Stella May (Bell) Boots-Steele, passed away quietly at the home of her son Robert in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
She was born to Alonzo Earl and Martha Elizabeth (Hatt) Bell, at Linville, Montgomery County, Indiana, on January 7, 1930. She graduated as class valedictorian from Alamo High School in 1948, and was active in the Alamo Christian Church and 4-H.
Stella then went on to work in the clerical field at R.R. Donnelly, where she met her future husband Lawrence Boots. They were married in January 25th, 1951, living first in Crawfordsville, later moving to the New Market area in 1952, where she lived until the early 1990s. During this time she supported her husband with his many activities, one which included the Businessmen's Fish Fry (she made a wicked cony sauce for several years), and raising their two sons. She was active in the New Market Christian Church, where she enjoyed studying, teaching, music and helped with clerical support. She was active in supporting school activities at New Market. She sang in the Montgomery County Woman's Choir in the 1960s; painted several baptistry murals in local churches; worked at the Montgomery County License Branch, County Clerk, and J.C. Penny. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star at Alamo. Lawrence passed in 1981, after which she married Ronald Steele of Indianapolis in 1992. She moved to the Indianapolis westside until he passed in 2017. There she worked as an historic interpreter at Conner Prairie and sales at L.S. Ayres. She returned to live for a few years at Wellbrook of Crawfordsville until the CVODI pandemic, when she moved into the home of her family in Springfield, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Warren, Archie, and William "Red" Bell; husbands Lawrence Chayce Boots and Ronald Samuel Steele; and son, Michael, and daughter in-law Susan (Robert).
. (Obituary from Crawfordsville Journal-Review, July 21, 2022)
She was born to Alonzo Earl and Martha Elizabeth (Hatt) Bell, at Linville, Montgomery County, Indiana, on January 7, 1930. She graduated as class valedictorian from Alamo High School in 1948, and was active in the Alamo Christian Church and 4-H.
Stella then went on to work in the clerical field at R.R. Donnelly, where she met her future husband Lawrence Boots. They were married in January 25th, 1951, living first in Crawfordsville, later moving to the New Market area in 1952, where she lived until the early 1990s. During this time she supported her husband with his many activities, one which included the Businessmen's Fish Fry (she made a wicked cony sauce for several years), and raising their two sons. She was active in the New Market Christian Church, where she enjoyed studying, teaching, music and helped with clerical support. She was active in supporting school activities at New Market. She sang in the Montgomery County Woman's Choir in the 1960s; painted several baptistry murals in local churches; worked at the Montgomery County License Branch, County Clerk, and J.C. Penny. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star at Alamo. Lawrence passed in 1981, after which she married Ronald Steele of Indianapolis in 1992. She moved to the Indianapolis westside until he passed in 2017. There she worked as an historic interpreter at Conner Prairie and sales at L.S. Ayres. She returned to live for a few years at Wellbrook of Crawfordsville until the CVODI pandemic, when she moved into the home of her family in Springfield, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Warren, Archie, and William "Red" Bell; husbands Lawrence Chayce Boots and Ronald Samuel Steele; and son, Michael, and daughter in-law Susan (Robert).
. (Obituary from Crawfordsville Journal-Review, July 21, 2022)
Stella May (Bell) Boots-Steele, passed away quietly at the home of her son Robert in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
She was born to Alonzo Earl and Martha Elizabeth (Hatt) Bell, at Linville, Montgomery County, Indiana, on January 7, 1930. She graduated as class valedictorian from Alamo High School in 1948, and was active in the Alamo Christian Church and 4-H.
Stella then went on to work in the clerical field at R.R. Donnelly, where she met her future husband Lawrence Boots. They were married in January 25th, 1951, living first in Crawfordsville, later moving to the New Market area in 1952, where she lived until the early 1990s. During this time she supported her husband with his many activities, one which included the Businessmen's Fish Fry (she made a wicked cony sauce for several years), and raising their two sons. She was active in the New Market Christian Church, where she enjoyed studying, teaching, music and helped with clerical support. She was active in supporting school activities at New Market. She sang in the Montgomery County Woman's Choir in the 1960s; painted several baptistry murals in local churches; worked at the Montgomery County License Branch, County Clerk, and J.C. Penny. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star at Alamo. Lawrence passed in 1981, after which she married Ronald Steele of Indianapolis in 1992. She moved to the Indianapolis westside until he passed in 2017. There she worked as an historic interpreter at Conner Prairie and sales at L.S. Ayres. She returned to live for a few years at Wellbrook of Crawfordsville until the CVODI pandemic, when she moved into the home of her family in Springfield, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Warren, Archie, and William "Red" Bell; husbands Lawrence Chayce Boots and Ronald Samuel Steele; and son, Michael, and daughter in-law Susan (Robert).
. (Obituary from Crawfordsville Journal-Review, July 21, 2022)
She was born to Alonzo Earl and Martha Elizabeth (Hatt) Bell, at Linville, Montgomery County, Indiana, on January 7, 1930. She graduated as class valedictorian from Alamo High School in 1948, and was active in the Alamo Christian Church and 4-H.
Stella then went on to work in the clerical field at R.R. Donnelly, where she met her future husband Lawrence Boots. They were married in January 25th, 1951, living first in Crawfordsville, later moving to the New Market area in 1952, where she lived until the early 1990s. During this time she supported her husband with his many activities, one which included the Businessmen's Fish Fry (she made a wicked cony sauce for several years), and raising their two sons. She was active in the New Market Christian Church, where she enjoyed studying, teaching, music and helped with clerical support. She was active in supporting school activities at New Market. She sang in the Montgomery County Woman's Choir in the 1960s; painted several baptistry murals in local churches; worked at the Montgomery County License Branch, County Clerk, and J.C. Penny. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star at Alamo. Lawrence passed in 1981, after which she married Ronald Steele of Indianapolis in 1992. She moved to the Indianapolis westside until he passed in 2017. There she worked as an historic interpreter at Conner Prairie and sales at L.S. Ayres. She returned to live for a few years at Wellbrook of Crawfordsville until the CVODI pandemic, when she moved into the home of her family in Springfield, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Warren, Archie, and William "Red" Bell; husbands Lawrence Chayce Boots and Ronald Samuel Steele; and son, Michael, and daughter in-law Susan (Robert).
. (Obituary from Crawfordsville Journal-Review, July 21, 2022)
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