BETHANY, Mo. - Sterling Wayne Lowrey, 58, Bethany, formerly of Princeton, Mo., passed away Monday, August 20, 2012, in Bethany.
He was born February 18, 1954, in Trenton, Mo., the son of Billy and Jane (Baker) Lowrey.
Sterling was a 1972 graduate of Princeton High School.
He was a member of Laborers International Union Local 1290.
Sterling loved his grandkids.
He liked gardening, animals and coon hunting.
On June 23, 1974, he married Penny Joiner in Mt. Moriah, Mo.
To this union, five daughters were born.
Survivors include his five daughters: Hillary (Mitch) Booher; Chelsi (Caleb) Osmon; Whitney Schell; Alyssa (Regan) Ury and Quincy Lowrey; three sisters, Gloria Gee; Linda Lowrey and Joyce Meinecke; brother, Steve Lowrey; grandchildren, Laila and Jaylee Booher and one on the way; Harley and Jett Osmon and Maddox and Jaxon Ury.
Sterling was preceded in death by his parents and nephew, Caleb Rockhold.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, August 23, at the Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany.
Burial will be in Goshen Cemetery, Princeton.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home, where friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to Goshen Cemetery, in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Bethany, Mo., 64424.
Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com