Donald W. Turntine

DONALD WAYNE TURNTINE
DONNIE TURNTINE OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1948 IN RICHWOODS, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE WYNONA (SHIVERDECK) TURNTINE AND DAVID LONZO TURNTINE. DONNIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AT THE BARNES- JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF FIFTY- FIVE YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS.
DONNIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JANICE MILLER OCTOBER 29, 1966 AT ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH, OLD MINES, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE THREE CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION.
DONNIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE OF THIRTY-SIX YEARS JANICE TURNTINE OF CADET, MISSOURI; ONE DAUGHTER, JODIE BLAIR AND HUSBAND SHANE OF BLACKWELL, MISSOURI; ONE SON, JASON TURNTINE AND WIFE TYLA OF CADET, MISSOURI; TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, MADISON O'NEAL TURNTINE AND MACIE CLAIRE TURNTINE; THREE SISTER, MINNIE CHASTEEN AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF ARNOLD, MISSOURI, GENEVA HAYES AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, CAROL SUE FENSTERMAKER AND HUSBAND GALE OF ARNOLD, MISSOURI; ONE BROTHER DALE TURNTINE AND WIFE MARY OF LEESBURG, MISSOURI; MOTHER-IN-LAW, LILLIAN MILLER OF CADET, MISSOURI AND BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS WHO HELD A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON BRANDON DAVID TURNTINE; ONE SISTER BEATRICE TURNBULL; TWO BROTHERS, CHARLES TURNTINE AND JOHNIE TURNTINE.
DONNIE LOVED MANY THINGS IN HIS LIFE, MOST OF ALL HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN. SOME OF HIS MOST CHERISHED MEMORIES WERE THE DAYS HE AND JAN SPENT IN THEIR BOAT FISHING, PICNICKING OR JUST SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. HE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO WHAT LUNCH JAN HAD PREPARED FOR THEM THAT DAY. NOT ONLY WAS HE ALWAYS READY TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF BEING A WONDERFUL FATHER TO HIS KIDS, BUT ALSO THEIR LOVING AND TRUSTED FRIEND. MANY PEOPLE LOVED AND ADMIRED HIM. LISTENING TO HIS STORIES WERE A FAVORITE PAST TIME BY ALL. HE COULD AMUSE US ALL WITH THE SAME STORY FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
LATER IN HIS LIFE HIS GREATEST JOY WAS HIS TWO BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTERS. THE JOY THEIR HUGS, KISSES AND SMILES GAVE HIM FILLED MANY OF HIS DAYS. NO MATTER HOW HE FELT HE ALWAYS SPENT QUALITY TIME PLAYING GAMES, CARDS OR JUST PITCHING A FEW BALLS TO THEM. THEIR LOVE DEEPLY WARMED HIS HEART.
DONNIE SPENT MANY HOURS RUNNING BINGO FOR THE AMVETS IN DESOTO. HE GOT A GREAT JOY FROM NOT ONLY HELPING RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH HE DID VERY WELL, BUT GETTING TO SOCIALIZE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE. HE ALWAYS HAD A WARM SMILE AND A "HOW ARE YOU HON" FOR EVERYONE PRESENT.
DONNIE WAS TRULY ONE OF THE "FEW GOOD MEN" PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LOVED, ADMIRED AND FELT THE WARMTH AND LOVE HE HAD FOR US ALL. HE WANTED US ALL TO LIVE WITH HIS WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND REMEMBER LIFE IS SHORT, LIVE WELL AND BE HAPPY.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2003 FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2003 FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2003 AT 11:30 A.M. AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH, OLD MINES, MISSOURI WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE ST. JOACHIM CHURCH CHOIR.
BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY, OLD MINES, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE SHANE BLAIR, TIM MILLER, KEITH MILLER, MIKE MILLER, JIM AYRES, MARLEY BIZZLE, JIM TURNTINE, GENE JOHNSON AND ERIC LAWSON.
SERVICES WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.