Billy Dale Irvin, Sr., 84, Cleveland, Missouri, died Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at Louisburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Louisburg, Kansas. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 4, 2012 at West Union Cemetery in Peculiar, Missouri with visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Monday at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville, Missouri.
Billy was born May 31, 1927 in Cleveland, Missouri, the son of Issiac (Ike) and Edna Ann (Powell) Irvin. He married Vivian V. Zumwalt on January 1, 1952 in Paola, Kansas. He was a lifelong resident of Cleveland.
Billy is survived by his wife, Vivian, of the home; four sons, Billy Irvin and wife, Debbie, Drexel, Missouri, Johnny Irvin and wife, Rhonda, Drexel, Missouri, Devin Irvin and Brenda Martin, Cleveland, Missouri and Shannon Irvin, Drexel, Missouri; four daughters, Wanda Crowder and husband, Larry, West Line, Missouri, Vicki Smith and John Bealby, Wichita, Kansas, Debbie Gray and husband, Gerald, Drexel, Missouri and Deanna Reece and husband, Rick, Amsterdam, Missouri; 17 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.