Lion Bob was an active member of the Clayton Lions Club. He has left some very large shoes to be filled and will be missed by all who knew him.

Bill attended Knox College and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He began his career with Illinois Bell as a student testman and then served in management capacities in several Illinois Bell districts and was Division Plant Manager in Springfield, Ill., retiring with over 40 years of service in 1969.

Mr. Hager was a member of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, a Former District Governor (1985-86) of the Lions Club, lifetime member of Masons, member of Shriners, Elks, and Telephone Pioneers.

Bill and his wife Fran retired and made their home in Kimberling City in 1969. She preceded him in death in 1987.

He is survived by his wife Dora E. Hager; a daughter, Martha H. Mason, of Tucson, Ariz.; a son, W. Martin Hager, of Dundedin, Fla.; six grand-children and two great-grand-children.

Memorial donations may be made to Lions Club Leader Dog, c/o Dean Winfiel, 403 S. Springfield, Bolivar, MO 65613.

Mr. Halter was Past District Governor from District 26-D during the year 1964-65 as a member of the Bonne Terre Lions Club.

He is survived by his wife, Betty A. (Ward) Halter of Farmington; one daughter, Priscilla Ann Mondello of Bonne Terre; two granddaughters; Barbara Sue Barrick of Hazelwood and Michelle Fitzgerald of Hazelwood.

He was born May 21, 1914, in Richland Center, Wis., son of Robert Wilson and Pearl B. Chandler Jewel. He first married Allene Gillingham Jan. 18, 1936, in Richland Center. She died in January 1964. He later married Dolly Pohnert April 16, 1965, at Thayer.

Jewel was a professor of microbiology, physiology and anatomy at Southeast Missouri State University from 1956 until retiring in 1979.

He was an active member of the First General Baptist Church, a member of the Junior Academy of Science, Missouri Academy of Science, and had been a judge of the Science Fair since it began.

Jewel was a Life member of the Lions Club and had served as District Governor, treasurer of the local chapter, had been a member of the local, district, and state boards of directors and served on the State of Missouri Sight and Hearing Committee. He was also president of the Civic Center 10 years.

He had three daughters, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Frantzen served as mayor of Forsyth from 1976 to 1980, and later as an alderman. He was also very active on the Taney County Fair Board and the Forsyth Lions Club, where he was honored earlier this year for 31 years of perfect attendance at Lions Club meetings in Illinois and Forsyth. Frantzen was a retired teacher, coach and athletic director who moved to the Forsyth area in 1972.

As a Lions Club member, Frantzen was presented the Melvin Jones Award in December 1994. "That's probably the highest award that could be presented to a Lion," said John Smith, who took over as secretary of the Forsyth Lions after Frantzen resigned that position 17 years ago. Frantzen later became a zone chairman for District 26-H.

His son, Lion Pete Frantzen, secretary of the Clayton Lions Club, sent in this information and indicated at the same time his mother, Alice, was voted Lioness of the Year as a member of the Forsyth Lioness Club.

A fact unknown to many, Lion Bill was the Vice Chairman of the Executive Council of the Board of Governors in 1956-57.

Years ago there was an Executive Council of the Board of Governors consisting of seven members chosen from the outgoing District Governors; usually three from the United States and four from foreign countries. The Chairman automatically became an ex- officio member of the International Board of Directors for a two year term. This group did the school of instruction for the next group of Governors-Elect at the end or their year; and had the power to call a special meeting of the International Board, if a board member should come up with major personal wrong doings; to determine if he should be removed from office.

This and his outstanding accomplishments in many other areas of Lionism over his many years of service indicate the stature of the man and why he was so well liked. Lion Bill will be well remembered and missed by all of the Lions of Missouri.

He was born May 17, 1918, in Lexington, son of John Wilmot and Maude Schrimsher Kenney. On April 16, 1942, in Sedalia, he married Rita Maxine Woodford, who died June 22, 1986.

Mr. Kenney was raised and educated in Lexington. He was an Air Force World War II veteran and member of the First Christian Church, serving as an elder at one time. He was also a member of the Sedalia Lions Club, serving as District Governor of District 26-I, 1975-76, and also as president. He was a soft goods merchandising manager at Montgomery Ward, Sedalia.