Mildred F. Oakes

May 8, 1914 - January 11, 2019

Burial Date: January 16, 2019

Funeral Home Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home

Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery

  • Visitation: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 from 5-8 PM @ Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home
  • Burial: Wednesday: January 16, 2019 @ 10 AM @ Woodlawn Cemetery, De Soto, MO

Mildred Florine Oakes was born on May 8, 1914 in St. Louis, MO.  She was the daughter of Henry & Mary (nee Rauch) Link.  She died on January 11, 2019 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hopsice Home in Winston-Salem, NC at the age of 104.

She is survived by her 2 sons, Jerry Oakes of Birmingham, AL; and David Oaks of College Station, TX; grandchildren, Kathleen, Matthew, Peter, Paula and Benjamin.  Mildred was a great-grandmother and great-great grandmother also.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Marvin Oakes; and a brother, Oliver Link.