No services are planned at this time for Ronald Dale Bird age 83, of Blue Eye, Missouri. Burial will be in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri at later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home of Branson.
He died at 10:20PM, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at Skaggs Regional Health Center in Branson.
He was born on May 9, 1926 in Lincoln, KS. the son of Russel Aaron and Zella Irena Porter Bird. He was a retired construction superintendent and a United States Navy Veteran having served in WW II. He had been a resident of the area for 42 years.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Helen Lucille Bird of the home, three children; Linda Lawrence and her husband David of Shell Knob, MO. Rhonda Robertson and husband Robert of Oak Grove, AR., Howie Bird and wife Evelyn of Holly Springs, MS., one brother, Lyle Bird of Kechi, KS, one sister, Delores Pierce of Tuscon, AZ., five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Warren Bird and two sisters, Melva Campbell and Leana Meier.