Rolla Masonbrink

Rolla M. Masonbrink of Lenoir City, Tennessee, was born December 17, 1912 in Creighton, Missouri, the son of Charles and Oleta (Lee) Masonbrink. He departed this life Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Baptist Healthcare Center, Lenoir City at the age of 95 years and 8 days.
On May 23, 1941, Rolla was united in marriage to Maxine Franklin in Drexel, Missouri.
Rolla farmed most of his life on a dairy farm in Cass County, Missouri and later in Bellflower and Mansfield, Illinois before retiring in 1978 and moving to Mesa, Arizona. He served in the Army Signal Corps during WWII. Rolla was an active member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Mesa, Arizona and a member of the Bellflower, Illinois Masonic Lodge. He was a 32nd degree Mason for 50 years. Rolla was blessed with good health, an active retirement and many coffee-drinking, problem-solving good friends.
Besides his parents, Rolla was preceded in death by his wife Maxine on April 2, 1989 and a sister, Laverne Lindsay.
He is survived by a daughter, Nancy Eident and husband, Albert of Loudon, Tennessee; a son, R.C. Masonbrink and wife Judy of Fairway, Kansas; five grandchildren, Jim, Steve, Leah, Abbey and Adam; other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held Saturday, December 29, 2007 at the Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri with burial in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.