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Wesley Otto Bock

March 5, 1927 — March 22, 2023

Delta, Missouri

Wesley Bock of Delta Missouri passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri at the age of 96. Wesley was born March 5, 1927 in Delta to the late Otto and Martha Tuschhoff Bock. He and Viola Phillips the daughter of the late Walter and Virginia Heise Phillips were united in marriage on January 5, 1952 at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. Wesley was a lifetime farmer; He was born and raised on the family farm near Delta. Farming was his love as well as his living raising cattle and growing grain. He grew up shouldering the responsibility of the family farm due to his father's illness and because he was the only son. Wesley knew what it was like following a team of mules through the fields. He served on the Cape Girardeau County Committee for the USDA for 10 years and served on the Delta School board. When not occupied with the farming operation he and Viola loved to go dancing on Saturday nights. They would on occasions take bus trips with friends touring the US. Wesley loved spending time with his family, he cherished family gatherings. Wesley has been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau since 1985. Survivors include his wife 71 years Viola, two sons, Stephen (Sonya) Bock of Cape Girardeau, Gary (Donna) Bock of Jackson and one daughter, Carol (Terry) Lorenz of Farrar, six grandsons, Garret (Jen) Bock, Craig (Amanda) Bock, Eric (Emily) Bock, Kyle (Natalie) Lorenz, Ryan (Emma) Lorenz and Brandon (Katelyn) Bock, ten great-grandchildren, violet, Carter, Dawson, Ellie, Gus, Cora, Ford, Hailey, Maddie, Kinley. He was preceded in death by a son Paul Wesley, sisters and brothers-in-laws Nora and Alvin Seabaugh, Lela and Joseph Hahn, Vera and Loyd Birk. A visitation will be held on Sunday from 3 - 7 pm at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral Service will be at 10 am on Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Douglas Breite officiating. Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Memorial contributions may be made in Wesley's name to Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting mccombsfuneralhome.com

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Trinity Lutheran Church - Cape Girardeau
100 N. Frederick Street, Cape Girardeau MO 63701
Tel: 1-573-335-8224
Web: http://www.t-lutheran.org/

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Sunday, March 26, 2023

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Monday, March 27, 2023

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