St. Clair County Obits

ROBERT M. McLEMORE

Osceola Library Files
R.M. McLemore Rites Sept. 21
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 2:30 p.m. at the Osceola Christian church for Robert M. McLemore, 16, who died Sept. 19 at St. Luke’s hospital in Kansas City.
He was critically injured near Osceola in a car accident Sept. 13. After receiving treatment at Sac Osage Hospital, he was transferred to St. Luke’s, where he remained until his death.
Officiating at the service was Rev. Charles Gillispie. The soloist, Miss Cheryl Sandfort, was accompanied by Miss Pam Waite. Mrs. Beryl Kiefer was organist.
Pallbearers were Bruce Reach, Oliver Luther, Jr., Jim Littell, Gary Lyons, Rickey Powell, Douglas Collins, Steve Krider and Ernie Gordon.
Burial was made in the Osceola cemetery under the direction of Goodrich Funeral Home.
Robert, son of Dr. and Mrs. R.C. McLemore of Osceola, was born June 21, 1953, at Moberly, Mo. He, with his family moved to Osceola, when he was four years old.
He attended all 12 years at the Osceola schools and was graduated from high school in 1971. He had planned to enter Southwest Missouri State College at Springfield this month.
Survivors are his parents; two sisters, Linda and Joyce, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Mitchell of Paris, Mo.
Family members have requested that donations be made to the Robert M. McLemore Memorial Fund, created to help purchase a new scoreboard for Osceola High School. Money may be sent to Inez Reser or Maudie Reed, fund treasurers, in Osceola.

Note: Osceola cemetery records list: Robert M. McLemore, born 26 June 1953; died 19 September 1971.