Richard Lee Vestal September 13, 1932 - June 02, 2018

Richard Lee Vestal, 85, of Unionville, Missouri passed away on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, Missouri.

The son of Noah Lawrence and Rosa Cleo (Thomas) Vestal, he was born in Cincinnati, Iowa on September 13, 1932. He was united in marriage to Audra Jean Franklin on July 24, 1950 in Unionville, Missouri and to this union three daughters were born, Vickie, Judy and Reesa.

Richard is survived by two daughters, Judy Lawrence and husband, Steve of Madill, Oklahoma and Reesa Morris of LaPlata, Missouri; seven grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; two brothers, Russell Vestal and wife, Karen of Unionville, Missouri and Jerry Vestal and wife RoseA of Melrose, Iowa; two sisters-in-law, Barbara Vestal of Unionville, Missouri and Ruth Hays of Arizona; nieces and nephews; other family members and many good friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Audra Jean on May 15, 2002; one daughter, Vickie Lee Tipton; one brother, Glen Vestal and one sister, Ruby Thennis.

Richard was of the Methodist faith and was also a graduate of the Livonia High School in Livonia, Missouri. In 1970, he began his employment with the Missouri Highway Department and retired from that company after approximately twenty-three years. His hobbies included running fox dogs in his fox pens, tractor pulls and granddaughter Brittany’s sports. Richard was an avid member of the Fox Hunters Association in Livonia, Missouri and the Blue Grass Association in Livonia, Missouri which he enjoyed very much.