Novice “Marie” Mayre Pro, age 94, of Blue Springs, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 11, 2011 in her home. She was born January 8, 1917, in Roy, Missouri, to Arthur and Flossie (Howard) Mc Jimsey. She was a member of the Worldwide Church of God. Novice was deeply loved and admired by her family and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Cotter and her second husband, Jerry Pro; parents Arthur and Flossie Majala (Howard)Mc Jimsey , her step mother Mary Rose (Nelson) Mc Jimsey; one son James Arthur Cotter; one sister Ollie Mc Jimsey; and two brothers Luther Mc Jimsey and Arthur Lamb. Novice is survived by her two children, Patricia Marie (Cotter) Powers of Springfield and Stanley Eugene Cotter of Kansas City; thirteen grandchildren; thirty- one great – grandchildren; and fifteen great- great- grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Wesley Chapel, Willard, Missouri with Pastor Don Pirwitz officiating. Services have been entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Online condolences may be made at www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com.