LOYD LEE GRUVER

LAMAR- Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Full Gospel Tabernacle for Loyd Lee Gruver, 78, Lamar, who died Friday, July 19, 2019, at his home. Burial will follow in Howell Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the church prior to the service time, beginning at 1 p.m.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his wife Roza, of the home; a son, Clayton “Scott” Springfield, Springfield; three daughters, Debra Kay Robinson and husband David, Hico, Texas, Mary Gene Holder, Jerico Springs and Lottie Creasy and husband Jeff, Columbia, Mo.; a brother, Darrel Allen Gruver and wife Denise, Racine; two sisters, Linda Jacoby, Pleasant Valley and Sharon Perry, Holt; a sister-in-law, Susan Gruver, Lamar; nine grandchildren, Quinton Robinson and wife Gaby, Marble Falls, Texas, C.J. Robinson and wife Liz, Austin, Texas, Kyle Holder and wife Jamie, Jerico Springs, Sam, Ben, Abe and Max Creasy, Columbia, Mo., Crystal Manning and husband Cody, Bolivar and Jessica Lawler and husband Caleb, Springfield and six great-grandchildren, Logan, Morgan and Lucian Robinson, Marble Falls, Texas and Jace, Josie Dawn and Jaycie Mae Holder, Jerico Springs.

He was preceded in death by his father and stepmother, Albert and Pollyanna Gruver; his mother, Veda Shatz; a sister, Carol Lynn Gruver; a brother, Gerald Gruver and a sister-in-law, Beth Gruver.

Mr. Gruver was born May 30, 1941, in Lamar, to Albert Franklin and Veda Maxine (Eberting) Gruver. He served in the US Navy from 1958 to 1961. He married Roza Mary Carmichael in Dallas, Texas on Dec. 14, 1970.

He was a farmer from 1974 to 1989, retired as an over the road truck driver in 2002 and provided transportation for the Amish from 2012 to 2016. He was a member of Full Gospel Tabernacle.