Lana B. Sullentrop

Sullentrop, Lana B. age 67, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away Saturday afternoon, December 6, 2008, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 9, 1941, the daughter and only child of William C. and Verna Fett Wyatt. She grew up in St. Louis and graduated from Hancock High School in Lemay, Missouri, in the class of 1959. On October 1, 1960, she was united in marriage to Howard B. Sullentrop at St. Andrews Catholic Church in St. Louis. Following their marriage they made their home in St. Louis until 1981. At that time they moved to Warsaw, Missouri, where they owned and operated the Sterett Creek Marina and The Dock Restaurant. They sold their businesses and retired in 1995. They built their new home on TT Highway in 1996. Lana loved to spend her time with her family. She liked to travel and she liked to take her family with her anywhere there was a slot machine. Yes, she liked to gamble. She enjoyed winning, but most of all she just enjoyed playing. She went to the boats. She went to Vegas and Reno and the occasional Caribbean Cruise. She enjoyed reading paperback novels, and she loved her dogs, and all animals and wildlife. As a young woman Lana accepted Christ as her Personal Savior and she was a member of the United Methodist Church. Lana was preceded in death by her parents, and one son, Douglas R. Sullentrop, who died in 1992 as the result of a fire at his home. She is survived by her husband of forty-eight years, Howard, of the home; one son, Lance Sullentrop, and his wife, Brenda, of Lincoln, Missouri, one daughter, Wendy Hilty, and her husband, Shawn, of Clinton, Missouri; three grandsons, Montana Hilty, of Springfield, Missouri, Mason Hilty, of Columbia, Missouri, and Macray Hilty, of Bozeman, Montana; other relatives and many friends.Services: Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday morning, December 11, 2008, at the Reser Funeral Home in Warsaw, Missouri, with Fr. Keith Branson officiating. Burial will be in the Shawnee Cemetery near Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House Foundation in care of the funeral home.