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Mrs. Juanita J. Crystal
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Juanita Jo Crystal, 72, of Sedalia, died Thursday night, June 12, 2003, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
She was born June 22, 1930, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, daughter of Lloyd A. and Dova Juanita Oharah Walker. On December 5, 1948, in Bourbon County, Kansas, she married James D. Crystal, who died February 11, 1999.
Mrs. Crystal was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She was a graduate of the Uniontown High School in Uniontown, Kansas. She attended Kansas City Secretarial College in Kansas City, Missouri, and was a Missouri Delegate in 1976 to the first White House conference of handicapped in Washington DC. She was a member of the Pettis County Development Disability Board, Cattleman's Association and National Federation of Business. She loved painting, creative writing, teaching Sunday School, entertaining and genealogy. Mrs. Crystal was co-founder and owner of Jim's Tire Service since 1965.
Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Ulmer and Kelly Sobaski, both of Sedalia; two sons, Kraig Crystal and Kerry Crystal, both of Green Ridge; a brother, Jay Walker of Camdenton, Missouri; a sister, Kay Hart of Bluffton, South Carolina; nine grandchildren; and a great granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at New Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Marvin Nobles and the Rev. Wayne Isgriggs officiating. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Matthew Sobaski, Mitchell Sobaski, Mick Merriott, Chad Crystal, Bryan Crystal and Kevin Jones.
Honorary pallbearers will be Edna & A.G. (Ab) Abney, Donnis & Elvis Durrill, Darlene & Ralph Thomas, Joyce & John Williams, and Marion & Ruth Schmidt.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Sunday at the Heckart/ Gillespie Funeral Home.
The family suggests contributions to the mission or charity of the donor's choice.
