Dudley Mack Divine III

Dudley Mack Divine III, 56, of Momence, Ill., passed away Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003, after a one-year battle with cancer. Mack was born June 10, 1947, in Lamar,Mo., to Dudley Mack Divine II and Jackie Perry Divine.

He was a pipe fitter supervisor. He was a Catholic. Mack graduated from Nevada High School in 1965. He served in the United States Coast Guard.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, of the home; his mother, Jackie Bobbitt, Lamar; two sisters, Deena Tharp, Green Forest, Ark., and Donna Meckfessel, Maryland Heights, Mo.; two sons, Dudley Mack Divine IV, Buckner, Mo., Michael Perry Divine, Higginsville, Mo.; two daughters, Sara Divine and Jenna Divine, Clarkston, Wash.; one granddaughter, four stepsons; and 13 grandchildren.

Funeral Mass was at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Momence, Ill., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at 10 a.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Mary K. Finley Library, Lamar, Mo.