ROBERT “BOB” BALL

DALLAS, Texas- A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Liberal Christian Church, Liberal, Mo., for Robert “Bob” Allen Ball, 83, who died Monday, April 24, 2023, surrounded by his family in Dallas.

A family visitation will be held prior to the service on Monday, beginning at 10 a.m.

Arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home, Lamar, Mo.

Memorial contributions may be made to DOGS or the American Legion, in care of the funeral home.

The obituary may be viewed at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his daughters, Julie Soto and fiance Brian Watson and Paula Wingo and husband Richard; grandchildren, Chris Melton and wife Jessica, Bostyn Brashears, Britysh Brashears and Robert Clayton Cooper; great-grandchildren, Ruby Melton, Jaxdyn Wilson, Rocky Melton, Harley Shaffer, Lucky Melton and Madilyn Scheets; his siblings, Janice McMenamy and husband Coy, Max Hooper and wife Mindy and Terri Allen; sisters and brothers-in-law, Stan and Nancy Stewart and Bob and Sally Suschnick and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Ball was born April 30, 1939, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Robert Clayton and Maxine (Davidson) Ball.

He grew up in Liberal, Mo., where he played baseball and basketball in school. He attended the Christian church with his grandmother, Dora Davidson.

He loved playing sports, hunting and fishing, which did not end when he graduated from Liberal High School. He attended Pittsburg State University and then enlisted in United States Army, serving in the 25th Infantry.

He married Anna Mae Coon in 1964 and was a devoted husband until her passing in 2010. They raised their two daughters, Julie and Paula, in Duncanville.

He worked in the world of finance and sales, living in Pittsburg and Wichita, Kan., New Orleans, La., Tulsa, Okla. and finally settling in Duncanville in 1974. He reconnected with Lorena Suschnick, his high school sweetheart, and they married in 2011. They resided in Liberal, Mo., where he served his community on several committees.

He never knew a stranger; he always had a joke, a story or a pride and joy card for those he came in contact with.

He volunteered on many committees in many organizations over the years including the Lions Club, Elks Lodge, American Legion, Duncanville Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Rifle Association, Sons of the American Revolution, the High School Reunion for Liberal, Mo., Sunshine Senior Friends and the Good Ole Boys Reunion and was known as the town historian for Liberal, Mo.