Sydonna L. Cooney, “Grandma Sam,” age 79, of Otterville, died Monday, April 15, 2019.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19, at Heckart Funeral Home in Sedalia. Burial will follow at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Otterville.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, at Heckart Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Wounded Warrior Project.

Surviving are a daughter, Pat Seifert and her husband, Gene, of Otterville; four grandchildren, Jonathan Seifert, Preston Seifert, Shelby Geromini and Shaunna Pace; ten great-grandchildren, Jessica, Devyn, Mariah, Tanner, Wyatt, Lukas, Finley, Gage, Austin and Ava; and a brother, Harold Hackler.

In addition to her husband, John Austin “Bud” Cooney; and parents, Lynford and Winnie (Henderson) Hackler; she was preceded in death by two daughters, Donna Geromini and Debra Sue Cooney.