Maurice F. Forner Sr. 83, of Springfield, MO passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. He was born on August 23, 1935 in Springfield. Maurice married "Trudy" on May 19, 1956 and to this union four children were born, Teresa, Pam, Maurice Jr. and Kevin.

Maurice grew up in Lebanon, MO where he graduated high school and went on to graduate from SMSU College. He was a loving man that spent his life working for his family and will be dearly missed.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Trudy; daughters and their husbands, Pam and husband Robert Johnson and Teresa and Chris Gann; son and wife, Kevin and Mendy Forner; six grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Ruby Whittenburg; father, John Frances Forner; step-father, Cleo Whittenburg and son, Maurice F. Forner Jr..

Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 22, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Rivermonte (4500 S. Lone Pine Springfield, MO.) with a visitation held one hour prior at 12:00 p.m. at the funeral home. A burial will follow in Eastlawn Cemetery (2244 E. Pythian Springfield, MO)