(Vern) Renner

Rock Island, Illinois
Richard ?Vern? Renner, 80, of Rock Island, Illinois, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Oak Glen Home, Coal Valley.
Services will be held at a later date in McElmurray Cemetery, West Plains, Missouri. Memorials may be made to Oak Glen Home. Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline, is assisting the family.
Richard Vernon Renner was born February 23, 1929, in West Plains, Missouri, the son of Clifford and Elsie (Newberry) Renner.
Richard was a self-employed barber, running a shop in Fort Armstrong Hotel for years. He also served Oak Glen Home and Arrowhead Ranch, Coal Valley. He managed the VFW Post 1303 in Rock Island.
Vern enjoyed Rodeos, piloting small planes, woodworking, collecting car models, and especially loved being a community service worker, helping everyone he could.
He is survived by daughters and a son-in-law, Lorie Smith of Moline, and Lisa and LaVerne Schmidt of Colona, a granddaughter, Ashley Smith of Moline, brothers and a sister-in-law, William and Joyce Renner of Peoria, Illinois, and Kenneth Renner of Springfield, Missouri, and a lifelong friend, Bernice.
Vern?s family invites you to share stories and condolences and light a candle in his memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.