Emma L. (Whitsitt) Stoops-Baker-Mallet, 83, of Festus died May 19, 2022, in Potosi. Mrs. Stoops-Baker-Mallet grew up on her parents’ farm, later moving to the Arnold-Imperial area with her husband. She worked at Hillview Lodge Nursing Home as a nurse, cleaned houses, did night-duty nursing and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Arnold in the 1970s and the Jeffco Christian Church of Imperial from the 1990s on. She enjoyed cooking, baking, singing, playing piano, fishing and spending time with her family and friends. Born Feb. 13, 1939, near Kent, Ind., she was the daughter of the late Gladys (Cooperider) and Hiram Whitsitt. She was preceded in death by two husbands: Tom Baker and Eno Mallet.
She is survived by two children: Linda (Tim) Huelsing and David (Lynne) Stoops; five grandchildren: Cheri (Jamie Rudd) Skief, Alisa (Scotty Lewis) Stoops, Danielle (Hawk C.) Stoops, Christina Stoops and Megan Fowler; seven great-grandchildren: Brett, Kaemen, Deven, Levi, Emmett, Grayson and Gracie; a great-great-grandchild: Harper; the father of her children: Bob Stoops; and many other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by five siblings: Dorothy Cutshall, Donald Whitsitt, Joann Cope, James Whitsitt and Mary Chitwood.
Visitation was held May 22 at DeClue Funeral Home in Potosi. Burial was in the Shepherd Hills Cemetery in Barnhart. Arrangements were under the direction of DeClue Funeral Home.