Robert Leslie Wharton, Sr. age 76 of Calhoun, Missouri passed away Saturday, November 18, 2006 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Drakes Chapel Cemetery, Calhoun, Missouri. Family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the Juvenile Diabetes Association and may be left at the funeral home.

Robert was born in New Lebanon, Missouri. He worked on the assembly line for Ford Motor Company at the Claycomo Plant until his retirement. He was a member of U. A. W. Local 249, Claycomo and the Bethel Baptist Church of Independence, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Ethel Harbit Wharton; one son, Robert L. Wharton, Jr.; five sisters and two brothers.

He is survived by his wife, of 55 years, Irene of the home; one daughter, Carolyn Ballard of Liberty, Missouri and three grandchildren, Malcolm McFarland, Beau Ballard and Matt Wharton.