March 28, 2024

David S. Trotter

June 29, 2015

David S. Trotter, 95, of Newton, died Monday, June 29, 2015, at Heritage Manor. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 2 at the First Christian Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Memorials to the First Christian Church may be left at the church the morning of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

Dave, the son of Sam and Cecil (Davis) Trotter, was born May 28, 1920, in Newton, where he was a lifelong resident. Dave was united in marriage to Clarice McWhirter Feb. 9, 1941, in Princeton, Mo. He worked as a machinist and supervisor for 35 years at the Parsons Company. Following the closing of Parsons, Dave worked at Midwest Manufacturing and then as a jailer at the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, retiring in 1983. Following retirement, Dave and Clarice helped run Clarice’s family resort for five years in Waterville, Minn. He was an active member of the First Christian Church, serving as a Deacon. He was also a member of the UAW Local 997 and enjoyed woodworking, especially building benches for family and friends.

Those left to honor Dave’s memory are his wife, Clarice Trotter of Newton; children, Saundra (Richard) Funk of Milford, Doug (Anita) Trotter of Newton, and Rick Trotter of Kellogg; grandchildren, Gary Funk, Eric (Chrisann) Funk, Scott Funk, Joseph (Carrie) Funk, Ryan (Jodi) Funk, Rob Trotter, Lisa Trotter-Kruse, Chasity Trotter (Earl Knox), Brittany Trotter and Cody Trotter; 15 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; his brother, Terry Trotter of California; and a sister-in-law, Alice Trotter of Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, David Michael Trotter; great-granddaughter, Nevaeh Knox; siblings, Jack, Ron and Billy Trotter; and two sisters and three brothers in infancy.