Norma Fay Jarvis, 99, of De Soto died Feb. 10, 2021, at the de Greeff Hospice House in St. Louis. Mrs. Jarvis owned Norma’s Beauty Shop in De Soto. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the First Christian Church of Hematite. Born March 16, 1921, in De Soto, she was the daughter of the late Julia May Charlotte (Ruppel) and James Edwin Lewis.
She was preceded in death by her husband: Norman Jarvis.
She is survived by four children: Fay Griffith of Hillsboro, Jackie (James) Garner of Herculaneum, David (Barbara) Jarvis of Hematite and Larry Jarvis of Simi Valley, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son-in-law: Everett Griffith; seven siblings: Nan Mae Goetz, Virginia Jones, Marjorie Crow Diedrich, Betty Hubbard Rasico, Roy Lee Lewis, William “Bud” Lewis and Jack Lewis; and a grandson: Norman Griffith.
Visitation was held Feb. 13 at Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home in De Soto. Funeral services were officiated by Pastor Terry Crank. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in De Soto. Memorials may be made to People Really Interested in De Soto’s Environment (PRIDE), 429 Lembeck Lake Road, De Soto. Arrangements were under the direction of Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home.