Carl Bernard Sherry

Ravenwood - Carl Bernard "CB" Sherry, Jr., 79, of Ravenwood, passed from this life on Monday, November 9, 2009 at the St. Francis Hospital.

Born on June 24, 1930 in Buchanan County, MO, he was the son of Carl Bernard Sherry, Sr. & Alma (Cook) Sherry.

He married Vera Darlene (Mattson) Sherry on August 19, 1956 in Stanberry, MO. He was preceded in death by his wife in 2007.

He was a Veteran of the Korean War serving in the U.S. Air Force and a member of the Ravenwood Christian Church and a former member of the Ravenwood Lions Club. He was a retired grocer and former owner of Sherry Grocery with his late wife for many years.

He is survived by his loving children, Steven Sherry & wife, Donella, Maryville, Doug Sherry and wife, Barb, Conception Junction, Martin Sherry & wife, Tina, Ravenwood, Nancy Fratzke & husband, Tom, Broken Arrow, OK, Patricia Sherry, Maryville; sister, Bonnie Jean Dougan, Ravenwood, brothers, Cleo Sherry, Maryville, and Willis Sherry, Platte City, and 13 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, a son, Bryan Sherry, and a sister, Virginia Cordonier.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the Danfelt Funeral Home, 951 S. Main Street, Maryville, MO 64468. Final Resting Place will be in the Nodaway Memorial Gardens, Maryville.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. Memorial donations may be to St. Francis Hospital or the American Diabetes Association.

Online condolences and tributes may be left by visiting www.danfeltfuneralhome.com