Jeanette Putnam, 63, Hamilton Mo. passed away on February 24 2010 at a nursing home in Gallatin Mo. She had lived in Hamilton since the early 1970's.Jeanette was born on June 24 1946 in Elsberry Mo. to Ralph W. and Florence Herring Brown. She earned a B.S. degree in Secondary Education with a major in history and a minor in English from North East Missouri State Teacher's College-Kirksville Mo. She had also earned certification in elementary education having taught school mostly 6th grade for 14 years in various schools including Kidder Braymer New York and Dixon Mo. Jeanette had also worked for the IRS in Kansas City for 8 ½ years.Jeanette was a member of the Hamilton United Methodist Church and also the Smith Chapel Methodist Church in Elsberry. She was a member of DAR and Delta Kappa Gamma.She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Douglas Brown.On March 2 1968 she married Don Putnam in Kirksville Mo. He survives of the home.Other survivors: Son Tony (Nicole) Putnam Mt. Pleasant South Carolina; Daughter Angie (Mark) Wiegers Independence Mo.; two sisters Janice (Tony) Jaramillo Round Rock Texas and Judy (Buddy) Hall Elsberry; Brother Donald (Gerry) Brown New Roads Louisiana; five grandchildren Trent Cody Rebecca Jessica and Chloe; and numerous nieces and nephews.Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Sunday February 28 2010 at the Hamilton United Methodist Church. Visitation: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Bram Funeral Home Hamilton. Interment: Highland Cemetery Hamilton. Memorials: Huntingtons Disease Society of America in care of the funeral home.On June 5 1965 he married Sherria K. Copple at the Ludlow Methodist Church Ludlow Mo. Jim was preceded in death by his parents and several aunts and uncles. Survivors:  Wife Sherria K. Copple Kavanaugh of the home; Daughter Christa Anne (Sheldon) Lyon Savannah Mo.; Sons James Matthew Kavanaugh Kearney Mo. and Bradley Bryan (Tina) Kavanaugh Breckenridge Mo.; five grandchildren Madison Anne Lyon James Logan Kavanaugh Dawson Ira Kavanaugh Macy K. Lyon and Karly Kay Kavanaugh; Sister Carol (Don) Rice Hamilton; Brothers David (Dana) Kavanaugh and Lynn (Jane) Kavanaugh both of Hamilton;  Aunts Ina Faye Trosper Skip Dunn and Doris Peters; Uncle R.D. Kavanaugh; and numerous nieces nephews and cousins. Funeral Service:  2 p.m. Friday February 19 at the Hamilton United Methodist Church Family Life Center.  Visitation:  6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.  Cremation will follow the funeral service.  Inurnment at a later date at McCroskie Cemetery Breckenridge Mo.  Memorials may be made to the cemetery.  Friends may call at Bram Funeral Home Hamilton after 10 a.m. on Thursday.       Bram Funeral Services