Dr. Kenneth R Owings (Camdenton)'s Obituary
Dr. Kenneth Rector Owings, 88, passed into Heaven on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Lakeside Meadows Care Facility, Osage Beach, Missouri. He was born in Bates City, Missouri on January 11, 1925 to Rector Hicks and Beulah Hannah (Bainbridge) Owings.
“Doc” as he was affectionately known to most was an exceptionally well liked man by all who knew him. Such a gentleman with a kind heart and loved to visit and tell stories.
He joined the Army Air Corp as a young man and was the Radio Operator on the B-29 Bombers during World War II. He was the youngest member of his crew. He was proud to serve his country and never stopped telling his “war stories” to anyone who liked to listen. His book of memories of his service is titled, “Don’t Worry ‘Bout A Thing” which was the name of the bomber he flew so many missions over Japan in.
Upon returning from the service he met and married Bernice Lucille Kehler who preceded him in death after fifty years of marriage. Kenneth attended Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Missouri. He spent sixty years of his life devoted to that profession and loved helping his patients feel better. His first practice was in Harrisonville, Missouri where they lived and raised their daughters, Virginia and Vivian. They later moved to the Lake Area and he kept his Chiropractic office open for thirty-six years until he retired at age eighty-three and missed it every day.
When he wasn’t in his office he was either enjoying fishing or gardening, his two favorite pastimes. Growing, picking and canning was a summer’s joy to him even up until last summer.
Kenneth is preceded in death by his parents and his wife Bernice.
He is survived by two daughters, Virginia and husband Brent Benkelman and Vivian and husband David Percival. He was so proud of his four Grandchildren, Jami and husband Wes Hedrick, Melissa and husband Seth Galitzer, Jason and wife Holly Percival, and Jeff and wife Cindy Percival. He also leaves his great grandchildren, Emma, Molly, and Sophie Galitzer, Haley Hobbs and Emily, Hannah, Bella, David, Brooklyn and Judah Percival. He was pleased to learn last week that two more great grandbabies will be born in February. A few days before his passing he said, “What are they all going to do without me?” They will fondly remember a wonderful Great-Granddad.
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