C. Pilcher

Mass of Christian Burial for C. Raymond Pilcher, 90, Shawnee, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shawnee. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Lenexa.
Mr. Pilcher died Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at home.
He was born Feb. 1, 1920, in Delphos.
As a young man, Mr. Pilcher served during World War II as a technical sergeant radio operator on a B-24 flying out of the Aleutian Islands with the 404 Bombardment Squadron. He got his degree in landscaping at Kansas State University and worked for approximately 30 years as a lithographer.
He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shawnee Council of the Knights of Columbus and Serra Club.
His wife, Bertha, and a son, James Patrick, died earlier.
Survivors include six children, Paul Pilcher, Kansas City, Mo., Mary (Don) Pilcher-Cook, Shawnee, the Rev. John Pilcher, Wamego, Mark (Vicki) Pilcher, Leawood, David (Susan) Pilcher, Albuquerque, N.M., and Sharon (Ryan) Roberts, Olathe; 19 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother, Don Pilcher, Washington state. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, at St. Joseph Catholic Church with a rosary starting at 6 p.m.
The family suggests memorials to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 11311 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203 and/or Advice & Aid Pregnancy Center, P.O. Box 7123, Shawnee, KS 66207 and/or St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, 1006 Eighth St., Wamego, KS 66547. Porter Funeral Homes & Crematory, Lenexa, is handling arrangements.
Online condolences can be left at porterfuneralhome.com.