Ed was in the Navy in the Korean War and was a Mine Sweeper from 1950 to 1954. Ed owned and operated Professional Home Improvement Co., a siding and gutter company, from 1977 to 2012 in Nevada, MO. He also raised cattle which he enjoyed very much.
Ed loved to visit with people and could do so for hours.
Ed is survived by his wife Norma of the home; four step children, Bruce (Tina) Buckner, Rich Hill, Gina Butler, Nevada, Rick (Louann) Williams, Nevada, and Melinda (Perry Cornett, Parker, KS; and a son-in-law, Melvin Ewing, Butler, MO; seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, three great-great-granddaughters, and a great-great-grandson on the way. He loved and treated them all as his own. Ed is also survived by nieces and nephews in Oklahoma and Kentucky.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepdaughter, Diana Ewing; two brothers, Les and Jack Fancher; three sisters, Imogene Matthews, Mary Lee Hillard, and Helen Reed; and one grandson, Michael in 1973
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Interment with Military Funeral Honors will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, MO.
Memorials are suggested in his name to St. Jude Children’s Hospital c/o Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.
