MARGARET HENRIETTA BAX
May 25, 1915 ~ April 6, 2007
Margaret Henrietta Bax, 91, of Jefferson City, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at St. Joseph Home for the Aged. She as born on May 25, 1915, in St. Thomas, MO, the daughter of Henry and Anna Sommer Schulte. She was married on Nov. 28, 1945, in St. Thomas to Adolph Frank Bax who died on Dec. 18, 1995. A homemaker, Mrs. Bax was employed with St. Elizabeth Public School, and later as a clerk with the Missouri Dept. of Revenue until retiring in 1977. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church. Survivors include two sons and two daughters-in-law, Joseph and Bernice Bax, Eldon, MO; and Dennis and Ann Bax, Jefferson City; two daughters and two sons-in-law, Marcia and Steve Slaughter, Brazito, MO; and Judith and Leonard Hoelscher, Osage Bend, MO; twelve grandchildren, Melissa Nichols, Michael Bax, Matthew Bax, Cindy Dixon, Paul Bax, Michelle Bax, Meredith Boessen, Andrea Garrett, Natalie Grothoff, Tyler Slaughter, Jennifer Hoelscher, and Steven Hoelscher; ten great-grandchildren, Thomas Nichols, David Nichols, Jonathan Bax, Joseph Owsley, Grant Dixon, Andrew Boessen, Audrey Boessen, Grant Boessen, William Grothoff, and Samuel Grothoff; and two step-great-grandchildren, Cody Dixon and Benny Dixon. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Edwin Schulte; Louis Schulte; and Herman Schulte; and three sisters, Catherine Loethen; Emma Hirschberg; and Martha Schulte. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at St. Peter Catholic Church. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday, April 9th, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Memorials are suggested to St. Peter Church Building Fund, 216 Broadway, Jefferson City, MO 65101; Community Hospices of America, 2418 Hyde Park Road, Jefferson City, MO 65109; or Masses. Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.
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