Steve “Wayne” Link, son of the late Edgar Washington Link and Ollie Mason Link was born on January 4, 1944 in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on April 30, 2011 at the age of 67 years.

Mr. Link was a member of the Wappapello Eagles, Wappapello VFW, and was a resident of Wappapello, Missouri.

Survivors include two sons, Steven Lloyd Link of Rockford, Illinois and Christopher Allen Link of Wappapello, Missouri; one daughter Tracy Gaither of Advance, Missouri; by three brothers, Robert Floyd Link of Wappapello, George Eugene Link of Dexter and William Voss of Wappapello; by four sisters, Louise Waggoner and Doris Horn both of Dexter, Bernice Hunt of Columbia, Missouri, and Charlette Zimmerman of Bernie, Missouri; also by fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Dennis C. Nunn and James Conway Link; also by one sister, Donnie Lee Barber.

A private Memorial service will be held at a later date. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home will be conducting all arrangements.