CLINTON "PETE" TROKEY
CLINTON "PETE" TROKEY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI, MISSOURI ON JULY 24, 1929. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE MACK AND JANIE (GILLAM) TROKEY. PETE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 21, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-THREE YEARS AND TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS.
PETE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO WILMA BLOUNT ON OCTOBER 20, 1951 AND TO THIS UNION ONE SON WAS BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, WILMA TROKEY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE SON, STEVE TROKEY AND WIFE PAM OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, TWO BROTHERS, CHARLES TROKEY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, TOMMY TROKEY AND WIFE CONNIE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, GRETCHEN SIMPSON AND HUSBAND MARTY, CLINT TROKEY AND ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, TAYLOR. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, RAY TROKEY AND ONE SISTER, RUBY MONTGOMERY.
PETE SERVED HIS COUNTRY, RETIRING FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AND MANY DECORATIONS, MEDALS, AND COMMENDATIONS.
PETE WAS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS, WHO ENJOYED SHARING HIS SKILLS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE LOVED TO FISH, HUNT AND WORK IN HIS GARDEN. HE APPRECIATED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE AND SEARCHING WITH HIS METAL DETECTOR TO FIND HIDDEN TREASURES. PETE LOVED ALL THE GIFTS THAT LIFE BROUGHT HIM, ESPECIALLY THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY. PETE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY HIS MANY FRIENDS AS A PERSON WHO TRULY LEFT THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL MANKIND.
VISITATION WAS HELD 3:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 2:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 2:00 PM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH PASTOR DALE BLOUNT OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE REDBUD MEMORAL GARDENS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE JERRY WEST, GARRY WEST, JIM CRESSWELL, JEFF WHITE, DON TULLOCK, RON FRYMAN AND JON BOYER. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE DENNY BRANAUGH, LEMEUL WILSON, JOHN LARAMORE AND STEVE SHEPARD.