Mrs. Callis graduated from Smith-Cotton High School in 1952, and attended William Woods College in Fulton, where she majored in art. She moved back to Sedalia in 1963 when her husband went to work for CW Flower Company, which they later purchased and operated. She was a member of Broadway Presbyterian Church for nearly fifty years. She was a nurturing mother and grandmother, talented artist, strong Christian, wonderful friend and a tireless volunteer.
Also surviving are two sons, J. Mark Callis, and his wife, Maureen, and Cliff Callis, and his wife, Charlyn, all of Sedalia; a son-in-law, David Gaspard, of Sedalia; two brothers, Hank Monsees, and his wife, Janet, of Prairie Village, Kan., and Tony Monsees, and his wife, Pat, of Sedalia; six grandchildren, Rachel Callis, Tyler Callis, Devin Gaspard, and his wife, Amanda, Graham Gaspard, and his wife, Brittney, Logan Gaspard and Mason Gaspard; and two great grandchildren, Landon Gaspard and
Jackson Horn.
She was predeceased by a daughter, Camye Noel Callis Gaspard; and her mother, father and stepfather, Dick Monsees.
Funeral services will be at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Heckart Funeral Home, with the Rev. Nancy Carle and the Rev. Dr. Dennis Haines officiating.
Pallbearers will be her grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be Maureen Callis, Charlyn Callis, Amanda Gaspard and Brittney Gaspard.
Burial will be private in High Point.
The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. until service time Monday at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Camye Callis Gaspard memorial fund in care of Bothwell Regional Health Center Foundation, or to the Broadway Presbyterian Church memorial fund.
Cynthia L. Callis, 72, of Sedalia, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.
She was born Sept. 27, 1935, in Sedalia, a daughter of Edwin Leo and Ruby Lou Bremer Mynatt. On Oct. 30, 1953, in Fayette, she was married to James B. Callis, who survives of the home.
