Loretta Helen Stratton, 80, of St. Louis, died Saturday morning June 1, 1996, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis .

She was a retired buyer for Stix, Baer, Fuller.

Mrs. Stratton was born March 10, 1916, in Jefferson County, a daughter of Charles and Fern (Davenport) Leonard.

July 1936, she married R. L. Stratton; he died July 3, 1964.

Memorial graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Kirk Cemetery in Ina with the Rev. Harold Quick officiating. Burial will be in Kirk Cemetery in Ina. Johnston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Stratton is survived by a sister, June Glasco and husband Jim of Bonnie, and two nieces, Sherry Stevenson of Oklahoma and Elizabeth Beard of Salem .

Mrs. Stratton was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one sister, Betty Stevenson.

Source: Mount Vernon Register News
Date: June 5, 1996
Submitted by Brenda Hereford and Nancy E. Davis