DEAN STRATTON

November 24, 2017

RURAL GOLDEN CITY- Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Daniel Funeral Home for Robert Dean Stratton, 90, rural Golden City, who died Wednesday night, Nov. 22, 2017, with Maxine, his wife of 68 years, at his side at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood. The family will receive friends prior to the service, beginning at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Mt. Carmel Cemetery, or In Search of the Lord’s Way Ministries, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences and memories may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his wife, Maxine; his children, Max Stratton and wife Donna, rural Golden City; Sherril Sego, Independence and Darin Stratton and wife Katharine, Joplin; a sister, Merrill Haeberle, Golden City; eight grandchildren, Amy Nichols and husband Larry, Joplin, Adam Stratton and wife Abbie, Golden City, Tasha Alvis and husband Murphy, Joplin, Caleb Stratton and wife Courtney, Joplin, Benjamin, Jacob and Rebecca Stratton, Joplin and Jennifer Sego-Hargadine and husband Travis, Independence; three great-grandchildren, Cooper, Ellie and Pipe Stratton; a nephew, Ross Haeberle and wife Bennie, Carthage; a niece, Helen Wilhelm and husband Gary, Golden City and a long-time neighbor and close friend, Kenneth Bentlage.

He was preceded in death by an infant brother, Norman; a brother-in-law, Charles Haeberle and a son-in-law, Pat Sego.

Mr. Stratton was born Nov. 11, 1927, on the family farm near Golden City, to Vern and Elizabeth (Kentner) Stratton. He completed eight years of country school at Mt. Carmel, was a 1945 graduate of Golden City High School and served in the U.S. Army from 1946 through 1947.

He married Maxine Winder on April 24, 1949, at her home. They made their home and reared their three children on their farm west of Golden City. Instilled with a genuine appreciation for the land and a strong work ethic, Mr. Stratton was a life-long farmer. He was proud to see his legacy continue through future generations of Strattons making an impact in Barton County agriculture. He will be remembered by many of his mechanical and carpentry skills, his natural ability to fix just about anything and the ready recollection of entertaining stories he delighted in sharing.

Active in the community he served for many years on the boards for Golden City schools, Barton County Soil and Water District and Mt. Carmel Cemetery. He was a faithful Church of Christ member and when failing health prevented him from attending services, he appreciated “In Search of the Lord’s Way” television miniseries.