Cline C. Herren

Cline Champion Herren, Jr, son of Cline Champion Herren, Sr. and Audrey Lorene (Rader) Herren, was born March 29, 1935 in Marshfield, MO. He passed away at 10:25 p.m. Friday, April 13, 2018 in the Webco Manor, Marshfield, at the age of 83.

            Cline graduated from Marshfield High School, class of 1953, where he was class president and FFA President. Cline served in the United States Army twice, 1954-1956 in the Army of the Occupation in Germany, and again from 1963-1965, stateside as an air traffic controller. He attended college at Washington University, University of Missouri Rolla, and Southwest Missouri State University. He farmed for many years and worked for Sho-Me Power in the engineering department.  March 24, 1974 he was united in marriage to Barbara Dugan. Together they owned and operated Century Realty and Webster County Land and Title Company in Marshfield. He served as President of the Greater Springfield Board of Realtors and was honored as Realtor of the Year. He was also a member of the Marshfield United Methodist Church and VFW, and was a lifelong supporter of Boy Scouts, FFA, and Heifer Project International.

            He is preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Carl M. Herren; and brother-in-law Robert K. Dugan.

            Survivors include his wife Barbara, of the home; two sons, Douglas Andrews and his wife Susan, Ozark, and Cline Champion Herren, III and his wife Sara, Marshfield; one  daughter, Julie Crawford and her husband Charles, Marshfield; 10 grandchildren, Jared Crawford and his wife Mollie, Lauren Conrad and her husband Casey, Janay Andrews, Clifton Andrews and his wife Amanda, Peyton Andrews, Allen Enlow, Alexander Hinkley, Kenneth Champion Herren, Cline William Herren and Audreyetta Herren; two great-grandchildren, Amelia Crawford and Arden Conrad; two sisters-in-law, Laquitta Herren, Naples, FL, and Kate Wulle Dugan, Chicago, IL; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. The family would like to thank the community for the outpouring of kindness, and the staff at Webco  Manor for all of their devotion and attention during his long illness.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Marshfield United Methodist Church, under the direction of Fraker Funeral Home, Marshfield. Interment will military honors will follow in the Marshfield Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the church.

 The family suggests memorial contributions can be made to Heifer International or the Marshfield United Methodist Church in care of Fraker Funeral Home, Inc., P.O. Box 85, Marshfield, MO 65706.