St. Clair County Obits

DENVER EARL LAWLER

Clinton Daily Democrat
21 August 2001
Denver Earl Lawler, 80, Clinton, died Saturday, August 18, 2001. Born on December 18, 1920, in Coal, he was the youngest of three children born to Daniel Evan and Sarah Opal (McQueen) Lawler. He graduated from Osceola High School in 1939. A veteran of the United States Army, he served during World War II in the European Theatre. He married Lillie Josephine Loftin on May 31, 1946. A car accident on December 8, 1951, killed his wife and daughter, Jennifer Diane. On January 9, 1953, he married Nadine Hopkins. He retired from the Missouri State Highway Department where he worked in civil engineering. He was a Mason. He was a member of Pentecostal Church of God in Clinton. He was preceded in death by his wife and daughter, Jo and Diane Lawler; his parents, Evan and Opal Lawler; a brother, Dale Lawler; a daughter, Sharon Lawler Roberts, and his wife, Nadine Lawler. He is survived by his sister, LaVerne Sink of Osceola; two sisters-in-law, Arlene Lawler of Liberty and Imo Gene Roberts of Harrisonville, several nieces, nephews and a host of friends. Services were held Tuesday, August 21, at 7 p.m. at the Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.