Della Fern Blunt was born on 28. Mar. 1944 at Harviell, Butler County, Missouri. She was the daughter of
Paul Blunt and
Alma Stout. Della Fern Blunt married
Calvin Ora Conover, son of
Nathaniel Coburn Conover Sr. and
Essie Mayme Jones Wingate, on 27. Jul. 1962 at Emanuel Baptist Church, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. Della Fern Blunt died on 5. Jun. 2007 at Kansas Universiity Medical Center, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, at age 63.
Della Conover
Della Blunt Conover, 63, of Sedalia, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
She was born March 28, 1944, in Harviell, a daughter of Paul and Alma Blunt. She was married for 44 years to Calvin O. Conover, who survives of the home.
She had been a resident of Sedalia for the past 31 years.
She was a devoted mother and grandmother.
She always put the needs of her family and friends first. She had a natural gift with gardening and crafts.
Della arranged and coordinated all family gatherings. She always kept everyone’s wishes in mind.
Also surviving are three children, Calvin T. Conover, P. Nathaniel Conover and Cheryl G. Conover-Jones; her mother, Alma Blunt; a brother, Ben Blunt; three sisters, Vienna Wiley, Lorretta Raines and Sharon Wilkerson; and four grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her father.
Graveside services will be 11 a.m. today at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City. Arrangements are under the direction of Mount Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home in Kansas City.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the National Kidney Foundation.