Ervin D. Branstetter, age 57 of Deepwater, Missouri passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends from 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. Monday at the chapel. A Masonic Service will be held at 8:30 P.M. Monday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society and may be left at the funeral home.

Ervin was born in Clinton, Missouri. He worked for Kansas City Power and Light in Operations for the past 16 years. He was a member of the Clinton Masonic Lodge #548, the Scottish Rite of Kansas City and the Ararat Temple in Kansas City, Missouri.

He is survived by his two sons, Todd Branstetter and Travis Branstetter, both of the home; two brothers, James Branstetter of Pleasant Hill, Missouri and Elmer Branstetter of Charlotte, N. Carolina and two sisters, Evelyn Gregory and husband, Ed of Overton, Nebraska and Margaret Close and husband, Norman of Abingdon, Virginia.