Willa Clodine Metje

Willa Clodine Metje, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, September 6, 2018. She was born June 21, 1935 in Cape Girardeau, MO, the daughter of Russell Morrison “Mutt” and Sarah Kathleen “Dickie” Slinkard Wachter. She married Gary Wayne Metje in Cape Girardeau on May 29, 1955 and they shared 63 years of love and devotion. He was by her side as she passed peacefully in their home. She was a proud employee of JCPenney in Cape Girardeau for many years. An active member of Evangelical United Church of Christ, she also belonged to the Friendship Circle and attended Sunday school and helped prepare church suppers. Family and friends will remember Clodine as a wonderful, kind, and thoughtful lady. If she had your address, you probably received a card from her. She always kept a stock of Blistex and Tic Tacs. She was a collector of angels and drummer boys. She always had a scrapbook (or several) in progress and her family will cherish them for years to come. She was a wonderful cook, and her chicken & dumplings, cheesecake, waffles, ground beef & gravy, bread & butter pickles, and sausage & rice are often duplicated, but never replicated. She was also a fan of St. Louis Cardinal baseball and enjoyed visits to downtown Cape to watch the Mississippi River. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Kim Metje of Staunton, Virginia; a son, Kirk Metje of Cape Girardeau; grandchildren Keri (Josh) Billig of Davidson, North Carolina, Brad (Michelle) Metje of Fishersville, VA, Katelyn (Ted) Ivie of Cape Girardeau, Kris (Alli) Metje of Cape Girardeau, and Josh Metje of New York, New York; and a brother, Don (Rosalee) Wachter of Arizona. Also surviving are great-grandchildren Annabelle and Jay Billig, Michael and McKenzie Via, and Blake, Max, Hazel, and Olive Ivie. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Todd Michael Metje, on February 29, 2016. Visitation will be 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Monday, September 10, 2018 at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau with the Pastor Daniel Johnson officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau. In lieu of flowers, expressions of love and sympathy may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 9370 Olive Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63132 and include “Clodine’s Crusaders” in the memo line. The family would like to extend their appreciation to Southeast Hospice and the in-home caregivers who made it possible for Clodine to spend her final years in her family home. “If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses, and all prejudice against my fellow man. Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God. If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.” -Robert Noel Test Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

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Willa Clodine Metje

June 21, 1935 - September 6, 2018