Dorothy June Vest
1927-2017

Dorothy June Vest, 90, Maryville, MO, died Friday September 29, 2017, at SSM Health St. Francis, Maryville.

Born June 17, 1927 in Nodaway County, Missouri, she was the daughter of Howard and Marguerite (Merritt) Masters. She married Billy Dale Vest, August 14, 1948 in Maryville.

Dorothy June was a 1945 graduate of Quitman High School and a 1948 graduate of Northwest Missouri State Teachers College. She and her husband taught school in Iowa for nineteen years. Dorothy June taught six years in Iowa and ten years at West Nodaway, Burlington Junction. In 1969 the family moved to their farm north of Skidmore where they resided until 2007 when they moved to Homestead in Maryville. She was a member of the Maryville First United Methodist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband Bill (December 21, 2009) and sister Joanne (Don) Hanson (June 28, 2010).

Surviving are her son Roger Alan (Jayne) Vest, Maryville and daughter Sue Ann (Keith) Wright, Manhattan, KS; five grandchildren: Elizabeth (Christopher) Howard, Amy Wright and K.C. (Maddy) Wright, all of Kansas City, MO, Mickey (Jessica) Vest, Skidmore, MO and Haleigh Vest, Maryville; and three great-grandchildren: Hensley and Tegan Howard and Annabelle Vest.

Visitation will be 6-8pm Thursday October 5, 2017 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville,

Memorial Services will be 10am Friday, October 6th, also at Price Funeral Home with inurnment to follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.

Memorials may be made to Relay for Life or Northwest Foundation, Maryville.

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