Joe Allen Raney

Joe Allen Raney AKA “Candy Man”, 72 passed away on January 21, 2019 at Select Specialty Hospital in Springfield, Mo of Pulmonary Fibrosis and Congestive Heart Failure. He was the loving husband of Valorie Raney. They shared Thirty-Four and a half years of marriage together. Joe and his twin sister Joan were born in Springfield, Mo on December 5, 1946 to Hazel and Harvey (Red) Raney. He attended North Ward Elementary School and graduated in 1965 from Bolivar High School. He played baseball, basketball and football. After graduation he was drafted into the Army from 1966-68. He was a scout, and a gunner on a mortar. His first outfit was the First of the 41st. The “Big Red One”. This was the first armored division which was a mechanized infantry. His second outfit was the 2nd of the 45th. Here he was a recon scout. After returning from Vietnam, Joe married Barbara Wood, and to this marriage, a son, Eric Joe was born. Joe drove a fuel truck for his family business, “Raney Oil Company” for some Thirty years, and helped on the family farms, working cattle, raking and cutting hay. For the past fifteen years he was a school bus driver for the Fair Play School District, which he loved. Joe was baptized and raised in the First Baptist Church of Bolivar and was married in the United Methodist Church of Bolivar in June of 1984. Joe enjoyed hunting, his annual fishing trip to Canada, watching baseball, a Cardinals Fan, and football, a Chiefs Fan, driving his sports car, going to coffee with friends, and being with family. His personal traits; T-Shirts with overalls, Hawaiian shirts, beard, handing out chocolate, being able to talk to anyone, and being generous. He never knew a stranger. Joe shared his birth month and day, December 5, with his older brother Jim, his twin sister Joan, and his wife Valorie. Joe is preceded in death by; his parents, Harvey and Hazel, his brother; Jim Raney, his sister; Frances Newman, his nephew: Jeff Newman, and brother in laws; David Magnuson and Gordon Kuhn. Joe is survived by his wife; Valorie Raney of 34 years, his son Eric Joe Raney, wife Dee, and their daughters Ollianne and Autumn Raney. Joe’s sister Sue and her husband Dave Hagar, their children, Mike and Linda Hagar, and Kenny and Geneva Hagar, sister in law; Jean Raney and children; Sheila Meador, Lisa and Brad Pitts, Shane and Kelly Raney, and Abby and Dan Smith. Brother in law; Melvin Newman and their family; Kelly and Jim Harris, Lesley Newman, and Carey and Randy Gross. Twin sister; Joan and Firoze Sethna and their daughter; Samantha Sethna. In laws; Ken and Betty Magnuson; and their sons Brad and Chad Magnuson. Linda Magnuson and children Clint Magnuson and Billy Cantrell, Terry Magnuson, and children; Kathy and Eric Magnuson. Melodie Magnuson, Jill Stahl and children; Joel and Clara Stahl, Jennifer and Dusty Cochran, Lori Kuhn and daughters; Mikayla and Maddie Kuhn. Visitation for Joe will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 25,2019 and Services at 1:00 pm Saturday, January 26, 2019, at Butler Funeral Home, Bolivar, Missouri.

Joe Allen Raney

December 5, 1946 - January 21, 2019