Mrs. Maxine Kay Rundberg

October 10, 1938 - April 4, 2012

Maxine Kay (Miller) Rundberg, 73, of Desloge, MO was surrounded by family when she went to her Heavenly home on April 4, 2012. She was born in Lesterville, MO on October 10, 1938 to the late Raymond and Ruby (Crocker) Miller. Maxine is survived by her husband Karl Rundberg of Desloge, MO and her daughter, Deborah Hammor of Ironton, MO; son and daughter in law, Timothy and Laura Cox of Ironton, MO; daughter and son-in-law, Terri and Jerry Callis of Cape Girardeau, MO, and daughter, Cheryl Ann Laird of Lewisberry, PA. She is also survived by one brother, Jim Miller of Farmington, MO, ten grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was looking forward to the arrival of her first great grandchild. Maxine was preceded in death by her son, William "Billy" Dean Cox, her first husband Bill Cox, and two brothers, William "Bill" Sr. and Glenn Miller. Maxine was a 1956 graduate of Ironton High School. She worked a variety of jobs during her lifetime which included telephone switchboard operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone, several positions at Farmington Community Hospital (now Parkland), manager of Fort Davidson Motel, and co-owner of Ozark Publishing Company. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, fishing, sunbathing, and talking on the phone with family and friends. Family is what she truly loved and devoted her life toward.