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Additionally, there
will be a private service in his memory aboard the
Celebration cruise ship on the Lake of the Ozarks.
Arrangements are being handled by Hedges Funeral
Home, Osage Beach.
Mr. VanTine owned and operated VanTine's Feed
Company restaurant with his father in Mason City,
Ill., from 1974 until 1996. From 1996 until his
death, he was an equity trader with VanTine Asset
Management.
He served in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant. He
had been recognized as Leadership Graduate of his
Officer Candidate School class in 1970.
He was born June 7, 1945, in Peoria, Ill., to
Richard L. and Marjorie E. VanTine. He married his
best friend, Barbara Reiners, on June 20, 1987, in
Lincoln, Ill.
He is survived by his wife, who was at his side
at the time of his passing; his father; and two
daughters of whom he was extremely proud, Austin,
18, a freshman at the University of Texas, and
Jordan, 15, a sophomore at School of the Osage.
He was a 1963 graduate of Park Hill High School
in Kansas City, Mo. He earned both his Bachelor of
Science in business administration (1967) and his
Master of Arts in geography (1969) from the
University of Missouri-Columbia.
He was a lifetime member of the university's
alumni association and an avid fan of the Missouri
Tigers.
Among many other interests, he enjoyed bicycling,
motorcycling, traveling and boating with his friends
and family. He was an accomplished private pilot,
having logged over 3,000 hours of flight time.
He will be remembered for his quick wit and
positive spirit by all of those who loved him.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that
memorials be made to the Kent VanTine Scholarship
Fund, established at School of the Osage High
School, c/o P.O. Box 999, Lake Ozark, MO 65049. |
