Fred Halbert

DEXTER, Mo. -- Fred C. Halbert, 71, of Dexter died Friday, May 27, 2016, at his home.

He was born July 23, 1944, in Dexter to Coell and Etta Mae Halbert. He and Brenda Joyce Rhodes were married Nov. 19, 1966, at the Church of God in Lutesville, Missouri. Mrs. Halbert survives of their residence in Dexter.

Fred was a 1962 graduate of Delta High School. He received a junior-accountants degree from Sanford Brown College in St. Louis. Fred served in the 1221 National Guard Transportation Unit from February 1967 to January 1973. He was a supervisor for Missouri Utilities and Ameren UE for 35 years in Cape Girardeau, Chaffee and Dexter, Missouri, retiring in July 2002. Fred was a member of the Dexter and Chaffee Rotary Clubs. He was also a member of the Dexter, Chaffee and Scott City chambers of commerce.

Loving survivors include his mother and stepfather, Etta Mae and Leroy Temples of Dexter; wife Brenda Halbert of the home in Dexter; two daughters, Theresa and husband Gary Bentley of Blytheville, Arkansas, and Tina and husband Billy Eaker of Delta; three grandchildren, Courtney Bentley and fiance Jordan Tew, Collin Bentley of Scott City and Dillon Eaker of Delta.

Fred was preceded in death by his father, Coell Halbert.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Steve Tippin and Gary Gilbert officiating. Interment will be in Dexter Cemetery.