Zelma Foote

Zelma Lucinda Foote, 89, of Hume, Missouri, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born November 5, 1918 in Hume, Missouri, the daughter of Ira Roland and Emily May Lee Davidson. She married Paul Kenneth Foote on December 30, 1937 at Mound City, Kansas. He preceded her in death May 16, 2006. Zelma was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening. She was a member of the Hume United Methodist Church and the Independence Club. She was preceded also by her parents, two brothers, Ernest "Bill" Davidson and Wayne Davidson and two sisters, Vena Hess and Zelma's twin sister, Zola Mellenbruch. Survivors include one son, Kenneth E. "Gene" Foote & Diane of San Diego, California; two daughters, Maxine Dixon of Pleasanton, Kansas and Freda Elledge of Raytown, Missouri; two sisters-in-law, Oleta Davidson and Margaret Needham; ten grandchildren; twenty-two great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, March 31, 2008 at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Hume, Missouri. Visitation will be from 1:00 until service time at the chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Hume United Methodist Church or Country View Nursing Home Activity Fund. Interment will be in the Hume Cemetery. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.coffelschneider.com. Arrangements: Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, Hume, Missouri