SHERMAN LEE RAGSDALE

Sherman Lee Ragsdale, age 79, of Belton, Missouri, passed away at home on Friday, October 27, 2023.

Services will be held at St. Sabina Catholic Church, 700 Trevis Ave, Belton, Missouri 64012. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, November 6, 2023. Rosary will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 7, 2023 followed by a Mass of Christian Burial. Sherman will then be laid to rest next to his wife Leona at Floral Hills Cemetery.

Sherman was born in Kansas City, Missouri on July 19, 1944 to Henry Ragsdale and Arkie (Motley) Ragsdale. After high school, Sherman continued his education in trade school where he became a tool and die maker. He was a man of strong Catholic faith and has been a parishioner at St. Sabina in Belton with his late wife Leona for many years. In life Sherman was a Scout Master with the Boy Scouts of America Troop 428 and for eight years was the President of IAM Local Lodge 778 in Kansas City. He belonged to the Knights of Columbus.  In earlier years, Sherman enjoyed camping, hunting fishing and wood carving and was a member of a local wood carving guild. He loved watching the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals and was an avid golfer. In recent years, Sherman owned a machine quilting business, quilting over 3000 quilts.

Sherman is preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Arkie; loving wife of fifty-eight years, Leona Ragsdale; grandchild, Jerimiah Bentley; and two sisters, Alice Brockway and Alma Rice.

Cherishing Sherman's memory are his loving children, Thomas Ragsdale (Michelle) and Sheryll Bentley (James); three grandchildren, Sandra Sindeldecker (Jason), Jacob Bentley, and Abigail Ragsdale; and great grandson, Alexavier Sindeldecker.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to American Heart Association online at www.heart.org or the American Cancer Society online at www.cancer.org

Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, Missouri 816.322.5278