Leroy C. Terry, 70, St. Joseph, Mo., died Wednesday, June 9, 1999, at a hospice in St. Joseph following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Terry had been employed by Wonder Bread in St. Joseph for 32 years and retired in 1987 as a branch manager. After his retirement, he worked for the Dugan-Lowe Oil Co. of St. Joseph for over 10 years. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy.
Born in Jamesport, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1928, he had spent most of his life in St. Joseph.
Mr. Terry was a member of Wyatt Park Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; York Rite Bodies; Moila Shrine Temple; Radiant Chapter, No. 88, Order of Eastern Star, of which he was a past patron; Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and Pony Express American Legion Post No. 359, all of St. Joseph.
On Oct. 15, 1949, he married Joy Walker in St. Joseph. She survives of the home.
Mr. Terry was preceded in death by his parents, Roy C. and Alma L.
Additional survivors: two daughters, Deborah Heitman and Cheryl Murphy, both of St. Joseph; three sisters, Gertrude Cook and Mary Ellen Maples, both of Cowgill, Mo., and Lucille Dickinson, Gallatin, Mo.; and six grandchildren.
Services; Saturday, June 12, 1999, at Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, June 11, 1999, Page B4.
Mr. Terry had been employed by Wonder Bread in St. Joseph for 32 years and retired in 1987 as a branch manager. After his retirement, he worked for the Dugan-Lowe Oil Co. of St. Joseph for over 10 years. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy.
Born in Jamesport, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1928, he had spent most of his life in St. Joseph.
Mr. Terry was a member of Wyatt Park Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; York Rite Bodies; Moila Shrine Temple; Radiant Chapter, No. 88, Order of Eastern Star, of which he was a past patron; Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and Pony Express American Legion Post No. 359, all of St. Joseph.
On Oct. 15, 1949, he married Joy Walker in St. Joseph. She survives of the home.
Mr. Terry was preceded in death by his parents, Roy C. and Alma L.
Additional survivors: two daughters, Deborah Heitman and Cheryl Murphy, both of St. Joseph; three sisters, Gertrude Cook and Mary Ellen Maples, both of Cowgill, Mo., and Lucille Dickinson, Gallatin, Mo.; and six grandchildren.
Services; Saturday, June 12, 1999, at Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, June 11, 1999, Page B4.
Leroy C. Terry, 70, St. Joseph, Mo., died Wednesday, June 9, 1999, at a hospice in St. Joseph following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Terry had been employed by Wonder Bread in St. Joseph for 32 years and retired in 1987 as a branch manager. After his retirement, he worked for the Dugan-Lowe Oil Co. of St. Joseph for over 10 years. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy.
Born in Jamesport, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1928, he had spent most of his life in St. Joseph.
Mr. Terry was a member of Wyatt Park Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; York Rite Bodies; Moila Shrine Temple; Radiant Chapter, No. 88, Order of Eastern Star, of which he was a past patron; Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and Pony Express American Legion Post No. 359, all of St. Joseph.
On Oct. 15, 1949, he married Joy Walker in St. Joseph. She survives of the home.
Mr. Terry was preceded in death by his parents, Roy C. and Alma L.
Additional survivors: two daughters, Deborah Heitman and Cheryl Murphy, both of St. Joseph; three sisters, Gertrude Cook and Mary Ellen Maples, both of Cowgill, Mo., and Lucille Dickinson, Gallatin, Mo.; and six grandchildren.
Services; Saturday, June 12, 1999, at Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, June 11, 1999, Page B4.
Mr. Terry had been employed by Wonder Bread in St. Joseph for 32 years and retired in 1987 as a branch manager. After his retirement, he worked for the Dugan-Lowe Oil Co. of St. Joseph for over 10 years. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy.
Born in Jamesport, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1928, he had spent most of his life in St. Joseph.
Mr. Terry was a member of Wyatt Park Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; York Rite Bodies; Moila Shrine Temple; Radiant Chapter, No. 88, Order of Eastern Star, of which he was a past patron; Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and Pony Express American Legion Post No. 359, all of St. Joseph.
On Oct. 15, 1949, he married Joy Walker in St. Joseph. She survives of the home.
Mr. Terry was preceded in death by his parents, Roy C. and Alma L.
Additional survivors: two daughters, Deborah Heitman and Cheryl Murphy, both of St. Joseph; three sisters, Gertrude Cook and Mary Ellen Maples, both of Cowgill, Mo., and Lucille Dickinson, Gallatin, Mo.; and six grandchildren.
Services; Saturday, June 12, 1999, at Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, June 11, 1999, Page B4.
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