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Submitted: 11/30/19 • Approved: 11/30/19 • Last Updated: 12/3/19 • R823639-G823613-S3
Lyle
Sep 26, 1928
Nov 9, 2018
Betty
Oct 20, 1928
May 25, 1996
Lyle Fay Truitt, 90, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018 at his home under Hospice care.
The son of Mina and Minnie (Preston) Truitt, Lyle was born September 26, 1928 in Novinger, Missouri. Lyle was united in marriage to Lottie Puerzer on May 12, 2003 who survives.
Lyle is also survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Lonna Truitt of Springfield, MO; one daughter, Bonnie Truitt of Kirksville, MO; one step-son, Walter Enzelberger and wife Petra of Germany; two step daughters, Angie Rouse and husband Eldon, and Diana Dawson all of Kirksville, MO; one sister, Irene Snyder of Kirksville, MO; three grandchildren, Michael Blake, Zachary and Aaron Truitt; two step-grandchildren, Leise Martin and Lydia Dawson; several step grand and step great-grandchildren, as well as numerous special nieces and nephews.
Lyle was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife Betty of forty-six years; his second wife, Alice Wood; one son, Lyle Fay Truitt Jr.; six sisters, Myrtle Leininger, Mildred McKim, his twin sister, Letha Hyde, Geneva Clark, Mary Holt and Christene Laske, one brother, Virgil Truitt and three other infant siblings in infancy.
Lyle was raised on a farm south of Novinger and received his education in the Novinger rural school. Lyle served proudly in the Arm Forces from 1950 to 1952 in Japan and Korean during the Korean Conflict. After returning home from serving he worked in the coal mines of Novinger and in construction. He was last a long time employee for the City of Kirksville until retiring in 1993. Lyle enjoyed his retirement a great deal.
Lyle enjoyed baseball and was a St. Louis Cardinal fan (never missing a game), traveling, bowling and horse shoe pitching. He was a great people person and loved everyone.
Lyle was a member of the Mary Immaculate Catholic Church of Kirksville, and past member of Kirksville Moose Lodge 1705.
Public visitation will be held Monday, November 12, 2018 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Travis-Noe Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Travis-Noe Funeral Home with Monsignor David Cox presiding. Interment will follow at Highland Park Cemetery in Kirksville.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Lyle Truitt may be made to Hospice of Northeast Missouri and may be left at or mailed to Travis-Noe Funeral Home, P.O. Box 306, Kirksville, MO 63501.
Betty J. Truitt, 67, of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Saturday afternoon (May 25, 1996) at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri.
The daughter of Mattie Burghardt and adopted daughter of Ottis and Allie M. Robison Ownbey she was born October 20, 1928 in Kirksville, Missouri. On August 20, 1950 in Kirksville, Missouri she was united in marriage to Lyle Truitt who survives. Also surviving are her mother, Mattie Burghardt of Macon, Missouri; one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Lonna Truitt of Novinger, Missouri; one daughter, Bonnie Truitt of Kirksville, Missouri and two grandchildren, Michael Blake Truitt and Zachary Thomas Truitt both of Novinger, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her adopted father, Ottis Ownbey; one son, Junior on June 2, 1994 and one half-sister, Juanita Galdbach.
Betty was a life-long resident of the Novinger and Kirksville areas and received her education and graduated from the Kirksville High School in 1946. She then attended Northeast Missouri State Teachers College for a year.
She was employed as a secretary for the International Shoe Factory in Kirksville for a few years and was last employed with Hy-Vee in the bakery department for the past twenty-four years until her health failed.
Betty was a member of the Novinger Baptist Church in Novinger, Missouri and was also a member of the Anchor Rebekah Lodge #44 I.O.O.F. of Kirksville, Missouri.
She enjoyed cake decorating, needlework and had a great love for her family and grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Wednesday (May 29, 1996) at the Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville, Missouri. The Reverend Darrell Crooks and Chaplain Dennis Smith will officiate the service. Music will be provided by Dianthe Cable, organist and Carlyle Walker, soloist. The selections will be "One Day At A Time" and "How Great Thou Art".
Burial will be in the Highland Park Cemetery in Kirksville, Missouri.
Pallbearers will be Mike Helton, Roger Jones, Dale Laske, Bobby Gayle Clark, Kerry Contratto and Joe Holt.
Visitation is in progress at the Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville and the family will receive friends from six to eight o'clock this evening, Tuesday (May 28, 1996) in the chapel of the Travis-Noe Funeral Home.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
May 28, 1996
Photo donated by Larry and Susan Olson
Contributed on 11/30/19
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