MILDRED RICHTER DAWSON

Mildred Richter Dawson, 76, of Holts Summit, died Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at Jefferson City Manor Care Center. She was born on July 4, 1927, in Jefferson City, the daughter of James Anton Richter and Helen Irene Kretschmar Richter. She was married in November 1946, in Kansas to Ralph Dawson who died July 1993. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Vicki and Chester Surface, Holts Summit and Jackie Irwin, Holts Summit; six grandchildren, Curt Eickoff, Leigh Ann Autenrieth, Jill Underwood, Robin Baumbach, Nicole Irwin, Sara Irwin; and five great-grandchildren, Austin Baumbach, Tyler Baumbach, Levi Autenrieth, Gage Autenrieth, and Halley Eickoff. She was preceded in death by two sons, Ralph Douglas Dawson and William Blake Dawson. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2004, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald W. Lammers officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Visitation will be 12:00-2 p.m. Friday at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1900 N. Providence Rd., Suite 209, Columbia, Mo 65202; or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 1311 Mamaronecke Av., Third Floor, White Plains, NY 10605. Those wishing to send condolences or tributes to the family may do so at www.dulletrimble.com. Mrs. Dawson was employed with McGraw Edison and retired after 25 years from Von Hoffmann Press in 1992. She attended St. Peter Catholic Church and was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.