Floyd L. Setzer

Floyd Leroy Setzer, 82, of Raymore, MO, passed from this life on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Park Place Care Center in Raytown, where he had been for about two weeks. He had been ill for about four months with lung and bone cancer. Floyd was born June 17, 1925 in Flippin, Arkansas, the son of Troy Floyd and Dollie Mae (Lovelady) Setzer. Floyd served in the U.S. Air Force, the 3500th Air Police Squadron, in the Philippines, from April 30, 1946 through April 29, 1949. Floyd was employed in the Kansas City area at Union Station, Structo Fencing Company, and Dean's Trophy when he retired in 1988. He and his wife, Velma, moved to Laurie, Missouri at the Lake of the Ozarks, where they built their lakefront home in Cartwright's Cove. He, and family and friends enjoyed eleven years there. Their home was always open to all. Nine years ago, they returned to the Kansas City area in Raymore. Floyd enjoyed his grandchildren, great grandchildren, fishing, and golfing with his boys. Floyd was a long- standing member of East Gate Masonic Lodge, was a former member of the Abdallah Motor Patrol, and was currently a member of Ararat Shrine and its Sandblasters Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, and daughter Kim (Setzer) Tilden. Survivors include his wife, Velma; son, Dale Setzer and wife Janet of Peculiar, MO; daughter, Cheryl (Nan) Setzer Hilliard; four step-sons, Vernon Hilliard and wife Susan, Steve Hilliard, and Ron Hilliard, all of Kansas City, and Dennis Hilliard and wife Lisa of Raymore; a sister, Fannie Mae (Wolf) Robertson of Mountain Home, AR; eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, January 30, and services 10 a.m. Thursday, January 31, 2008 at the Park Lawn Chapel, Hillcrest Road at 83rd Street, Kansas City, MO. Cremation will follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Ararat Shrine Hospital Transportation Fund, 5100 Ararat Drive, Kansas City, MO 64129. (Arr. Park Lawn Funeral Home 816-523- 1234)