John Franklin Brookshier, 79, of Warrensburg, Missouri, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, at Country Club Care Center.

Memorial services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at Sweeney-Phillips and Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg with the Rev. Joel Kurz officiating. Inurnment with military honors will take place at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri, following the service. Family will receive friends from 9-10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

John was born Feb. 15, 1938, in Slater, Missouri, to Travis Julius Brookshier and Mildred Jett Brookshier.

He graduated from Warrensburg High School, class of 1955, and received his bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from CMSU, class of 1960. He served two years in the U.S. Army from 1962-1964. Upon honorable discharge, he resumed working as a farmer.

John was preceded in death by his father, Travis Brookshier; mother, Mildred Jett Brookshier; stepmother, Mary K. Mulhearne Brookshier; infant brothers, Travis Lee Brookshier and Ralph Lloyd Brookshier; and cousins, Ruth Heyenbrock and Orene Bass.

He is survived by his cousins, Beverly Sullins and her husband, Glen, of Chilhowee; Ken Brookshier, of Hawaii; Mary Ann Canfield, of Lawrence, Kansas; and Ruby Ellen, of Overland Park, Kansas; and his dear neighbors, the Jim Counts family.

Contributions may be made to Crossroads Hospice and can be left in care of the funeral home.