Leroy Donald Ingraham, an 85-year-old Trenton resident, died at 11:55 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 at the Cameron Regional Medical Center. He had resided at the Missouri Veterans’ Home in Cameron since August.
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Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, south of Resthaven Mortuary in Trenton. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery south of Humphreys.
Open visitation will be from noon until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010 and from 3 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 at the funeral home.
Mr. Ingraham was born on Oct. 23, 1925 at Humphreys, the son of Ellsworth and Ora Brittle Ingraham. He was married to Mary Lou Todd on May 4, 1945. She preceded him in death on Oct. 5, 2005. They farmed in the Humphreys and Laredo communities until moving north of Trenton in 1973.
Mr. Ingraham operated a trucking business and then a used farm machinery business until moving into Trenton in 2000. He served in the United States Army during WWII and was a member to the Joseph L. Norton VFW Post 919, the Major Dale Stepp American Legion Post #31 and the DAV chapter in Trenton.
Mr. Ingraham was a longtime member of the Mt. Zion Christian Church and also attended the Spickard Christian Church.
Surviving relatives include his sons, James Robert of Trenton and John Charles and his wife, Cheryl of Lathrop; three grandchildren, Jason Shawn Ingraham and wife, Jennifer of Kansas City, Jeremy Todd Ingraham and wife, Nissa of Burlington Junction and Jenna Marie Ingraham of Fort Lauderdale, FL; four great-grandchildren, Lauren Kathryn, Evan Charles, Duke Ryan and Wyatt Dane; three brothers, William J. Ingraham of Trenton, Leon Ingraham of Kinsman, IL and Kenneth Ingraham of Branson; and a sister, Maxine Johnson of Alexandria, VA.
He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; three brothers Leo, Victor and a infant J.W.; and a sister, Corrine Smith.
Memorial donations may be made for either the Mt. Zion Cemetery Association or the Missouri Veterans’ Home Assistance League and left at the funeral home.
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