Obituary of Conrad Baker McMillin, Jr.

Funeral Services for Conrad Baker McMillin, Jr. of St. Peters, MO (formerly of Elsberry, MO) will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Rev. Paul Garven, pastor of the Elsberry United Methodist Church, will officiate with inurnment in the Elsberry City Cemetery at a later date. Mr. McMillin, 86, passed away Friday morning, July 8, 2016 at Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Peters, MO. Born June 6, 1930 in Everett WA, he was the son of Conrad Baker and Pauline Eleanor Jolliff McMillin, Sr. Raised in the Elsberry area, he was a 1948 graduate of Elsberry High School and attended one year of college. He served his country during the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Air Force from October 4, 1949 until he was honorably discharged on October 3, 1955. He was united in marriage on November 22, 1952 in Elsberry to Anna Sue Johnson. This union was blessed with two children: Philip Conrad and Michelle Annette. After almost 25 years of marriage, Anna passed away on August 4, 1977. Conrad was married again on April 21, 1978 in Elsberry to Jeanette Isabelle Smith. He worked for many years as an electronics salesman and served as manager of Radio Shack for several years. He was a co-member of the First United Methodist Church in St. Charles, MO and the Elsberry United Methodist Church in Elsberry. He was preceded in death by his parents, Conrad and Pauline McMillin, Sr.; his first wife, Anna Sue McMillin in 1977; one step-son, David Brent Justmann in 2015. Survivors include his beloved wife of 38 years, Jeanette McMillin of St. Peters; one son: Conrad McMillin and his wife, Mary Ann, of Chicago, IL; one daughter, Michelle Rodamaker and her husband, John, of O’Fallon, MO; one step-daughter, Marribeth Cissell and her husband, Greg, of O’Fallon; ten grandchildren: Cody McMillin, Conor McMillin, Annie Diomedes and her husband, Nick, Emily Osborn and her husband, Aaron, Lyndee Rodamaker, Zachary Rodamaker, Wesley B. Justmann, Allyson Justmann, Tommy Cissell and his wife, Meg, and Kara Cissell; and one great-granddaughter, Lena Faith Cissell. Conrad also leaves one brother, Philip “Mac” Schuchman and his wife, Lynn, of Kansas City, MO; two sisters: Patricia Pratt and her husband, Robert, of Elsberry, and Phyllis Hart and her husband, Wallace, of Center, MO; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until time of the service on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Memorials may be made to the Elsberry United Methodist Church or the J.R. Palmer Family Memorial Library in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 S. 5th Street; Elsberry, MO 63343.