Homer Robert Twenter, age 93, of Pilot Grove, died Sunday, August 9, 2020.

Private funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 15, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pilot Grove. Burial will take place immediately following the service in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, August 14, at Meisenheimer Funeral Home in Pilot Grove to sign the guest register and pay their respects. The family will not be present in observance of COVD-19 guidelines. Online condolences may be submitted at www.meisenheimerfuneralhome.com.

The family hopes to have a celebration of Homer’s life at a later date.

Memorials are suggested to Central Missouri Honor Flight or St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Homer was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Elizabeth (Larm) Twenter; wife, Lillian; son, Tom; grandson, Matt; sisters, Veloris Gerke and Betty Carol; and brother, Roger.

He is survived by his children: Jim and wife, Sarah, of Lee’s Summit, Steve and wife, Sandra, Karen Gerke and husband, Dan, Greg and wife, Pam, and Eugene, all of Pilot Grove; daughter-in-law, Regina Twenter, of Boonville; nieces and nephews, Judy Lammers, Barb Lammers, Kenny Gerke and Mark Gerke, who Homer always thought of and treated as his own; grandchildren, Liz (Matt) Hlinak, Tim (Christiana) Gerke, Grant Twenter, Barry (Maria) Twenter, Kyle (Lindsay) Twenter, Laura (Kyle) Gerstner, Katie Twenter, Duston (Kim) Twenter, Justin (Hannah) Twenter, Devin Twenter, Alexis Twenter, Brett (Shelby) Twenter, Isaac Gerke, and Logan (Brookelynn) Twenter; great-grandchildren, Cooper, Jet, Jules, David, Alex, Nicholas Homer, Grayson, Shiloh, Zoey Twenter, Madeleine and Audra Hlinak, and Hailey and Annabelle Gerstner; brother, Ruben (Pat) Twenter, of Sedalia; and sister-in-law, Jane Twenter, of Pilot Grove.