Eva Sterner

(From Maupin Funeral Home)

Eva Sterner, 70, died unexpectedly in her sleep at her home in Fulton on Sunday, December 15, 2024.

Since retiring from the legal profession, she had been able to spend more time coddling cats. Those cats who had the good fortune to be in her life were well-fed and well-petted.

She was born in Seattle, Washington, on May 17, 1954 to Herbert A. and Betty Anne (Pittack) Conyne.

She became a Fulton resident on February 7, 1992 when she married Robert Sterner. Their children are Paul Sterner of Fulton and Katherine Sterner of Austin, Texas.

Mr. Conyne’s metallurgist profession took her family from Washington to Ohio and California before they settled in Joplin, Missouri, where she completed high school and later returned to her alma mater to teach English and journalism. Her undergraduate education was at the University of Missouri and Missouri Western University.

As an avid reader from childhood, she enjoyed being amid all the books of bookstores, where she worked in Joplin and in Columbia.

She moved to mid-Missouri to attend the University of Missouri School of Law, and, after graduation, began her career as an assistant general counsel in the Missouri Department of Revenue. She learned several areas of law in her career, including criminal law in the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s office, where she met her future husband and never lost a jury trial; workers compensation law in the Office of the Missouri Attorney General; and child support law in the Audrain County Prosecuting Attorney’s office.

She is survived by her husband, her two children, and her sister Betty Anne (Conyne) Wilson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her parents predeceased her.

The family will be at Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton to visit with those wishing to pay their respects between 3:00 and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2024.

The family asks that any who wish to honor her memory do so with donations to the and Daisy Grabb Animal Shelter or other such animal rescue operation c/o Maupin Funeral Home, 301 Douglas Blvd, Fulton, MO 65251.