The Rudicil family invites everyone to share lunch and fellowship following the committal service at the Edina United Methodist Church at 12:30 P.M. George Raymond Rudicil, 78, of Edina, Missouri, died Friday, January 16, 2016, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina. He was born January 29, 1936, at Colony, Missouri, to Hiram Roosevelt and Frances Irene (Dailing) Rudicil. He grew up in the Colony area and attended Baring High School in Baring, Missouri and was a graduate of the Class of 1953. He served in the U.S. Army from December 1958 to March 1959. Raymond married Carolyn Marie Cossel on November 23, 1958, at the Barker Methodist Church in rural Scotland County, Missouri and to this union three children were born. When he was first married, Raymond worked as a logger in Iowa, was a milkman in Edina, Missouri and was a heavy equipment operator. He worked for the Knox County Central Stone Quarry for thirty-five years. He also did snow removal for various businesses and people for thirty years. He was a member of the Edina United Methodist Church and the Bow and Gun Club. Raymond enjoyed spring turkey hunting and was a passionate fan of the St. Louis Cardinals since 1948. He loved coaching men's softball, girls high school summer softball and boys baseball. Raymond and Carolyn celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on November 23, 2014. He was a great provider and husband and a great dad and grandpa. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, of Edina; two daughters: Debbie Miller and special friend, Kenny Yate, of Muskogee, Oklahoma; Diane Rogers and special friend, Darrell York, of Edina; a son, Jim Rudicil, of Edina and three grandchildren: Heather Miller, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Ashley Miller, Muskogee, Oklahoma and Matthew Rudicil, Edina, Missouri. Other survivors include a sister, Norma Gash and her husband, Bob, of St. Charles, Missouri; five nephews: Terry, Alan, Mark, Tracey and Randy Gash, all of St. Charles, Missouri; a sister-in-law, Kathy Cossel, of Wagoner, Oklahoma and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Carrie Ruth Rudicil, his mother and father-in-law, Kinney and Berniece Cossel and a son-in-law Keith "Tiny" Miller.