Essie L. Krupinski

Essie L. Krupinski, 83, Richards, Mo., died Thursday, March, 18, 2004, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born Jan. 26, 1921, in Harrison, Ark., to the late Obea Washington Jackson and Elsie R. O'Daniel Jackson. She was married Nov. 18, 1968, in Miami, Okla., to Joseph W. Krupinski and he survives of the home.

Mrs. Krupinski was a member of the Parkway Church of God - Holiness in Fort Scott, Kan. She was a homemaker.

Along with her husband Joseph, survivors include two sons, James Jackson, Richards, Mo., and Walter Louck, Bates City, Mo.; one daughter, Erlene Reno, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, James Jackson and Thomas Jackson, both of Edwards, Mo., and William Jackson, Blue Springs, Mo.; four sisters, Verna Mae Brock, Granby, Mo., Bonnie Bernard, Newark, N.J., Mary Lou Motley, Stotesbury, Mo., and Launa Parker, Kansas City, Mo. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Albert Louck; one brother and one sister.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 20, at Milster Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo., with Pastor Mark D. Stetler officiating. Interment will follow in Richland Cemetery, Richards, Mo. Friends may call from 12 p.m., to 7 p.m., Friday and from 8 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.