Wilmetta Rose Jeffries

Visitation and Funeral Service has been moved to the First Baptist Church in Lamar, MO.

Wilmetta Rose Jeffries, age 93, of Lamar, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. 

Wilmetta was born June 25,1930, in Lamar, Missouri, to Earl William and Thelma Melissa (Rose) Frogge. She was the oldest of five siblings. 

During high school, her parents owned a dairy farm where she would help deliver milk before school, rain or shine. She was a drum majorette, graduating from Lamar High School in 1947. On June 27, 1948, she married her high school sweetheart, Philip Jeffries, a union of nearly 61 years. Being a minister's wife, she had a heart for the Lord and was willing to travel alongside him wherever the Lord led them. She worked several years as a receptionist for Dr. Small, a local chiropractor. In 1971, they moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where Phil accepted a job. While living there, she was very involved in the Rebsamen Golf Course Ladies Association and was a member of a ladies bridge club. Phil's work moved them overseas briefly, living on the Micronesian Island of Pohnpei. In 2008, they moved back to Lamar to be near family due to Phil's declining health. She was a true example of a Godly women who lovingly and selflessly cared for her family. 

Survivors include a son, Dennis (Carol) Jeffries, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a daughter, Gale (Tom) Main, Lamar, Missouri; 9 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren, and 5 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Jeanette McColm, Kansas City, Missouri; a brother Larry (Marsha) Frogge, Sedalia, Missouri; and a sister-in-law, Marilyn Frogge Davies, Platte City, Missouri. 

Wilmetta was preceded in death by her husband, a brother, Wayne Frogge, a sister and brother-in-law, Carmen and Gerald Dean Medlin, and a brother-in-law, Larry McColm. 

 A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 17, 2024, at the First Baptist Church in Lamar, MO., with burial to follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Lamar, MO.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 17, 2024, prior to the service at the First Baptist Church in Lamar, MO.

Memorial gifts may be made payable to the First Baptist Church of Lamar in care of Daniel Funeral Home.

 Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com