Paula Mcaulay

(From Ozark Funeral Home)

Mrs. Paula Rustine Ghidotti Macaulay, 68, of Anderson, Missouri, departed this life on Friday afternoon, March 31, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, after a recent decline in health.

Paula entered this life on March 1, 1955, in Sacramento, California, born to the late Paul Russell Lashmett, Sr. and Mary (Orrick) Lashmett. She resided in California until moving to Granby, Missouri in 1980 and a few years later to Anderson in 1982.

 

In the early 1990’s she made the decision to further her education by attending Crowder College, receiving her degree in Cartography. She was employed for several years as a Cartographer, working many years for the counties of McDonald, Newton and Jasper, retiring in 2015. She enjoyed horse back riding, NASCAR and was an amazing artist and a talented seamstress.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Italo Ghidotti and Mark Macaulay; and a brother, Paul Russell Lashmett, Jr.

Paula is survived by her two children, Dave Ghidotti and wife, Amy, of Bella Vista, Arkansas and Christina LeMasters and husband, Scooter, of Jasper, Missouri; seven grandchildren, Nick Adkins, Keagan Spurgeon, Brayden Spurgeon, Hayden LeMasters, Paxton Ghidotti, Maksim Spurgeon and Addison Spurgeon; one great grandson, Beckett Spurgeon; two brothers, Douglas Lashmett of Palo Alto, California and John Lashmett of Granby, Missouri; as well as a host of other family and friends.

The family will receive friends on Thursday evening, April 6, 2023 from 6-8:00 p.m. in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes. 

Memorials are being directed to the Parkinson’s Foundation c/o the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website, www.ozarkfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Missouri.