Monday 6th October 2025

Dorsey Paul Alpers, age 90, of Pilot Grove, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 28, at First Baptist Church in Prairie Home, with burial to follow at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 27, at Windmill Ridge Funeral Home in California, Mo.

Memorials are suggested to the New Salem Cemetery c/o Truman Wallenmeyer or Harris Cemetery c/o Donnie Sells.

Survivors include his wife, Libby Alpers, of Pilot Grove; son, Robert Alpers and his wife, Kathy, of Prairie Home; grandchildren, Shanna and her husband, Stacy Henderson- (great grandchildren, Austin and Dillon); Nathan Alpers and his wife, Meagan- (great grandchildren, Paige, Ethan and Kaylee); and Heather Wilson; son, Mark Alpers, of Prairie Home; and step grandson Logan Twenter and his wife, Jenny Alpers, of Boonville; granddaughters, Jennifer and husband, Scott Alpers- (great grandchildren, Jordyn and Brady), Ashley and husband, Billy Sarver-(great grandson Wil, and with another great grandson any day).

He was preceded in death by his son, Gary Alpers in August 2013; his brother, David Alpers (1998); and step grandson, Ryan Henderson (2014).