John Gentner

John M. Gentner was born February 6, 1939, in Fulton, Missouri. He was the son of John D. and Leola Gentner. He married Helen Schulze on February 18, 1961 in Brussels, Illinois. He graduated from Missouri School of Mines (now UMR) with a degree in Electrical Engineering and worked for companies in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming and New York. He retired in 1993 as CEO of Blaw Knox Food and Chemical Equipment Company in Buffalo, New York, and retired in Lakeview, Arkansas. He especially loved fishing, gardening, his family and friends. John Martin Gentner died Friday June 3, 2005 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 66 years, 3 months and 27 days. Survivors: Wife of forty-four years, Helen Gentner of Lakeview, Arkansas; one daughter, Susan (Tim) Kirkland of Willard, Missouri; and one granddaughter, Anastasia Belle Kirkland also of Willard, Missouri Preceded in Death by: Parents and one sister, Lorraine Ponder Visitation: 5 until 8 p.m. Monday, June 6, 2005 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home in Bull Shoals Funeral: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday June 7, 2005 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home in Bull Shoals, Arkansas with Pastor Kenneth Taglauer officiating Burial: Fulton, Missouri at a later date Memorials: American Heart Association, Arkansas Affiliate, Inc., P.O. Box 1610, Little Rock, AR 72203