Harold Mills

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Harold Gene Mills, 79, of Sikeston died Friday, Aug. 15, 2003, in the emergency room at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

He was born Dec. 22, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, son of Fred and Iva Darter Mills. He and Ruby Lois Parks were married July 1, 1975, in Puxico, Mo. She died June 30, 2003.

Mills had been a welder at Missouri Dry Dock.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 and in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1950.

Survivors include a son, Ronnie Mills of St. Louis; four stepsons, Gary Klingel of Benton, Mo., Byron Klingel of Kennett, Mo., Bobby Klingel of Vanduser, Mo., Billy Klingel of Jackson; a stepdaughter, Sonja Fisher of Vanduser; 10 stepgrandchildren; and four great-stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the chapel, with the Rev. David Cullen officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery, with military honors conducted by Missouri Military Honor Guard.