Seth Hayden Dery Seth Hayden Dery, infant son of Kevin Dery and Karra Butler Schneider died at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 26, 2008, in Mexico. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with Les England officiating. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Waynesville Cemetery. In addition to his mother and father Seth is survived by Maternal Grandparents, Madonna Johnson and her fiancée Dennis Zumsteg, Mexico, and Larry Butler and wife Samantha, Cuba, Mo.; Paternal Grandparents, Theresa Love, Savannah, Ga., and Norm Dery, Kingsport, Tenn.; Maternal Great Grandparents, William Johnson, Paris, Ill., and Gordon and Twilla Butler, Theodosia; Paternal Great Grandparents, Ildege Dery, Gaines, Mich.; and several Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorials be given to March of Dimes. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.

Public Tributes and Expressions of Sympathy To my grandson; To have a moment to sing and talk to you in mommy's tummy....I am blessed. I won't be able to read to you, play with you, or rock you to sleep, but I know our Heavenly Father has you in His care, and I know....I am blessed. I hold my precious moment of seeing you, even for a brief time, forever in my memories and in my heart and know....I am blessed. Even though I will not see you grow and change, I know that I hold the promise of meeting you some day in the arms of your great-grandmother in Heaven, and know that I am truly, truly blessed. I love you so much Seth...... Grandma Johnson

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