Garry William Rudler

Garry William Rudler , 77, of Kearney, MO passed away peacefully at Northcare Hospice on December 18, 2022. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Beth Rankin, his parents, Melford Rudler and Pauline Morrissey and his sisters Judy Morrissey and Sandra Elliott. He is survived by his loving children, Sherri Rudler, Krysti Sipes (Chris), Bradley Rudler (Lisa), Kimberly Rudler, son-in-law Charles Rankin, his grandchildren Brittany Tabor and Avery Rudler, and his sisters Glenda Phipps, Colleen Morrissey and Vikki (Tom) Vogt. Garry was born September 29th, 1945 in Meadville, PA. He grew up in different cities in PA until he enlisted in the US Army in 1964 for 6 years. He enjoyed his travels to many different countries while in the Army. Garry had a long career working in the Public Works Depts for a number of cities, working as a Building Inspector, Public Works Director and was City Manager for several cities. He enjoyed moving every so often to experience new things and take all of his children to new places during the summers and holidays. Then he came back home and worked for the IRS for many years until he retired in 2007. Garry was a huge lover of motorcycles throughout his life from when he was young. His favorite was his last bike, a Harley Davidson Fatboy. He loved taking motorcycle trips with his children and their spouses that rode also. He loved doing things with them as much as he could, especially later in life. He was very into the Rock-n-Roll of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. He had even earned the nickname of “The Music Man” during one of his long hospital stays. He loved watching music videos on YouTube every day. When he was younger and up until a few years ago, he went to as many concerts as he could. He loved watching concerts with his children. He loved animals and spoiled his children’s pets every chance he got, which was quite often. He loved watching football, every team, but he loved the Kansas City Chiefs the most and loved it when he could watch it with family, which was almost every week. And he has always loved going to the casinos and spending the entire day gambling. And was always generous to his family with his wins. In the past few years, he was able to go with his daughters every week or so and always had a great time, win or lose. He just loved being there. Garry will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was one of a kind. Garry loved art museums and history and talking about his military days. He loved watching his son and daughter’s hockey games as often as he could. He just had a great ability to bond with each of his children. He was so proud of all of his children and somehow had the ability to have different things in common with each one of them. He loved having deep conversations with each one of them. The family would like to thank Northcare Hospice House for keeping him comfortable during his final days, as well as the nurses from KC Hospice who came to the house every week for over a year. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to your favorite local animal rescue in his name. We know that would have meant the world to him, helping animals in need. Private service will be at a later date.

Garry William Rudler

September 29, 1945 - December 18, 2022