he shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out 
and thy coming in from this time forth,
and even for evermore.

    George H. Stahl, 86, of Mexico , died at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia .

   Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5, at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Smith officiating. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Friday at Pickering Funeral Home. Interment will be in Elliott Cemetery in Brunswick .

   Mr. Stahl was born on Sept. 19, 1918, in California , Mo. , the son of Clarence and Cordelia (Wood) Stahl. On Nov. 20, 1942, in Glasgow , he married Mildred M. Oldvader, who preceded him in death on Oct. 8, 1993. He married Agnes Oldvader Wolf on Oct. 17, 1998, in Mexico . She survives.

   Mr. Stahl was hired as a watchmaker and jewelry repairman in April 1940 at Pilcher Jewelry Co. in Mexico . He was drafted into the Army in 1941 and served as first sergeant of the 706^th Ordnance Company in the Pacific Theater. He returned to Pilchers in 1945 and retired in 1998 at the age of 80 after working at Pilchers for 58 years. For 50 of those years he served as manager. With his wife Mildred, he also served for many years as co-manager of Worrell Jewelers in Mexico . After his retirement and marriage in 1998, he lived most of the time in Keytesville, where they farmed.

   He served as the president of the Missouri Jewelers and Watchmakers Association for four years and was appointed to the International Board of Governors of the Gemological Institute of America for 12 years. He has held the title of Certified Gemologist from the American Gem Society since 1955.

   He is a former member of the Kiwanis Club, a former president of the Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce and a lifelong Baptist and long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Mexico where he has served as deacon and Sunday school teacher.

   In addition to his wife, Agnes, survivors include one daughter, Mary Ann Kasubke and her husband Bruce , Mexico ; two granddaughters, Elizabeth Ann and Sarah Nicole; a brother Norman Stahl, Marshall; and a sister Malva Gehlken, Sedalia .

   His first wife Mildred, an infant daughter and a brother Grover Stahl, preceded him in death.

   Memorial gifts may be made to the First Baptist Church in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico , MO 65265.

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