Lois Maxine Deatherage was born in Agency, MO on October 31 1922 to Robert and Idona Deatherage. Maxine attended Lafayette High School St. Joseph MO and Lake Worth Junior College in Lake Worth Florida. She met and married a pro-baseball player Charles ‘Babe’ Glunt. He was playing AAA ball at Phil Welch Stadium in St. Joseph, where Maxine had a job at the concession stand. They married and traveled following his career and ultimately settled in Lake Worth Florida. Throughout those years they had six children.
Maxine was an entrepreneur at heart, she started an upholstery business in her garage (with the exceptional help of her kids, who got to keep every coin they found), and later transitioned to making drapes. She was self-taught and was very successful at it. In addition, she opened an antique store and later a gift shop in Lake Worth FL, The Blue Heron Gift Shop.
Maxine loved to travel. Her early experience following her husband as he moved from one baseball team to another gave birth to that love of travel. She traveled to nine European countries and enjoyed multiple cruises to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Alaska.
Maxine had a love for writing poetry and had one of her poems published of which she was very proud.
Maxine was a strong woman enduring many personal heartaches and loss, physical injuries, cancer, a heart attack and kidney failure. She endured these with grace, dignity, and class. She even delivered one of her own grandchildren who was named after her, Micki Taylor.
Maxine loved jewelry, classy dresses, shoes, flamingos and almost anything pink and of course she added her own signature flair.
She loved to dance, and dancing is where she met her last husband, David Hurst. David made her last seventeen years full of love and laughter. He proceeded her in death by five months.
Maxine’s faith was a big part of her life and many of her poems reflect that faith. She often wondered “Who will be the first loved one she will see in heaven?”.
She was, even at 100 years old, a force to be reckoned with, and she never lost her love of life and her love for family.
She passed quietly and peacefully at home with family.
Maxine had many names in this life, but the best was mother.
Maxine is preceded in death by her parents Robert and Idona (Beckner) Deatherage, Brothers, Oliver Deatherage, Robert Deatherage, Wayne Deatherage, and Bill Deatherage and a sister Betty Hawk. Three daughters, Joyce Lynn Glunt (died at three days old), Judith Ann Phillips, and Betty Renae Viatori. Husbands Charles ‘Babe’ Glunt, Eban Monroe and David Hurst.
She is survived by a sister Lorene Marshall St. Joseph MO, three sons, Kenneth Charles Glunt, of Norman OK. Clifford Jack Glunt of Tallahassee FL, Gary Wayne Glunt of St. Joseph MO. Numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Many nieces, nephews and on and on. Along with many loving friends.
Visitation, 5:30 - 6:30 PM Wednesday evening at Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel followed by a memorial service at 6:30 PM.
Mrs. Monroe will be cremated following the services. Inurnment at the Agency Cemetery at a later date.
