From the Boliver Herald-Free Press
05/01/2008
James Knox "Jake" Bozarth Jr., 70, of Bolivar died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield after a lingering illness.
He was born Jan. 29, 1938, in Columbia, the son of James Knox Bozarth Sr. and Effie Jeanette Jacobs Bozarth.
He was retired from the tire retreading business. He served 9 1/2 years in the Army National Guard. He was a member of the Fair Play First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for several years. He was an active member until ill health would no longer allow him to attend. He had lived in the Fair Play and Bolivar areas for the past 34 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Surviving are his wife, Wanda, of the home; two sons, James K. Bozarth III of Eldorado, Kan., and Marvin Dale Bozarth and wife Dixie of Humansville; two daughters, Jeanette Lou Culbertson and husband Mickey of Fair Play and Pamela Jean Bozarth of the home; 10 grandchildren, Vencil, Timothy and Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray and Jessica Culbertson, Amanda Helmsworth, Ashley and Kristy Bozarth, Kimberly and Chris Pitts; five great-grandchildren, Natasha Bozarth, Haily Redd, Ethan Helmsworth, Anthony Culbertson and Kaden Lamb. Also surviving are three sisters, Joyce Smith and husband Dale of Alexander, Va., Hilda Marie Moore and husband Virgil of Columbia and Patsy Ruth Corley and husband John of Columbia; and his mother-in-law, Maggie Lou Snell of the home.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Stunkel and Bill Turner officiating. Music will be provided by Leidra Stunkel and Barbara George singing "Go Rest High On That Mountain" and "Precious Memories" and Bill Shook and Paula Evans singing "The Old Rugged Cross." Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery in Bolivar. Casketbearers will be Vencil Bozarth, Timothy Bozarth, Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray Culbertson, Chris Pitts and Travis Helmsworth, Chris McKinney and Jason Bibeau.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri, 6405 Metcalf Avenue, Suite 204, Overland Park KS 66202.
Friends may sign the guest book or send private condolences at www.butlerfuneralhome.com.
05/01/2008
James Knox "Jake" Bozarth Jr., 70, of Bolivar died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield after a lingering illness.
He was born Jan. 29, 1938, in Columbia, the son of James Knox Bozarth Sr. and Effie Jeanette Jacobs Bozarth.
He was retired from the tire retreading business. He served 9 1/2 years in the Army National Guard. He was a member of the Fair Play First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for several years. He was an active member until ill health would no longer allow him to attend. He had lived in the Fair Play and Bolivar areas for the past 34 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Surviving are his wife, Wanda, of the home; two sons, James K. Bozarth III of Eldorado, Kan., and Marvin Dale Bozarth and wife Dixie of Humansville; two daughters, Jeanette Lou Culbertson and husband Mickey of Fair Play and Pamela Jean Bozarth of the home; 10 grandchildren, Vencil, Timothy and Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray and Jessica Culbertson, Amanda Helmsworth, Ashley and Kristy Bozarth, Kimberly and Chris Pitts; five great-grandchildren, Natasha Bozarth, Haily Redd, Ethan Helmsworth, Anthony Culbertson and Kaden Lamb. Also surviving are three sisters, Joyce Smith and husband Dale of Alexander, Va., Hilda Marie Moore and husband Virgil of Columbia and Patsy Ruth Corley and husband John of Columbia; and his mother-in-law, Maggie Lou Snell of the home.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Stunkel and Bill Turner officiating. Music will be provided by Leidra Stunkel and Barbara George singing "Go Rest High On That Mountain" and "Precious Memories" and Bill Shook and Paula Evans singing "The Old Rugged Cross." Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery in Bolivar. Casketbearers will be Vencil Bozarth, Timothy Bozarth, Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray Culbertson, Chris Pitts and Travis Helmsworth, Chris McKinney and Jason Bibeau.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri, 6405 Metcalf Avenue, Suite 204, Overland Park KS 66202.
Friends may sign the guest book or send private condolences at www.butlerfuneralhome.com.
From the Boliver Herald-Free Press
05/01/2008
James Knox "Jake" Bozarth Jr., 70, of Bolivar died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield after a lingering illness.
He was born Jan. 29, 1938, in Columbia, the son of James Knox Bozarth Sr. and Effie Jeanette Jacobs Bozarth.
He was retired from the tire retreading business. He served 9 1/2 years in the Army National Guard. He was a member of the Fair Play First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for several years. He was an active member until ill health would no longer allow him to attend. He had lived in the Fair Play and Bolivar areas for the past 34 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Surviving are his wife, Wanda, of the home; two sons, James K. Bozarth III of Eldorado, Kan., and Marvin Dale Bozarth and wife Dixie of Humansville; two daughters, Jeanette Lou Culbertson and husband Mickey of Fair Play and Pamela Jean Bozarth of the home; 10 grandchildren, Vencil, Timothy and Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray and Jessica Culbertson, Amanda Helmsworth, Ashley and Kristy Bozarth, Kimberly and Chris Pitts; five great-grandchildren, Natasha Bozarth, Haily Redd, Ethan Helmsworth, Anthony Culbertson and Kaden Lamb. Also surviving are three sisters, Joyce Smith and husband Dale of Alexander, Va., Hilda Marie Moore and husband Virgil of Columbia and Patsy Ruth Corley and husband John of Columbia; and his mother-in-law, Maggie Lou Snell of the home.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Stunkel and Bill Turner officiating. Music will be provided by Leidra Stunkel and Barbara George singing "Go Rest High On That Mountain" and "Precious Memories" and Bill Shook and Paula Evans singing "The Old Rugged Cross." Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery in Bolivar. Casketbearers will be Vencil Bozarth, Timothy Bozarth, Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray Culbertson, Chris Pitts and Travis Helmsworth, Chris McKinney and Jason Bibeau.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri, 6405 Metcalf Avenue, Suite 204, Overland Park KS 66202.
Friends may sign the guest book or send private condolences at www.butlerfuneralhome.com.
05/01/2008
James Knox "Jake" Bozarth Jr., 70, of Bolivar died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield after a lingering illness.
He was born Jan. 29, 1938, in Columbia, the son of James Knox Bozarth Sr. and Effie Jeanette Jacobs Bozarth.
He was retired from the tire retreading business. He served 9 1/2 years in the Army National Guard. He was a member of the Fair Play First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for several years. He was an active member until ill health would no longer allow him to attend. He had lived in the Fair Play and Bolivar areas for the past 34 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Surviving are his wife, Wanda, of the home; two sons, James K. Bozarth III of Eldorado, Kan., and Marvin Dale Bozarth and wife Dixie of Humansville; two daughters, Jeanette Lou Culbertson and husband Mickey of Fair Play and Pamela Jean Bozarth of the home; 10 grandchildren, Vencil, Timothy and Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray and Jessica Culbertson, Amanda Helmsworth, Ashley and Kristy Bozarth, Kimberly and Chris Pitts; five great-grandchildren, Natasha Bozarth, Haily Redd, Ethan Helmsworth, Anthony Culbertson and Kaden Lamb. Also surviving are three sisters, Joyce Smith and husband Dale of Alexander, Va., Hilda Marie Moore and husband Virgil of Columbia and Patsy Ruth Corley and husband John of Columbia; and his mother-in-law, Maggie Lou Snell of the home.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Stunkel and Bill Turner officiating. Music will be provided by Leidra Stunkel and Barbara George singing "Go Rest High On That Mountain" and "Precious Memories" and Bill Shook and Paula Evans singing "The Old Rugged Cross." Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery in Bolivar. Casketbearers will be Vencil Bozarth, Timothy Bozarth, Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray Culbertson, Chris Pitts and Travis Helmsworth, Chris McKinney and Jason Bibeau.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri, 6405 Metcalf Avenue, Suite 204, Overland Park KS 66202.
Friends may sign the guest book or send private condolences at www.butlerfuneralhome.com.
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