Norman Jacob Ridenour passed away surrounded by family at 2:28 a.m. on May 22 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.
He was born on Nov. 3, 1931, on the family home place just outside of Puxico to Louis D and Edna E. Ridenour. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War from 1951-1958.
He met Theressa Snider at Frosty's Drive-in at Poplar Bluff and they married on November 21, 1959. Ridenour was known for his quick and mischievous wit. He was the primary caregiver for his wife, Theressa, for nearly four years before her death in 2013. Of late, he was known for riding his little red scooter about town, and frequented Holloway's Gas Mart and Bill's Market in search of a cup of coffee.
Ridenour was the youngest and last surviving sibling of his sister Golda and brothers Vernon, Louis, Eugene, Bob, and Quinton Ridenour. He is survived by his son Clark Jay Ridenour and wife Beverly, his daughter Kandi Ridenour Speer and her husband Dan and Penny Ridenour, as well as his grandchildren Anthony and Andrew Ridenour and Kelsey, Natalie, and Lyndsey Speer and his great-grandchildren Andon and Nevaeh Ridenour.
Visitation was Wednesday, May 24, the Morgan Sifford Funeral Home, 580 Highway 51 in Puxico; His services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. He will be interred with military honors at the Missouri State Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield at 3 p.m.
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