John Alden Cheek
John Alden Cheek, 74, Bolivar, died Thursday, July 8, 1999, in his home. He was born in Fair Play on April 16, 1925, the fourth of five children born to John and Fern Cheek. He graduated from Fair Play High School in 1942. After a five-year tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he attended Southwest Missouri State University and received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia. On June 26, 1947, he was united in marriage to Evelyn Tappert in Ozark. To this union one daughter, Vivian Delia, was born on June 14, 1952. From 1950 to his retirement in 1980, he was an educator and administrator in the Washington, Jackson, Polk and St. Louis county school systems. After his retirement in 1980, he moved to Bolivar. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Cheek, Bolivar; his daughter, Vivian Delia, Wildwood; two brothers, Beuford Cheek of Bolivar and Charles Cheek of Rocheport; one sister, Lucille Buxton of Potosi; numerous other relatives and many friends. Services were Sunday, July 11, in Butler Funeral Home with burial following in Lindley Prairie Cemetery. Casketbearers were Dale Jackson, Derral Cloyd, Greg Ashlock, Mike Parson, Ian Cloyd and Pat Cheek.
