Monroe Statler, son of the late Louis Statler and Annie Mae Robinson Statler, was born on January 11, 1923, in Catron, Missouri, and died on January 12, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield at the age of 90.

Mr. Statler was a retired car salesman and a resident of Bloomfield.

On April 14, 1951, he was united in marriage to Geneva McAnelly at Piggott, Arkansas.  Mrs. Statler survives at their residence in Bloomfield.

Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, Donnie Statler of Paducah, Kentucky, and Kenneth Statler and wife, Renay, of Bloomfield; by three daughters, Clara Ellis and husband, Lonnie, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, Ella Johnson and husband, Dearl, of Dexter and Belinda Jones of Bloomfield; by fifteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one son, William Gail Statler; by one daughter, Linda Stoker; by one brother, Loy Russell and by three sisters, Ora Kirkpatrick, Zola Kirkpatrick and Stella Jaco.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.

Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Roger Wooten officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Triplett cemetery.