rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:17 AM Subject: Ray Allen Shireman > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Sedalia Democrat, Nov. 27, 2001 > > 1936 - 2001 > > Ionia > > Ray Allen Shireman, 64, of Ionia, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2001, at Bothwell > Regional Health Center. > > He was born July 28, 1936 in Stover, a son of Clarence and Pearl McKenzie > Shireman. On Sept. 15, 1984, in Lincoln, he married Delores Brauer, who > survives of the home. > > Mr. Shireman served in the Army for two years before his discharge on Aug. > 29, 1961. > > After his discharge, he returned to Missouri, making his home in Ionia. For > the next 40 years, he was a master brick mason, working on several > commercial construction projects including the Mathewson Center, the > Parkhurst mansion and several churches and schools. > > He was an avid hunter and fisherman and a member of the Missouri Masons > Union Local No. 15 for 40 years. > > Survivors also include a daughter, Sandra Young of Raytown; a son, John > Shireman of Arma, Kan.; six stepsons; three stepdaughters; five > grandchildren; and 20 step-grandchildren. > > Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Stover Cemetery, with > military rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5925 of > Lincoln. > > The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Davis-Miller > Funeral Home in Lincoln. > > The family suggests memorial contributions to VFW Post No. 5925 of Lincoln > or to the Benton County Hospice. > > Note: Married date should have been September 5, 1984 > > rwbrauer@iland.net >