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William Shive Obituary
Graveside services with military honors will be Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Missouri. Visitation will be from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Tuesday at the Roberson Funeral Home in Princeton. Pallbearers will be Brad Summers, Craig Summers, Terry Summers, Kelby Shive, Matthew Rohner, and Frank Minshall. Honorary pallbearers will be Donald Ray Summers and Harold Minshall. Memorials are suggested to Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg in care of McLaughlin Funeral Chapel in Sedalia.
Born March 3, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, he was the son of the late Arthur A. "Mac" McElroy and Vivian Kathleen Krebs McElroy. On February 20, 1965 in Princeton, he married Carolyn J. Minshall, and she preceded him in death on December 2, 2010.
He is survived by two sons, Dwayne G. Shive (Sara Dunn), and William F. "Billy" Shive, all of Sedalia; three grandchildren, Aaron Shive (Ashley), Kelby Shive (Leah), and Madison Rohner (Matthew); five great-grandchildren, Carolyn Shive, Charlotte Shive, Braxton Rohner, Peyton Shive, and Brayden Shive; and two brothers, Art McElroy of Egin, Minnesota, and Henry "Sonny" Shive of Glasgow. He was preceded in death by a sister.
Mr. Shive was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict and Vietnam. He was a 1957 graduate of Hickman High School in Kansas City. He retired after twenty-six years of active duty in the military, and later worked with Job Services in Sedalia and Raymore before his retirement.
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