Luther Schambach

Funeral services for Charles Luther “Toot” Schambach, 96, of Louisiana, Missouri will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 20th at the Centenary United Methodist Church in Louisiana. The Rev. Jeanne Webdell will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 19th at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville, M0. Mr. Schambach passed away Friday, July 17, 2009 at the Country View Nursing Home in Bowling Green, Missouri. He was born December 2, 1912 in the family living room behind the heating stove. The birth records show only a baby boy was born that day and it was not officially named on the birth records until he started to draw social security and his oldest sister wrote an affidavit about the birth. Luther was the fifth child of seven children of Frederick William and Ellen Belle Clement Schambach. Luther was named after two uncles and inherited his nickname “Toot” from his Uncle Luther. Luther married Cora Pauline “Polly” Adams on January 18, 1936 at Clarksville, Missouri. To this union four children were born. Juanita Ruth Schambach, a still born child on June 20, 1940; Pamela Jane Bolte, Martin Luther Schambach and Linda Pauline Wilhite. Luther and Polly had celebrated over 60 years of marriage before her death in 1998. Luther worked with a construction crew building the Clarksville Dam, was a farmer in the Clarksville bottoms and a logger until 1941. He then attended the Graham School of Veterinary Medicine in Kansas City. Luther was certified in Animal Husbandry and managed cattle herds for farm estates with prize cattle herds and developed winning grand champion honors at the National events with those various herds, including Marmac Farms of Clarksville and Malinmor Farm at Edgewood, M0. Luther was active in 4-H and FFA and believed in young people and started many on their agriculture careers. Luther was baptized in the Mississippi River in Clarksville around 1941 and later became a certified Lay Speaker for the Methodist Church for over 60 years and was District Lay Leader in many districts. He last spoke at the age of 96 on Mother’s Day, 2009, at the Noix Creek Baptist Church. Luther was a charter member of the Methodist Men’s Association in Louisiana, and was an active Lay Person in many churches in Arkansas and Missouri. Luther enjoyed poetry and its spoken ministry and recited many poems, the last one he learned at the age of 96 called, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light. Luther is survived by one son, Martin Luther Schambach and wife, Kathy of Louisiana, M0., Two daughters, Pamela Jane Bolte and husband, Vince of Bowling Green, Missouri and Linda Pauline Wilhite and husband, John of Springfield, M0., 20 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 17 great-great-grandchildren, One brother, James Lovelace Schambach of Holts Summit, M0., Nieces and Nephews. Luther enjoyed having four sets of four-generation families and four sets of five-generation families and always stated that was more than Job had. Honorary pallbearers are: Cara Marie Wendel, Julie Charmaine Stotlemeyer and Nina Sue Gebke. Active pallbearers are; Charles David Sterne, Harold Dean Sterne, Darryl Gene Sterne, Brian Vincent Bolte, Charles Robert Wilhite, Jason Andrew Luck and Jeffrey Alan Luck. Memorials may be given to the Schambach Scholarship Fund or to the Centenary United Methodist Church in care of Collier Funeral Homes, Inc., 117 Barnard Drive, Louisiana, M0 63353 Online condolences may be sent to collierfuneral.com

Luther Schambach

December 2, 1912 - July 17, 2009