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1929
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2010
Robert Bryan Obituary
Funeral services for Mr. Bryan will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Boonville Thursday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. with Pastor John Roach officiating. Family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until time of the service at the church. Burial will follow at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Robert Eugene Bryan was born in Boonville, April 14, 1929, the son of Rolland Edward Bryan and Stella Pearl Kruse Bryan.
He was married to Bettye Jo Smith on Nov. 9, 1949, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Boonville. Bob was a welder and had worked for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company for many years in this area. He relocated in Texas for the past thirty years until he returned to Boonville to be closer to family. He was an accomplished athlete and loved any kind of sport. He played baseball in the 1950s for the Boonville Ban Johnson with the likes of Donnie Viertel, Gil Jewett and Wilbur Farris. His hobbies were fishing, carpentry and using his welding skills to make anything out of metal. He had a soft spot in his heart for all children, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Bryan was preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Louise Bryan, a brother, Larry Yule and an infant sister, Mary Agnes Bryan. He is survived by his wife, Bettye Jo, his sons, Robert Eugene Bryan II of Camarillo, Calif, Clifford Jerome Bryan of Prairie Home and daughters, Regina Elaine Bryan of Prairie Home, Patricia Ann Bottoms of Garden City, Mo., and Rebecca Lynn Rowden of Prairie Home. A brother, Henry E. Bryan of Boonville and sisters; Mildred Cramer of Independence, Mo., Karen Yule of Loveland, Colo. and Kathryn Mezzonotti of Upper Falls, Md., also survive, as well as his grandchildren; Laura Cardwell and Whitney Gariepy of Garden City, Mo., Denya Myers of Odessa, Fla., Steven and Leta Bryan of Camarillo, Calif., Sarah Painter of Eden Prairie, Minn., Jonathan Bryan of Aviston, Ill., Michael Bryan of Columbia, Mo., Allison Hartsell of Springfield, Mo., Christopher Rowden of Prairie Home and Lacey Edwards of Boonsboro and great-grandchildren, Charlotte and Delaeni Painter, Brennan, Avery and Garhett Cardwell and Kayleen and Kalli Anne Gariepy.
In lieu of flowers the family respectfully requests that donations be directed to the American Alzheimer's Association.
Condolences may be sent online at: wwwdavisfuneralchapelboonville.com.
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January 10, 2011
My wife and I offer our sympathy to the Bryan family in the loss of this loved one that was my uncle. I have many fond memories of spending days on the old farm with him and his family both in the winter and the summer. In the winter he and my father would cut down trees for wood and my brother and I and his sons were tasked with piling up the brush and getting it ready to burn. In the summer we worked the hay fields and there were many other good memories of being on the farm and wading and swimming in the pond. There are a lot of good memories of him and Aunt Bettye and my cousins and I know he will be missed very much by family as well as others.
Eddie and Eilene Bryan
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Roberta and Danny Robinson
December 23, 2010
The Bryan Family, I want to offer my condolences on the loss of Bob, he was a great step dad to us in Bryan. I didnt know where he went but i wanted to let you know that we bought his place in Bryan from someone who was buying it from him. I didnt know how to get in touch with you, but wanted to let him know that we are keeping it in his spirit. My mother( Shirley) and Bob put a lot of work into that place. He was the best stepdad I ever had and he will be missed. God Bless you all.
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