Julia 'Julie' Loretta McCurren

Julia ?Julie? Loretta McCurren, 78, of Edina, Mo., died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Mo.

A Mass was held Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina, Mo. Interment was in St. Joseph New Catholic Cemetery in Edina, Mo.

Memorials to the Nutrition Site or library may be mailed to Doss Funeral Home at 208 N. Fourth, Edina, MO 63537.

Mrs. McCurren was born May 8, 1933, in Indian Creek, Mo., the daughter of C.E. and Johanna Lillis Walker Hays.

Mrs. McCurren graduated from Swinkey High School as valedictorian in 1952. She married John Edward ?Jack? McCurren June 6, 1951, in St. Stephens Catholic Church in Indian Creek, Mo. He died Aug. 8, 2010.

Survivors include six children: Ric McCurren and wife Patty of Fairfield, Donna Gagne and husband Don of Placerville, Calif., Don McCurren of Edina, Mo., Debbie Edwards and husband Steve of Edina, Kent McCurren and wife Debbie of Edina and Rodney McCurren and wife Betty of Ashland, Mo.; one sister: Marcella Kendrick of Shelbina, Mo.; two brothers, Paul Walker of Monroe City, Mo., and Tom Hays of the Quad Cities, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.