Funeral Services will follow at 11:00 am Friday. Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Friday, March 6, 2020 at Freeman Cemetery in Freeman, Missouri.
Memorial contributions may be made to Old Pueblo Chapter DAR or Pleasant Hill Historical Society. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com
Zoe Rene Bishop was born January 21, 1931, the daughter of Robert Earl and Hazel Irene Warner Nicholls. Zoe grew up on her parents’ farm south of Pleas-ant Hill, MO. Her maternal grandparents were John Jefferson and Anna May Warner and her paternal grandparents were William Thomas and Lettie Ann Nicholls.
A retired teacher of 33 years in the Missouri school system. Zoe was a member of the Daughters of American Revolution and organizing member of the Old Pueblo Chapter in Tucson, AZ., where she spent 14 years after retire-ment. She was a member of the Ashland United Methodist Church in North Kansas City after relocating from Tucson, AZ. in 2014. She enjoyed traveling, spending time with family, meeting new people, camping and was an avid reader.
Zoe was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, William Earl and John Warner Nicholls, her sister Maeletta Erelene Smith, and her daughter Vera
Lynn Hatch. She is survived by her children, Vickie L. Bishop, V. Lolita Whit-worth, and Velma L. Butler and husband Steven. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Renee D. Boley (Trey), William I. Stuecken (Kerri), Amanda Freidline (Louis), Allen Hatch (Shannon), Chris Whitworth (Jessica), and Taylor Whitworth, along with a great-grandchild Jordan Boley.
Zoe Rene Bishop was born January 21, 1931, the daughter of Robert Earl and Hazel Irene Warner Nicholls. Zoe grew up on her parents’ farm south of Pleas-ant Hill, MO. Her maternal grandparents were John Jefferson and Anna May Warner and her paternal grandparents were William Thomas and Lettie Ann Nicholls.
A retired teacher of 33 years in the Missouri school system. Zoe was a member of the Daughters of American Revolution and organizing member of the Old Pueblo Chapter in Tucson, AZ., where she spent 14 years after retire-ment. She was a member of the Ashland United Methodist Church in North Kansas City after relocating from Tucson, AZ. in 2014. She enjoyed traveling, spending time with family, meeting new people, camping and was an avid reader.
Zoe was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, William Earl and John Warner Nicholls, her sister Maeletta Erelene Smith, and her daughter Vera
Lynn Hatch. She is survived by her children, Vickie L. Bishop, V. Lolita Whit-worth, and Velma L. Butler and husband Steven. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Renee D. Boley (Trey), William I. Stuecken (Kerri), Amanda Freidline (Louis), Allen Hatch (Shannon), Chris Whitworth (Jessica), and Taylor Whitworth, along with a great-grandchild Jordan Boley.
