Rowena Jeanette Loyd, a 76 year old Brookfield, MO resident, passed away at 11:55 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, 2014 after a long illness, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at the Edinburg I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Edinburg. There is no visitation. Whitaker-Eads Funeral Home in Trenton is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Loyd was born on November 25, 1937 in Edinburg, MO the daughter of Delmar and Marie (Fulkerson) Sharp. She was married to Harold Loyd on December 15, 1971 in Trenton, MO. She worked at Trenton Trust Bank and long time staff member at Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton, GA, where her husband was President.
She is survived by her husband, Harold Loyd of Brookfield, MO; a brother, Stephen Sharp of Watsonville, CA; a sister, Phyllis Smith of rural Brookfield, MO; two nieces, Billie Harrington of Bucklin, MO and Jennifer Sharp Walden of Los Angeles, CA; a nephew, Brant Smith of rural Brookfield, MO; three great nieces; and one great nephew.
The family request in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Linn County Humane Society: P.O. Box 66, Brookfield, MO 64628 or left at the funeral home.