Ronald R. Urton, Sr.

Ronald R. Urton, Sr., an 83-year-old Trenton resident, died at 2 a.m., Monday, April 18, 2022 at Saint Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City.
His body was cremated under the direction of Slater-Neal Funeral Home of Trenton.
A celebration of life will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2022 at Tenth Street Baptist Church in Trenton.
Mr. Urton was born March 29, 1939 in Dunlap, the son of Alfred and Grace Gass Urton. He graduated from Trenton High School in 1957. In 1962 he graduated from Missouri School of Mines, now Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, with a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering. That year he went to work for Chevrolet in St. Louis.
He moved back to Trenton in 1967 and started Urton Dozing, which he owned and operated for several years. He worked as a heavy equipment operator before retiring. He enjoyed raising cows and working on the farm and spending time with family.
On November 24, 1960 he was married to Carolyn M. Meservey. She survives of the home.
Mr. Urton was a member of Grundy Center United Methodist Church where he was a Sunday School teacher and Methodist Youth Fellowship leader. He was past president of Missouri Land Improvement Contractors Association and past member and president of the Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Cherie Allen and her husband, Tim of Trenton; two sons, Ron Urton, Jr. and his wife, Janet of Jamesport and Robert Urton and his wife, Kelli of Trenton; a sister, Mary Ann Lavely of Derby, IA; six grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Lily Mae Urton and Lela Ruth Marshall.
Memorials are suggested to either Saint Luke’s Hospice House or the American Cancer Society. They may be left with the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com.