Clifford Raymond Dennis, (PeeWee)

December 9, 1924 - July 11, 2014

Ray (PeeWee) Dennis, age 89 of Brookfield, died Friday July 11, 2014 at Harry S. Truman Memorial Hospital, Columbia. Visitation with family will begin at 9:00 am Tuesday July 15, 2014 at Trinity United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Tuesday at the church with Reverend Mike White officiating. Burial will be in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery, Jacksonville at 1:00 pm Tuesday with military honors. Memorials have been suggested to the SEV (Saving Every Victim) Foundation and may be left at the church or sent to Rhodes Funeral Home, 216 Linn Street, Brookfield, Mo. 64628. SEV Foundation is a non-profit organization that assists families in Linn County that are battling cancer. On-line registry at www.rhodesfh.com. Clifford Raymond was born on December 09, 1924 at Heckley, Missouri, son of George and Mary Cooper Dennis. On May 23, 1953 he was united in marriage to Doris Josephine Stella at Marceline. Ray was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, VFW and American Legion, a self-employed auto mechanic, and was a veteran of WWII. He is survived by his wife, Doris of the home; son, Leroy Dennis and wife Kim, St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands; daughters, Debbie Groteluschen and husband Ron, Sanford, N.C. and Linda Shaw and husband David, Brookfield; grandchildren, Logan and Vanessa Shaw, Julie and Kelly Dennis, Eric and Dane Groteluschen, and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Ray was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Evelyn Chapman and Ethel Main and an infant son, George Angelo.