Charles D. Gromer, son of the late Ernest Gromer and Addie Mason Gromer, was born on January 31, 1938, and departed this life on December 17, 2016, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 78.
    

He served in the Missouri National Guard, was an employee at W.W. Wood Products in Dudley, Missouri, and a current resident of Jackson, Missouri, formally of Dexter.  

He was united in marriage to Bonnie Jean Gromer on October 29, 1965, in Dexter, Missouri, and she preceded him in death on April 3, 2013.

Survivors include, one son, Timothy Dale Gromer (Suanne) of Jackson, Missouri; by two daughters - Tammy Dale Six (Johnny) of New Madrid, Missouri, and Tracey Diane Gromer of Dexter, Missouri; by two brothers - Allen Gromer (Norma Jean) of Union, Missouri and Cecil Gromer (Margaret) of Columbia, Missouri; by five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by three brothers - Howard Gromer, Alva Gromer, and Harold Gromer; by four sisters - Mary Gromer, Virgie Allen, Annie Pruitt, and Dorothy Edwards.

A memorial service, with dinner following, will be on February 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM, at the First Baptist Church in Dexter, Missouri.