VERNAL “POSS” WITTENBORN

Vernal “Poss” Wittenborn, age 93, of Aurora, Missouri, passed away at 7:32 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, 2020, at his home.  He was born April 13, 1927, in Amos, Arkansas, the son of Willie and Della (Rogers) Wittenborn.
Poss was a construction worker out of the Laborers Local 663.
On December 16, 1950, he married Dolores Del Rio Lawrence.  She preceded him in death on March 15, 2010.
Poss is survived by two sons, Rick Wittenborn and his wife, Barbara, and Robert Wittenborn and his wife, Julie, all of Marionville, Missouri; two sisters, Eula Arney of Gladstone, Missouri and Ledia Brown of Paola, Kansas; one brother, David Wittenborn of Marionville; seven grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Poss was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Della, his wife, Dolores, two brothers, Ershel and Lanear Wittenborn and four sisters, Mildred Hyman, Magretha Sullivan, Wilma Jung and Leota Osborn.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at the Williams Funeral Home in Marionville.  Burial will follow at the Marionville IOOF Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in the funeral home chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made payable to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in care of the funeral home.
Online condolences may be shared at www.WilliamsFuneralHomeMo.com

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