Loretta Theresa Neuner

Miss Neuner was the daughter of Theodore John Neuner and Elizabeth Marie Lueckenhoff Neuner. She is survived by four sisters, Erma Hasenbeck, Irene Neuner, Mary Ann Neuner, and Marge Bose, all of Jefferson City; a brother, Ted R. Neuner, Jefferson City; and eighteen nieces and nephews. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church; the Perpetual Adoration Society at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph; was an active supporter of the Carmelite Monastery; and received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award from Pope John Paul II in the Jubilee Year 2000. Memorials are suggested to the Carmelite Monastery, 2201 W. Main Street, Jefferson City, MO 65109; or Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, 1206 E. McCarty Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101. A graduate of Freeburg High School, she was an elementary school teacher in Osage County, New Haven, and Wardsville; had served as a secretary with the Missouri Secretary of State and the Missouri State Auditor; and for forty-three years worked in various capacities with the Chancery Office of the Jefferson City Catholic Diocese, most recently with the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal.