Raymond LeRoy Fife, 74, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025 at Colonial Springs Healthcare in Buffalo, Missouri. A Celebration of Life will be held on October 25, 2025 at the Pittsburg, Missouri Community Center from 11am-2pm.

Raymond LeRoy Fife was born on September 18, 1951 in Clinton, Missouri to Roy Clifford Fife and Laura Rose (Wagner) Fife.

Raymond grew up in the Clinton area, he met his wife Dorothy Darlene (Ruth) Fife and they married in 1970. Together they raised 7 children between them until Darlene's passing on February 24, 1997. Raymond worked at the Clinton Packing Plant until he had to retire in his late 30's due to many health issues. Raymond loved to spend time with his family especially on the holidays, he was known for his Deviled Eggs and Ham salad. Raymond was lucky enough to get another great love when he met Roberta (Bobbi) Bloom in 2002, they shared their lives together until Bobbi's passing on June 13, 2014.

Most everyone that knew Raymond usually called him Barney, a name he was given when he was young because of Barney Fife from the "Andy Griffith Show".

Raymond was preceded in death by his parents Roy and Rose Fife, his sister Margaret (Fife) Ramey, his wife Darlene (Ruth) Fife, his partner Roberta (Bobbi) Bloom, his infant son Robert Fife, his daughter Laura LeAnn (Fife) Ingram, and his grandson John Raymond Johnson.

He is survived by his children Dana Bailey, John (Tiffany) Johnson, Janice Rothgeb, Elizabeth Fife-Dorland, Anissa Fife, Thelma (Don) Arendt, and his bonus daughter Tammy (Phillip) Bloom, his 29 grandchildren, and his 33 great grandchildren.

He will be loved and missed by the many lives he touched along the way.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Missouri.