Norman Eugene Risner

1929 - 2022

Norman Eugene Risner, 93, Myrtle, Mo., passed away at NHC Healthcare on July 14, 2022.

He was born on Jan. 13, 1929, the son of the late Newt Risner and Ola Ary Risner.   

He is survived by his two sons Mark Risner, Myrtle, Mo., and Kent and Cindy Risner, Caulfield, Mo, and granddaughters Sadee Risner and significant other Dylan Rankin, Calee Risner, West Plains, Mo., and Emilee Coleman and her husband Tristan and daughters Lexcee and Harlee, Ft. Campbell, Ky.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He attended Giteau School up to the fourth grade. He graduated with the class of 1946 from Couch High School, Couch, Mo. He attended the University of Missouri with the class of 1950, earning a bachelor of science degree in agriculture.

He taught veterans in Thayer, Mo., until he was drafted in the summer of 1951. His basic training was at Camp Chafee, Ark., in the fall of 1951; he was shipped to the Korean front lines in July of 1952, Signal Corp. He was discharged in 1953.

In 1956 he received his Master's Degree from MU. He was hired in July 1956 as the area agronomist for MU Extension Service where he worked for 28 years.

Norman was very involved in his sons' youth baseball from little league to American Legion and touched many young men's lives.
He had a tremendous love of the outdoors; working, hunting and fishing with his family.

No two young men ever had a better dad than Norman. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, Thayer, Mo.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2022, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, Mo.

Burial will be at Arytown Cemetery, Oregon County, Mo., under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains, Mo.