Hal Martin Sappington

Hal was born on January 7, 1931 and passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. Hal was a resident of Warrensburg, Missouri at the time of his passing. Hal was a graduate of Ashland High School in 1948. He graduated second in his class at the Electronics School Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He received his bachelorâs degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia in1957 his masterâs degree in electrical engineering from the University of Denver in 1966 and a doctorate in industrial education from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1979. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War from 1948-1952. He was married to Carol. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday September 10 2016 at the First United Methodist Church in Warrensburg with the Reverends Jackson Short and George Sample officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the New Salem Cemetery in Ashland Missouri. The pallbearers will be the grandchildren. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts are suggested to the Johnson County Historical Society or the New Salem Cemetery and can be left in care of Sweeney-Phillips Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg.