Anna E. Shook, age 72, of Jefferson City, died Monday, February 13, 2006, at St. Marys Health Center. She was born in St. Anthony on June 1, 1933, a daughter of the late Anton and Gertrude (Holtmeyer) Goeller.

In 1964, in California she was married to Guy Shook, who survives at the home. Anna was a member of St. Peters Catholic Church in Jefferson City. She worked at Chesebrough Ponds for several years.

Others who survive her include: two sons, Guy Anton Shook of Holts Summit and Gregory Guy Shook of Pontiac, Michigan; one brother, Jerome Goeller of Jefferson City; four sisters, Marie Wenrick of Jefferson City, Dorothy Schroll of Girard, Illinois, Eleanor Reed of Jefferson City and Donna Kleffner of Ballwin and five grandchildren. One daughter, Kathy Bemboom and three brothers, Ray, John and Clarence Goeller also preceded her in death.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, February 20 at Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. Rev. Francis Stuart, OSB will officiate. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Anna Shook Memorial Fund.

I am sending this death notice of Anna Goeller Shook of Jefferson City. Her family were our neighbors back in the 1940s as I was growing up in Iberia. Anna and her twin sister, Dorothy, were my classmates in the 7th and 8th grades at the Iberia elementary school. Tony and Gertie Goeller had a large family including Marie, Anna, Dorothy, Jerome, Raymond, Eleanor, Clarence/Pete, John and Donna. I think there were 12 children, but 3 must have died in early childhood......Anna has been cremated and I was told today her ashes will be placed in the same grave as her brother, Clarence/Pete Goeller, at the St. Anthony Cemetery. She was first married to a man named Garland Ambrose (many years older than Anna) and after his death, she married Guy Shook in California.