Updated Obituary - Robert "Bob" Beard

 Robert "Bob" Beard

Memorial services for Bob Beard will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Rev. Cathy Myers officiating. Visitation will be Monday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Inurnment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to Adrian United Methodist Church.

Robert Dean Beard, age 83 of Adrian, Missouri died Thursday, July 28, 2016 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born July 16, 1933 to Rue Ellis and Alice Lee Davis Beard in Bates County, Missouri.

Bob is survived by his wife, Jeanette Beard of Adrian, Missouri; three sons, Robby Dee Beard and wife Sylvie of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Marty Wayne Beard of Adrian, Missouri and Kiley Ray Beard of Kearney, Missouri; one sister, Judy Kennedy of Overland Park, Kansas; and one granddaughter, Stacey Lynn Beard. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Ruetta VanSlyke.