Mrs. Thelma Lorene Salyer, 87, of Carthage, Missouri formerly of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the Carthage Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, Missouri. Lorene entered this life on April 4, 1925 in Sarcoxie, Missouri born to the late Jake and Eula (Elkins) Burrow. She was raised in Sarcoxie, Missouri and was a graduate of Sarcoxie High School. On May 2, 1953 in Webb City, Missouri she was united in marriage to Lynn F. Salyer and to this union one daughter was born. She had worked as a phone operator for the Sarcoxie Phone Company before starting her employment with Juvenile Shoe also located in Sarcoxie. She retired from Jumping Jacks Shoe Company in Monett, Missouri in 1987. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lynn F. Salyer on July 15, 1961; and one brother, Carl Burrow. Lorene is survived by one daughter, Kathy Payne and husband, Rick, of Carthage, Missouri. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Salyer are 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 13, 2012 at the Sarcoxie Cemetery in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Pastor Don Sullivan officiating. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 6-7:00 p.m. in the chapel of Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri. 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.