Obituary of William Christian Gnade

A Mass of Christian Burial for William Christian Gnade of Moscow Mills, MO will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church near Old Monroe, MO. Fr. Richard Rath, church pastor, will officiate with burial in Immaculate Conception Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Rocky Payne, Andrew Gnade, Seth Gnade, Jared Inman, Luke Ross, Aaron Brooks, Lawson Murphree, Jackson Murphree, Greg Nanney and Joe Nanney. Mr. Gnade, 90, passed away Monday afternoon, February 20, 2017 at the Elsberry Health Care Center near Elsberry, MO. Born October 1, 1926 in Old Monroe, he was the son of Herman and Rose Freise Gnade. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army from May 9, 1946 until he was honorably discharged on June 4, 1947 as a Technician Fifth Grade. During his service, Bill was a Military Policeman and was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal in Japan. Bill was united in marriage on December 29, 1954 in St. Paul, MO to Delores Carolyn Griesbauer. This union was blessed with eight children: Steve, George, Robert, Mark, Diane, Brian, Karen and Kevin. Bill was employed as a farmer for many years and also worked as a carpenter for Freise Construction for a couple years. He played the guitar and piano and sang with various bands, including the Road Runners for many years. Bill was a member of St. Theodore Catholic Church in Flint Hill, MO. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Rose Gnade; six brothers: John, Richard, Gene and Jim Gnade and two as infants: Francis and Richard Gnade; and three sisters: Adele Anthony, Ann Hank and Leona Schneider. Survivors include his beloved wife of 62 years, Delores Gnade of Moscow Mills; their children: Steve Gnade of Bowling Green, MO, George Gnade and his fiancé, Marie Miracle, of Hawk Point, MO, Robert Gnade of Farmington, MO, Mark Gnade and his wife, Sally, of Elsberry, Diane Murphree of Lake St. Louis, MO, Brian Gnade of Elsberry, Karen Coke and her husband, Paul, of Vandalia, MO and Kevin Gnade and his fiancé, Susan Knoepflein, of Williamsburg, MO; twenty-three grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Bill also leaves two brothers: Charlie Gnade and Ben Gnade and his wife, Ruth, all of Old Monroe; two sisters: Rosemary Rottger and her husband, Everett and Jane Pieper and her husband, Leonard, all of Troy; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Winfield and again from 9:00 a.m. until the time of Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Immaculate Conception Church. Memorials may be made to the Elsberry Health Care Center (or) Masses in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 3838 East Highway 47, P.O. Box 253, Winfield, MO 63389.