

Obituary
Saturday
25
January
Funeral Service
10:30 am
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Carter-Ricks Funeral Home
107 S. 5th Street
Elsberry, Missouri, United States
Obituary of William Ernest Calvin
Funeral Services for William Ernest Calvin of Elsberry, MO will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Rev. Conrad Cheatham, pastor of Elsberry ARPresbyterian Church, will officiate with burial in Auburn Cemetery near Silex, MO.
Ernest, 97, passed away early Wednesday afternoon, January 22, 2025 at his home in Elsberry. Born March 11, 1927 in Hannibal, MO, he was the son of Allen A. and Madge Neil Calvin. Ernest served his country in the United States Army from June 8, 1945 until his honorable discharge on May 6, 1947. Ernest was united in marriage on March 14, 1948 in Bowling Green, MO to Helen Marie Mays. This union was blessed with three daughters: Kathy, Denise and Roberta. Ernest worked as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service, retiring in 1982. He was a member of the Elsberry ARPresbyterian Church where he served as an elder.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Allen and Madge Calvin; one brother, Wayne Calvin; his beloved wife, Helen Calvin, who died on July 11, 2023; and one daughter, Roberta Laughlin.
Survivors include two daughters: Kathy Calvin of Elsberry and Denise Gray of Morton, IL; seven grandchildren: Julie Anna, Jill, Joy and her husband, Jason, Amanda and her husband, John, Jessica and her husband, Kendall, Cynthia and her husband, Robert, and Stephanie and her husband, Kyle; and eleven great-grandchildren. Ernest also leaves many other relatives and friends.
Memorials may be made to the Elsberry ARPresbyterian Church in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South 5th Street; Elsberry, MO 63343.
Elsberry
Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes
107 South Fifth Street
Elsberry, MO
63343
Tel: 573-898-2181
Fax: 573-898-3148
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Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes
3838 East Highway 47
P.O. Box 253
Winfield, MO
63389
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