Bill Dwyne Bekemeier

Bill Dwyne Bekemeier, age 73, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 5:04 a.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the Mt. Vernon Place Care Center.  He was born July 21, 1946, in Monett, Missouri, the son of Alfred Charles and Hulda Pauline (Moenkhoff) Bekemeier.
Bill was raised in Stotts City, Missouri, was a 1964 graduate of Mt. Vernon High School.  After high school he played AA Baseball in Valentine Nebraska and then played Baseball for Crowder College for two years.  He was the owner of the B&B Bus Company, in Mt. Vernon for 37 years. Bill enjoyed fishing, the St. Louis Cardinals, watching the Price Is Right and was a member of the Mt. Vernon Christian Church.
On January 2, 1971, he married Vickie Farrell, in Mt. Vernon.
Bill is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 49 years, Vickie; two daughters, Nicole Lafevers and Stacy Gann and her husband, Gary; one son, Beau Bekemeier and his wife, Ashley; seven grandchildren, Emily, Warren, Jensen, Ryder, Lincoln, Eden and Finn; mother-in-law, Flora Farrell; four sisters-in-law, Velma Bekemeier, Marvelle Bekemeier, Norma Brockman and her husband, Paul, and Gloria Welch; two step brothers, John Bekemeier and his wife, Jeanne, and Jim Bekemeier and his wife, Jayne; step sister, Shirley Williams and several nieces and nephews.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred and Hulda, step mother, Nora Bekemeier, two brothers, Marvin (Pete) and Charles Bekemeier, two step sisters, Elizabeth Owens and Glenda Housh, three step brothers-in-law, Burt Owens, Richard Williams and Don Housh and brother-in-law, Harv Welch.
A visitation, under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon, was held from 12:00-2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at the Mt. Vernon Christian Church, 1460 McVey, Mt. Vernon, with a funeral service that followed at 2:00 p.m.  Burial followed at the Orange Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations in memory of Bill may be made payable to the Mt. Vernon Emergency Services for Children in care of the funeral home.
Online condolences may be shared at www.FossettMosherFuneralHome.com.