Connie K. Schutte

Connie K. Schutte joined her heavenly family at 7:30 p.m. February 11, 2009, at the age of 59.

She was greeted by her beloved son, Jim, and her loving parents. I can only imagine her smile as she came face to face with Jesus in her new eternal home.

Connie was born on Dec. 20, 1949, in Columbia, a daughter of Charles Jerome and Lorene Crystal (Rhodes) Smith. On May 27, 1995, in Florida, Mo., she married Rodney Schutte who survives at the home.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Carter officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 5 until 7 p.m. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include her father- and mother-in-law Neal and Marjorie Schutte, Perry; two sons, Tony Bybee and his wife Donna, Spring Hill, Kans., and Travis Schutte, Laddonia; two daughters, Sara Baker and Lucinda Schutte, both of Mexico; three sisters, Judy English and husband Willis, Pascagoula, Miss., Linda Fennewald and husband Mark, Benton City, and Joy Weir, Columbia; and six grandchildren, Brandon, Zach, Derek and Chris Bybee, and Paige and Trevor Schutte.

In addition to her son, James J. Bybee, and her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Charlie Smith, Kenneth Smith and Larry Smith; and four sisters, Beverly Golden, Joann Turnbough, and two infant sisters, Crystal Evonne and Elizabeth May Smith.

Memorials may be given to St. Jude s Children s Hospital or the Salem Baptist Church. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.