Funeral services for Wesley Doughty will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, at the Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe. A Masonic service will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at the Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, with a family visitation to follow from 6-8 p.m. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, at the Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe. Burial will be held at the Masonic Cemetery, Jamesport. Memorial contributions may be made to the Livingston County Soil District (Soil Conservation Education), and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, MO 64601.
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Wesley, Merle Doughty, 88, Chillicothe, died on Monday, March 13, 2017, at Cameron Regional Medical Center. He had been a resident of the Cameron Missouri Veterans Home since June 2014.
Merle was born the son of William Wesley and Zelma (Lentz) Doughty on July 1, 1928, on a farm near Streator, Ill. He graduated from Cornell High School in Illinois in 1946.
He was united in marriage to Mildred Louise Peery on June 12, 1955, in Jamesport.
Merle farmed in the Northwest corner of Livingston County for 54 years until his retirement in 1994, but continued working on the family farm for another 10 years.
He served as a Livingston County Soil supervisor for 20 years; President of the Livingston County Farm Bureau; a Chillicothe R-2 School Board member; Green Hills Regional Planning Commissioner; Advisory Council; University of Missouri Farm at Spickard; Livingston County Extension Council; a member of the United Methodist Church, Chillicothe; former member of the United Methodist Church, Jamesport, where he served as a Sunday School teacher; a board member of the Jerry Litton Family Memorial Foundation; the Trenton Masonic Lodge #111, and the Chillicothe Shrine Club. He was a United States Army Veteran serving during the Korean War.
During his time, as a Livingston County Soil Supervisor, he also served as President of the Missouri Association for Soil and Water Conservation Districts from 1982-1984. During this time, he also served as Chairman of the Citizens for Soil, Water, and State. Some of his honors include: National Association of Conservation Districts Special Service Award; Department of Natural Resources Steward of the Year Award; Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Distinguished Service Award; Kansas City Chamber of Commerce State Agriculture Achievement Award; Northwest Missouri State University Outstanding Contribution Award; Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Agriculture Person of the Year; Livingston County Soil District Outstanding Cooperator Award; and the University of Missouri Extension Leaders-Honor Roll.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; brother, Eugene Doughty; and sisters, Barbara Doughty and Rose Anna Ramian.
Survivors include: his wife, Mildred; son, Douglas Peery Doughty (Barbara); daughter, Patricia Lynn Howard (Paul); sisters, Elaine Anderson, Spokane, Wash., Kathryn Rissler, Ames, Iowa, Marjorie Schapaugh, Trenton, Marilyn Dunn (Ray), Kearney, and Beverly Whorton (Jim), Trenton; four grandchildren.