Lenard "Ike"

Gorman

Lenard "Ike" Gorman, 90 of Pineville, Missouri passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at his residence.

Ike was one of 12 children born of Billie and Edith Oral Gorman, born January 28, 1932, in St. Francis, Kansas.  He attended Sunny Slope School.  Ike served his country faithfully in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from November 1952 until November 1953, stationed in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Ike married Shirley Arlene Amack on September 27, 1953, in St. Francis, Kansas and to this union four boys were born.

In 1959, Ike and Shirley moved to Texas where he began work as a truck driver.  The couple stayed in Texas from 1959 until 1978 when they decided to move to Missouri.

Ike worked at various jobs throughout his life.  First as a truck driver with Shirley as a team driver with him.  He then began driving for Greyhound Van Lines leased to Burnham Van Lines, Tri State and then to hauling livestock locally.

Ike and Shirley owned, and operated Rafter Diamond Y Bar Farm (aka Gorman Farms) located on Highway W in Pineville, Missouri where he continued hauling, breeding, and selling livestock up until his health would no longer allow him to work.

Ike is proceeded in death by his parents; his wife Shirley; his brothers Earl Linn, Billie Murrel and Hank Gorman; his sisters Irma Idelle Gorman, Mary Litchfield and Connie Jean King.

He is survived by his sons Timothy Gorman of Ft. Worth, Texas, Randy Gorman of Stark City, Missouri, David Gorman, of Pineville, Missouri and Steven Gorman of Jane, Missouri, his siblings Jane Hawpe-McBroom, of Hayes, Kansas, Leta "Leete" Gillispie of St. Francis, Kansas, Loren Arley of Diamond, Missouri, Vera Kay Gorman of Garden City, Kansas, Bonnie Irene (Bob) McQuillen of Anderson, Missouri, eight grandchildren and several great grandchildren, as well as a host of other family, neighbors and friends who will dearly miss him.

No formal services are planned at this time.