rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:21 AM Subject: Larry L. Koeller Sr. > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Sedalia Democrat, September 28, 2000 > > Larry L. Koeller Sr. > > 1940-2000 > > SEDALIA > > Larry L. Koeller Sr., 59, of Sedalia, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000, at > University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. > > He was born Oct. 26, 1940, in Sedalia, a son of Lawrence E. and Mildred > Thompson Koeller. On May 18, 1969, in Sedalia, he was married to Maybelle > Hunter, who survives of the home. > > Mr. Koeller was a 1958 graduate of Smith-Cotton High School. He was a > lifelong resident, who worked at Pirtle-Evans Market and Roseland Meats. He > worked for the Missouri Pacific-Union Railroad from 1977 to 1993. He was an > outdoorsman who loved to hunt deer and fish for crappie and catfish. He > enjoyed his hobbies of gas engine machines and wood carving. He was a member > of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. > > Also surviving are a son Larry Koeller Jr. of Tulsa, Okla,; two daughters, > Terri A. Cunningham of Sedalia and Leslie L. Koeller of Oak Grove; a > brother, David Koeller of Sedalia; his stepmother, Verneta Koeller of > Sedalia; a stepbrother, Marvin Buford of Fort Myers, Fla.; and five > grandchildren. > > He was preceded in death by his parents. > > Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with > the Rev. Kenneth Tatkenhorst officiating. Pallbearers will be Dennis Brandt, > Ralph Craig, Jerry Curtis, George Schutte, Mark Simmons, Terry Simmons, > Sonny Weathers and Jim Wise. Burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery. The > family will receive friends from 7 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at > Heckart/Gillespie Colonial Chapel. > > The family suggest memorial contributions to the church or to the charity of > the donor's choice. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >