Madge grew up in Metz and graduated from Metz High School. For 35 years she served as Postmaster in Metz until her retirement. In 1998 she moved to Nevada where she has continued to reside. Madge was a member of Rinehart Christian Church. She enjoyed quilting, was past President of the Vernon County Genealogical Society, and was well known for her cooking.
She is survived by one daughter, Lora Johnson and her husband Gary, Richards, MO; two sons, John Baze, Rich Hill, MO, and Ed Baze and his wife Mary, Independence, MO; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband Dryden, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Homer Lyons, and Howard Lyons; an infant daughter, Wanda Carol Baze, and a grandson, Alfred Dryden Baze.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with Pastor Kevin Moyers officiating. Interment will follow in Balltown Cemetery in Horton, MO. Friends may call after 1:00 p.m. on Thursday and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.
Memorials are suggested to Rinehart Christian Church in c/o Ferry Funeral Home.
