Howard Fossell Pavelsek

Memorial services for Howard Fossell Pavelsek, 82, Liberty, will be at noon Friday at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Church-Archer-Pasley Funeral Home in Liberty. Inurnment will be in New Hope Cemetery in Liberty.Mr. Pavelsek died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Liberty Hospital.He was born Aug. 30, 1925, in Mansfield, Ohio, the son of Joseph Pavelsek and Grace Fossell.Mr. Pavelsek served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a veteran of World War II. He worked as a bartender at the Phillips and Muehlbach Hotels and as a Realtor with the National Development Corp. He served as a member of the National Republican Committee. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie J. Pavelsek.Survivors include two daughters, Marla Neece, Kearney, Mo., and Sherry Virtue, Lawrence, Kan.; a brother, Dr. Joseph Pavelsek, Portage, Wis.; a sister, Annie Talley, Colorado Springs, Colo.; five grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon Friday before services at the funeral home.The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society, sent in care of funeral home, 119 E. Franklin St., Liberty, MO 64068.Online condolences may be sent at www.dwnewcomers.com.