Elza Breckenridge Chaney

Elza "Breck" Chaney, the son of the late Samuel Lee and Flora Hawks Chaney, was born in Puxico, Missouri on July 23, 1922, and passed away at the Garden View Care Center in O'Fallon, Missouri on March 14, 2007, at the age of 84 years, 7 months and 19 days. On February 24, 1946, he was married to Rita Nadine Shull in Pocahontas, Arkansas. She preceded him in death on October 3, 1994. He was a Puxico High School graduate in 1940, and had lived in St. Louis, Missouri most of his life. He had worked in management at the Union Electric Company in St. Louis for thirty years. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy where he was served with the Construction Battalion (See Bee's). He was a member of the Canaan Baptist Church in St. Louis County and was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason in St. Louis. Surviving are two grandsons, Paul B. Adamson and Brian E. Adamson both of Reno, Nevada; two brothers, David G. Chaney of Florissant, Missouri, Louis W. Chaney of O'Fallon, Missouri; two sisters, Rose Gillett of Flint, Michigan and Flora Lee Mansbridge of Fisk, Missouri. Other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Sandra K. Adamson; one brother, Sam Chaney; and one sister, Helen Payne. Friends may call on Friday, March 16, 2007, after 5:00 P.M. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico, Missouri. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2007, at 10:30 A.M. at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Puxico, Missouri with Rev. Sara "Sally" J. Chaney of Webster Groves, Missouri officiating. Interment will follow in the Puxico Cemetery in Puxico, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico, Missouri in charge of all arrangements. Full military rites will be conducted by the Stoddard County Veteran's Honor Team.