Chester Clyde "Ted" Hancock,

93, son of John Anderson and Cora Pharris Hancock,

was born May 26, 1906, at Dixon Missouri. He died

March 14, 2000, at his home at St. James, Missouri.

He married Irene E. Gray Hancock April 19, 1943.

They had six children.

Mr. Hancock served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to

1945 during World War II. he was a police officer at

St. James, Missouri for 10 years and a farmer, living

in the St. James area for more then 50 years.

He had many musical talents and was a story teller.

He had undergone 35 radiation treatments for cancer,

bleeding ulcers and received a pace maker. At 92, he

still drove to town twice a week, walked to his daughter's

and to the mailbox as many as three times a day.

About a year ago, he broke a hip. He was preceded in

death by his parents, one grandson, one great-grandson,

five brothers and two sisters.

Surviving are his wife, Irene, of the home; six children,

Jenny Wehmeyer, Vernita Morris, Velmer Hancock and

Venton Hancock of St. James, Vernon Hancock of Rolla,

Missouri, Vera Smith of Gonzales, La., and Jeannie

Gambardella of Buena Park, Calif.; one brother, Paul

Hancock of Bucyrus, Missouri; one sister, Clara Hart of

Carthage, Missouri; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-

grandchildren.

Services were March 18 at the James and Gahr

Mortuary Chapel in St. James with Leslie Koerber

officiating. Burial was in the Hancock Family Cemetery.

** SPECIAL NOTE **

The Family of Ted Hancock

Donated a acre of land to the City of St. James

to Starting a new cemetery.

The name of the cemetery is

the Hancock Family Cemetery

(Uncle Ted is the first one in it.)