Richard Oscar Gerloff

November 5, 1933 - June 1, 2019

RICHARD GERLOFF Richard Oscar Gerloff, age 85, of California, Missouri, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019 at his home. He was born November 5, 1933 in San Antonio, Texas, a son of Wilhem Oscar and Annie Louise (Watkins) Gerloff. On April 7, 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas, he was united in marriage to Estella Darlene Landreth. Together they shared fifty-two years of marriage before her passing on January 8, 2012. He was also preceded in death by his parents; a son, Richard Arnold Gerloff; a grandson, Robert Faulkner and sisters, Emma Lee Strait and Mary Annette Reed. Richard was raised in the Kansas City, Kansas area. While in Kansas, he worked for Fairbanks Morse and Company for over twenty-nine years. He and his wife owned Bud’s Westheights Café and Hickory Pit BBQ House. They later owned a pet shop before retiring to Missouri. During retirement they helped raise their grandchildren, traveled the country in their Winnebago and enjoyed farming and gardening. He is survived by his children, Royetta Lynn Gerloff-Moore, Anthony Wayne Gerloff, Sr., Frieda Kay Beacham (Dwayne, Sr.) and Belinda Gail Faulkner (Brian, Sr.); grandchildren, Christopher Gerloff (Jamie), Tabetha Schilb (Clinton), Jeremy Beacham (Haley), Stephen Doan (Carolyn Otto), Tiffany Lumley (John), Leah Knipp (Michael), Anthony Wayne Gerloff, Jr., Julie Gerloff, Csena Walker, Richard Gerloff, Cody Gerloff, Sarah Gerloff, Jacob Gerloff, Brian Faulkner, Jr. (Amanda), Jerry Gerloff, James Gerloff (Amber), Lynda Gerloff, Jamie Scofield, Kylie Bradshaw and Dylan Scholle; numerous great-grandchildren; his siblings, Billie Louise Gerloff-McLendon, Lora Darlene Gerloff-Winningham, Della Ann Gerloff-Smith, Donald Arthur Gerloff and Elvis Dale Gerloff and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation will be from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2019 in Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles. Graveside services burial will follow at Versailles Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the family. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.