Elmo Leroy Pilcher Jr.

Elmo Leroy Pilcher Jr., 63, Milo, Mo., passed away on Monday, June 28, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Kansas City. Leroy was born Oct. 27, 1957, in Nevada, Mo., to Elmo L. and Hedwig L. (Lehmann) Pilcher Sr.

Leroy grew up in Milo and graduated from El Dorado Springs High School Class of 1975. Following high school, he attended auctioneering school. Leroy worked several years for the Nevada Township on the road crew. He was an accomplished hunter, fisherman, sportsman, woodsman, and trapper, and also enjoyed mini pulling tractors.

Survivors include two sons, Shaun Pilcher and Aaron Pilcher; four sisters, Carion Rumans (Scott), Milo, Mo., Malita Roby (Kent), Milo, Mo., Mina Dresser (Daniel), Centerville, Tenn., and Mary Spencer (Jim), Hume, Mo.; and numerous grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Gerdi Beaman, and one brother, Karl Lehmann Sr.

Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, July 16, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family in care of Ferry Funeral Home.

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