Pearl Dee Harmon Bodenhamer passed away at the Country Club Care Center in Warrensburg, MO on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at the age of 107.

Dee was born on October 26, 1915 to Delbert and Ruth Harmon. She was united in marriage to William Ross Bodenhamer on July 26, 1933 in Liberty, MO at the home of their good friend Rev. Wesley Payne, who also performed the ceremony.

Dee joined the Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the age of seven. She was also a member of the Salem 4-H Club and Salem Homemakers Club in Robins, MO. The family moved to Warrensburg, MO in the late 1940s. She has been a member of the First Christian Church of Warrensburg since March of 1973. Dee was active in the Women's CWF Fellowship Group at the church and the Cecelia Garden Club in Warrensburg. She worked at Conner Wagner's, Carp's Department Store, and Duncan's Dress Shop, all in Warrensburg. Dee and William Ross also owned Dee's Pastry Shop in Warrensburg in the 1940s.

Dee was preceded in death by her husband William Ross Bodenhamer; her sons William Allen Bodenhamer and Delbert Ross Bodenhamer; her daughter-in-law Kay Bodenhamer; her son-in-law Tom Ford; her grandson Lee Bodenhamer; and her granddaughter Sandra Bodenhamer.

She is survived by her daughter Betty Joan Ford; her daughters-in-law Debbie Bodenhamer Matthews and Joan A. Bodenhamer; as well as many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Dee lived an active and meaningful life and will be missed by her family and many friends.

A visitation will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg, MO. Interment will follow at Sunset Hill Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church of Warrensburg or the Christian Church of Columbus, MO and can be left in care of the funeral home.