Viola Lucille Crist

Viola Lucille (Vi) Crist, Age 97, of Brookfield, passed away, Monday, June 26, 2017, at Life Care Center of Brookfield. Visitation will be held Friday, June 30, 2017, at 1:00 pm at Rhodes Funeral Home. Funeral Services will follow at 2:00 pm beginning with an Eastern Star Service, provided by Florence Chapter #124, with Reverend Sue Lambert officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield, MO. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Vi Crist, have been suggested to OES Florence Chapter #124, American Heart Association, or American Diabetes Association, and may be left at or sent to the funeral home, 216 Linn Street, Brookfield, Missouri 64628. On-line registry at www.rhodesfh.com Viola was born on August 4, 1919 in Linneus, Missouri, the daughter of Guy Elmer Mace and Leatha Ellen (McIntrye) Mace. She was joined in marriage on April 16, 1937, in Brookfield, Missouri to Leonard Charles Frazier and on September 12, 1950, in Warsaw, Missouri to Curt Crist, both of whom preceded her in death. Mrs. Crist attended the Linneus and Brookfield public schools. She was employed Forty years with Brown Shoe Company in Brookfield until her retirement. She was later employed by Brookfield Housing Authority and Wal-Mart Pharmacy prior to moving to Kirksville in 1991 to be near her son. Viola moved back to Brookfield June 22, 2012 to the Brookfield Housing Unit, and in 2014 moved to Life Care Center. Mrs. Crist was a member of the First Christian Church and OES Florence Chapter #124 of Brookfield, MO. She is survived by one son Richard Leonard (Dick) Frazier and his wife Claudine of Novinger, MO; four grandchildren, Guy Ray Frazier and wife Janet Faith of Hallsville, MO, Richard Leonard Frazier II and wife Mary Ellen of Laclede, MO, Claudia Lynne Timbrook and husband Russell Lloyd (Rusty) Timbrook of Lentner, MO, and Theodore Ezra (TeddE) Frazier and wife Alice Ann of Jackson, OH; eight great grandchildren, Cortney Lynne Beckmann and husband Bryan Michael Charles of Kirksville, MO, Clarence Jayd Frazier of Novinger, MO, Julia Lynne and Guy Russell Timbrook of Lentner, MO, Lauren May Frazier and fiancée Derek Alexander Dixon of St. Louis, MO, Kristen Richelle Frazier of St. Louis, MO, and Haley Nicole and Taylor Ezra Frazier of Jackson, OH; two great- great grandsons: Edwyn Frazier Beckmann and Emryc Mace Beckmann of Kirksville, MO. Viola was also preceded in death by her parents; four brothers; Elmer Thomas (Lighting), Earl Ray (Pude), Harold Belmont (Duck) and Theodore Walter (Sunshine/Sunny) Mace; two sisters, Mary Willard and Pearl Schaefer; and one great-grandson, Theodore Ezra Frazier II

Viola Lucille Crist

August 4, 1919 - June 26, 2017