Mary Louise Garven

In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the Elsberry United Methodist Church or Heartland Home Hospice. Mary Louise Garven, of St. Charles, Missouri, died on Friday, February 6, 2009 at the age of 79. Dear wife of the late Robert P. Garven; dear daughter of the late Oscar L. Bond, Sr. and the late Lellah Bond; loving mother of Carol Ann Garven and Rev. Paul (Lisa) Garven; cherished grandmother of Christopher Stephen Garven and Tyler Robert Garven; dear sister of Dorothy Terry, the late Oscar Bond, Jr. and the late Joseph Bond, Sr.; she is preceded in death by her first husband Robert Paul Garven and her second husband Harold Walker; Mary was loved by many nieces, nephews, family and friends. Mary was a co-owner of Garven's Jewel Mart in St. Louis, Missouri. She was also a former nurse at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis for 2 years. Mary was a wife, mother, homemaker, and a valued employee for the Frick Co.