{"id":29552,"date":"2025-06-12T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=29552"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:44:36","slug":"obituary-mcbride-grover-benjamin-ben","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=29552","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; McBride, Grover Benjamin &#8220;Ben&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1959<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1957 Maroon Spotlight<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1959_McBride_Ben_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Ben McBride\" \/><br \/>Ben McBride<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Grover Benjamin &#8220;Ben&#8221; McBride<\/h1>\n<h3>June 15, 1940 &#8211; January 12, 2025<\/h3>\n<p>Grover Benjamin McBride, 84, of Crane, Missouri departed this life on January 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Born on June 15, 1940, to Clyde and Agnes Dexter McBride.  He attended Lone Star Grade school and Perry High school until his sophomore year. <\/p>\n<p>He a member of the United States National Guard from 1956 to 1958 and a member of the United States Navy from 1958 to 1961.<\/p>\n<p>In February 1962, Ben and Maxine &#8220;Cheryl&#8221; Burnside were married.  To this union two daughters were born.  <\/p>\n<p>Ben retired from his job as a heavy equipment operator and moved to the Crane, Missouri area, where he resided around 30 years. <\/p>\n<p>In his free time he loved fishing, riding his Harley, and camping.<\/p>\n<p>Preceding him in death were: his parents; two daughters, Tonya McBride and Tammy McBride; and one stepdaughter, Shawna Murray.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his significant other, Denise Murray of Crane, Missouri; one stepson, Roger Vanmeeter of Kansas City, Missouri; a sister, Sheryl Leach of Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Tony McBride, Tyson McBride, and Tiffany Murray; and four great grandchildren, Ben, LaRondon, Tru and Mila.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29556,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29552\/revisions\/29556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}