After a long illness, Donnis Ruth Korff of Sarcoxie, Missouri passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at St. Luke's Nursing Center in Carthage, Missouri at the age of 82. Donnis was born on March 7, 1925 in Sarcoxie, Missouri, the daughter of Mansfield Taylor Cockrell and Effie May (Haley) Cockrell. She was a lifelong resident of Sarcoxie. On March 7, 1942, she married Etkar Alvin Korff. Donnis and Etkar had two daughters and one son. A devoted homemaker, Donnis also worked for many years at Juvenile Shoe in Sarcoxie and, later, for ten years, as part of the nation's space program at Rocketdyne in Neosho. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Sarcoxie. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant son, Bruce Andre Korff, and her husband of fifty-eight years, Etkar, who passed away on July 19, 2000. Donnis is survived by her two daughters; Becky Rainwater and husband, Gary, of Chesterfield, Missouri and Kristin Crisalli and husband, David, of Simi Valley, California; four grandchildren, Kate Crisalli, Andrea Crisalli, David Rainwater, and Christopher Rainwater and wife, Hallie; three great grandchildren, Abigail, Spencer, and Parker Rainwater; a sister, Georgia Pauline Jenkins of Carl Junction, Missouri; and a brother, Houston Cockrell of Dodge City, Kansas. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the Sarcoxie Cemetery. Following the service, there will be a reception at the Sarcoxie Community Center until 12:00 noon. Those serving as pallbearers are Christopher Rainwater, David Rainwater, Michael Dawson, Nathan Dawson, David Crisalli, and Darrell Kopf. Memorials are being directed to the Alzheimer's Association, Trinity Lutheran Church of Sarcoxie, or the Sarcoxie Cemetery Fund. Contributions may be left at the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.