Obituary - Gerald Winegardner

Funeral services for Gerald Winegardner of Ballard, Missouri will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at the Heart of Life Church in Garden City, Missouri with Dr. Jeff Funderburk officiating. Burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Ballard. Contributions to Heart of Life Missions, Gideons or Mike Morris Ministry. Services under the direction of the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri.

Gerald Winegardner, age 65 of the Ballard community in rural Butler, Missouri died Friday, August 12, 2011 at Bates County Memorial Hospial in Butler. He was born May 17, 1946 to John Dale and Bessie Lorene Dabbs Winegardner in Clinton, Missouri.


Gerald is survived by his wife of 17 years, Susan Winegardner of Butler, Missouri; a daughter, Amy Winegardner of the home; a son, Eric Winegardner and wife Laura of Duluth, Minnesota; his father, John Winegardner of Butler, Missouri; an aunt, Nina May Deardorff of Adrian, Missouri; his parents-in-law, George and Cecille Finley of Baton Rouge, Louisiana as well as wife Susan’s two brothers, two sisters, nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his mother.